Student & Academic Plan
NK News is the primary English-language source on North Korea for researchers, graduate students, and academic professionals. The student plan gives you full membership access.
What the student plan includes
The student plan includes everything in the annual plan — at a rate that reflects how researchers work and what academic budgets allow.
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How to verify
Sign up using your institutional email address. If you do not have an institutional email, contact member services with proof of enrolment.
Academic institution pricing
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Why NK News for academic work
NK News is cited in academic publications, UN reports, and government policy documents. The journalism meets the sourcing standards required for academic reference.
NK News has been publishing since 2010. Over a decade of original coverage, analysis, and primary source material on North Korea — a research resource in itself.
Andrei Lankov, Stephen Haggard, Fyodor Tertitskiy, and other leading academic specialists contribute regularly — analysis that supplements, rather than replaces, academic literature.
The most distinctive primary source on North Korean society available in English. Years of weekly answers, covering hundreds of distinct questions about daily life in the DPRK.
Searchable chronological event record — a research tool for longitudinal academic work that doesn't require manually excavating the archive.
Invite-only access to expert briefings — a professional development resource for early-career North Korea researchers.
Full NK News access. Institutional email required. Academic institution pricing also available — contact member services.
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