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North Korea

Crime

How One Man Escaped From a North Korean Prison Camp

There was torture, starvation, betrayals and executions, but to Shin In Geun, Camp 14—a prison for the political enemies of North Korea—was home. Then one day came the chance to flee.

Blaine Harden The Guardian Mar 2012 Permalink

World

No Ordinary Counterfeit

Alarmingly sophisticated imitations of American currency have turned up all over the world and the false-paper trail leads to North Korea.

Stephen Mihm New York Times Magazine Jul 2012 35min Permalink

Best Article World

Alone In the Dark

On the “horrible weirdness” of Kim Jung Il’s Korea.

Philip Gourevitch New Yorker Sep 2003 1h Permalink

Best Article World Media

North Korea’s Digital Underground

The perilous routes through which information—video footage, secret documents, radio broadcasts—flow in and out of North Korea through its porous borders with China.

Robert S. Boynton The Atlantic Apr 2011 15min Permalink

Politics

North Korea's Dollar Store

Inside Office 39, a state-run counterfeiting operation designed to keep Kim Jong-il flush.

David Rose Vanity Fair Aug 2009 20min Permalink

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