A photo collection with a socialist slant: “There is a stele symbolizing Korean unity on the northern side. North Korea has not yet recognized South Korea. Officially, North Korea has a temporary military truce with the imperialist American troops who have occupied the country’s south.” And feeding them mad cow burgers.

North Korea and Russia have reached an agreement to renovate the 55 km Khasan-Rajin railway, which will link North Korea’s port city of Rajin (Najin) to Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railroad. Some reconstruction is required as the two countries use different rail gauges, and North Korea’s portion likely is in varying stages of disrepair.
Though it will take [...]

Though the mechanics are obviously different than the Sino-Soviet Dispute, the outcome is similar enough to be compared; North Korea is in the middle of the re-emerging Chinese great power and the world’s only superpower (for a detailed explanation this, see Suh Dae-sook’s book). Bush’s change from a hard-line to La-La Land policy on [...]

North Korea has detained a Russian cargo ship carrying Japanese cars to Vladivostok after strong winds forced it to take shelter near the DPRK coast, unfortunately for them near Musadan-ri, which is a missile test range. (h/t GS)

Late in 2007 Russia delivered “its most advanced long-range jet,” to North Korea’s Air Koryo (h/t GS). A variant of the Tupolev TU-204 twin-engined medium range Russian airliner was purchased, the TU-204-300:
It is a shortened, longer range and more efficient derivative of the Tu-204. It is about 6 meters (20 ft) shorter than the basic [...]

From the AP, via Japan Probe: “A Russian air force bomber briefly violated Japanese airspace over an uninhabited island just south of Tokyo on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said… Japan’s navy scrambled 22 fighter jets, including F-15s, and two airborne warning and control aircraft known as AWACs…” See video from Japanese TV at Japan Probe.

I was unaware of the North Korea International Documentation Project (NKIDP) until James Person, NKIDP Program Associate, brought it to my attention:
The North Korea International Documentation Project (NKIDP) serves as an informational clearinghouse on North Korea for both the scholarly and policymaking communities by widely disseminating newly declassified documents on the DPRK from its former [...]

The issue of the transfer of North Korea’s illicit $25 million of fund in Banco Delta Asia (BDA) – unfrozen since at least 10 April – not moved sooner at least partially due to Chinese fumbling, and in which the U.S. first asked American bank Wachovia to assist with (Wachovia declined), and in which South [...]

The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the supplemental Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1967 has been ignored for years by both China and Russia. This is just one specific example of the consequences (h/t Are You Nkay?):
In 1999, a group of seven North Koreans fleeing their [...]

A suspect is in custody for the apparent beating death of a North Korean construction worker in Vladivostok, Russia:
A suspect in the case of a North Korean national beaten to death in a Russian Far Eastern city has been arrested, an aide to the regional prosecutor said Monday.
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Witnesses said Friday the victim had returned to [...]