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Original reporting, specialist analysis, and expert opinion from a team that covers North Korea and nothing else — built on years of specialist knowledge, in-country source networks, and direct access to North Korean voices.
What this means in practice
Volume & Consistency
Not a roundup — original reporting
5+ original pieces published per day. Not a roundup of existing coverage — original reporting, commissioned analysis, and specialist opinion, five days a week. Subscribers never open their inbox to a day with nothing new.
Specialist Focus
Depth that generalists cannot match
NK News journalists and contributors cover North Korea and only North Korea — which means you get depth, context, and institutional memory that generalist outlets cannot match. A reporter who has followed Kim Jong Un's military appointments for six years writes differently from one parachuted in for a breaking news cycle.
In-Country Sources
Built over more than a decade
Through a network built over more than a decade, NK News sources information from inside North Korea and from across the North Korean diaspora — perspectives you will not find in any wire service or government report. Ask a North Korean is the most visible expression of this network, but the sourcing runs deeper throughout all of NK News's reporting.
Three Content Types
Distinct formats for distinct needs
News: Fast, sourced, verified reporting on breaking and developing events. Delivered first, corrected carefully, not retracted casually.
Analysis: Deep-dive context on the forces shaping DPRK policy and society. Written by specialists with years of focus on the specific subject matter — not generalists summarising other coverage.
Opinion: Expert commentary from the academics, former officials, and specialists who have spent careers on this subject — including Andrei Lankov, Fyodor Tertitskiy, LTG Chun In-bum, and Stephen Haggard.
The team
Staff — Exclusive
Andrei Lankov · Anton Sokolin · Chad O'Carroll · Colin Zwirko · Jeongmin Kim · John Lee · Jooheon Kim · Seungyeon Chung · Shreyas Reddy
Regular Contributors
LTG Chun In-bum · Fyodor Tertitskiy · Wang Son-taek · Kosuke Takahashi · Stephen Haggard · Tatiana Gabroussenko
Andrei Lankov — Exclusive
Professor of Korean Studies at Kookmin University and the most widely published Western academic on North Korean daily life. Writes exclusively for NK News. His column appears multiple times per year — the longest-running specialist column on North Korean society in English-language journalism.
5+ pieces published per day. Not wire rewrites — original reporting from specialists.
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