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Web Sites in Category Society and Culture
Asia Times: Pyongyang Watch - Journalist Aidan Foster-Carter writes this commentary on North Korean society, politics and events as a regular column for the Asia Times.

CNN Factsheet - One of the World's Most Secretive Nations - North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement.

Journey to the People's Paradise - Collection of Web links relating to life, culture and the arts in North Korea.

KFA Story - Posts and correspondence about the Korean Friendship Association (KFA)

Korea is One! - Belgian, French and Dutch group formed to promote understanding of North Korea. Offers a pro-North Korean viewpoint, including trip reports and news. In English, Dutch, and French.

Korea-DPR.com - Official site of the Korean Friendship Association, offering brief information about North Korean society and culture. Other language versions of the site are available.

Koreascope - Information about the North Korean way of life, from a South Korean perspective.

Nautilus Institute: DPRK Briefing Book - Topically arranged links to Web resources, such as studies and reference materials, that provide background information relating to security, foreign relations, and economic, humanitarian, and political issues.

NewsHour Online Forum: The North Korea Famine - A 1997 discussion on famine in North Korea and links to related interviews from the PBS news program The NewsHour.

NK Missions - The World Center for North Korea Missions - Evangelical Christian ministry seeking to mobilize and coordinate efforts for North Korea missions. Includes discussion forums, news, and information on volunteering and participating.

North Korean Studies - Articles and links to Web sites about contemporary North Korean society and politics, relations with Russia and Australia, and Soviet Koreans.

SinoKorea - China-based Web site devoted to information on North Korea. Includes forum. In English and Chinese.

Stories from the People's Paradise, North Korea - Journalist Ron Gluckman reports on slices of life in North Korea: the 1966 soccer squad that nearly reached the World Cup finals, a museum of lavish birthday gifts to former leader Kim Il Sung, stories of defectors, a train trip to Pyongyang, and his visits to the DMZ, to Pyongyang's only disco and to the state film studio.

THINK - Their Home Isn't North Korea - A non-profit organization based in Tokyo with information and resources on the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea.

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