NK Vision Magazine
Articles from NKnet’s monthly magazine.
B.R. Myers Interview, Part II: Focus on North Korea’s Ideology & Propaganda, Not Personalities
Read in Korean The following is the second half of an interview with B.R. Myers that appeared on pages 56-59 in the February 2012 issue of NK Vision magazine. Transcription courtesy of NKnet volunteers Arnaud Minne and Leanna Ross. Part … Continue reading
B.R. Myers Interview, Part I: “Big Challenges for the Propaganda Artists”
Read in Korean The following is the first half of an interview with B.R. Myers that appeared on pages 56-59 in the February 2012 issue of NK Vision magazine. Transcription courtesy of NKnet intern Dahyeon Lee and editing by volunteer … Continue reading
Lim Il: North Korean Defector Writes of His Home Country and Settling in South Korea
Read in Korean “Of course South Korean people don’t read the reports that catalogue the horrendous human rights abuses in the North. Only through personal anecdotes, making the reader smile and feel touched, can we inform. Anyone can just read … Continue reading
Campus Talk: University Students’ Bike Tour for North Korean Human Rights & Security
Read in Korean When looking at the Kim Jong Il regime’s provocations, I defined them as a country that does not even recognize its own brothers. However, in this tour defectors also joined in. In talking with them, I realized … Continue reading
The Democratization of North Korea — An Unavoidable Task of Our Time
Read in Korean The following appeared on pages 8-9 as the Publisher’s Column in the January 2012 issue of NK Vision magazine. In your life, you have to let both those you love and those you hate go. You should … Continue reading
A Mini-Interview with Dr. Oh Kil Nam
The following interview appeared on page 11 in the November 2011 issue of NK Vision. Translation courtesy of NKnet volunteer Natalie Grant. You don’t appear to be in good health. How are you these days? I go back and forth … Continue reading
The Surprisingly Long History of the Campaign to Rescue the “Daughter of Tongyeong” Shin Suk Ja and Her Daughters
Read in Korean The following article appeared on pages 8-11 in the November 2011 issue of NK Vision. Translation courtesy of NKnet volunteer Ryan Hamilton. The “Daughter of Tongyeong” campaign that started in Tongyeong is spreading to every place throughout … Continue reading
Photos of Shin Suk Ja and Her Daughters, Oh Hye Won and Gyu Won
These photos appeared on pages 6-7 in the November 2011 issue of NK Vision. Photos from Oh Kil Nam
Interview: Stephan Haggard on Marketization in North Korea and a Lot More
Read in Korean “I think these are some of the most interesting findings in the book. …we found that people who are involved in the market have more negative perceptions of the regime. So more negative views. More likely to … Continue reading
Interview: Andrei Lankov on NK’s Extraordinary Diplomacy, Why It Doesn’t Reform, and More
“North Korea will never implement reforms if it means admitting that the South Korean economic model was a success.” The following interview appeared on pages 50-53 in the July 2011 issue of NK Vision. Translation courtesy of NKnet volunteer Ryan … Continue reading



