Luxury Amid Lamentations: North Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma Resort

Luxury Amid Lamentations: North Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma Resort

North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un’s inauguration of the luxurious Wonsan-Kalma resort feels like a scene from a dark satire. Labeled by state media as a beacon of “national treasure-level tourism,” this seaside resort ironically is located in a country crushed by its failing economy, scarce electricity, food shortages and brutal systemic repression. The resort … Read more

A North Korean Hell Where People Still Believe in Heaven

A North Korean Hell where People Still Believe in Heaven

When the history of the twentieth century is written, future generations will not believe the brutal crimes committed in Communist countries like North Korea under the Kim family dynasty. That is why the book Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman by Soon Ok Lee is so valuable. What makes … Read more