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Message to Langley: call Los Angeles. The City of Angels, specifically the Department of Political Science at UCLA, seems to be a hotbed of prognostication. First, one grad student won our “The bombing begins in five minutes contest,” correctly predicting North Korea’s third nuclear test within 24 hours. Now another grad student, Joonbum Bae, has [...]
Today marks what would likely be Kim Jong Il’s 72nd birthday (71st according to North Korean biographers). The day is known as ‘The Day of the Shining Star’ in North Korea and is accompanied with many different celebrations. Some of the celebrations are displayed below through images available through KCNA. National art exhibition in honor [...]
We would like to congratulate Julia Lee of Los Angeles, California, winner of our “the bombing begins in five minutes contest.” Julia came within 24 hours of correctly guessing the moment of North Korea’s third nuclear test. (Sorry, but to those of you who submitted your guesses after the test—some rules are binding even if [...]
With rumors of a new North Korean nuclear test reaching a fever pitch, we thought we would remind readers of the ongoing “We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes” contest. Check out the original post from last April and place your prediction in the comments. The winner will receive an autographed copy of Witness to Transformation. One [...]
Or rather Koryo Tours via NPR correspondent Louisa Lim delivers a gift from North Korea: your very own Pyongyang Racer video game! Look out for those ajumas! Sadly, there were no winning submissions in our Jill Kelley Six Degrees of Separation Contest. But stay tuned–there is always a nuclear test to predict and you can be [...]
Gordon Flake and his team at the Mansfield Center are always doing good policy work on the region, with a strong interest in Japan and Korea in particular; among other things, the foundation maintains a useful blog. A very interesting portion of the website collates high-quality polling from around the region; we will revisit this [...]
Just in time for the holidays, we’ve put together a list of where you can buy the perfect gift for the NK watcher in your life. Are you in the market for a 2013 wall calendar with amazing photographs taken inside North Korea by renowned photographer Eric Lafforgue? NK NEWS has got you covered. Do [...]
The early launch took us all by surprise. With North Korean media as late as Tuesday extending the launch window until the 29th, few were prepared for the surprise launch early Wednesday morning Korea time. None of our contest entrants even guessed this week, but we still have two winners. The closest prediction was December [...]
Earlier this year, following the DPRK’s unsuccessful attempt to launch its missile satellite, Marcus Noland announced a contest amid speculation that the unsuccessful launch might be followed by another nuclear test. The post was aptly titled the “We begin bombing in five minutes” contest in honor of the immortal words of the Gipper. We received [...]
For those of you who read this blog and are still undecided, you might consider voting the party platforms on the Korean peninsula. We looked through them, picked out all references to the Koreas and reproduce them below. It has become accepted wisdom that there is little difference between the two candidates on foreign policy, [...]
