Barbara Demick

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visits the “Pyongyang Baby Home and Orphanage” on New Year's Day, in this photo released by the government-run Korean Central News Agency.

In between the crass jokes, ‘The Interview’ got a lot right about North Korea

Arts

North Korea watcher Barbara Demick says while “The Interview” isn’t a great film, it captures important aspects of one of the least well-known countries on Earth.

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Why Seth Rogen’s latest movie may have caused a North Korean cyber attack

Media
Riot police stand guard a checkpoint near the courthouse where ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti's trial took place in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in mid-September.

China’s harsh punishment for a moderate Uighur could make things worse in Xinjiang

Justice

Trial Starts for Former Chinese Political Leader Bo Xilai

Conflict & Justice

Sarajevo: Grief Over Bosnia War Anniversary

Arts, Culture & Media

The Siege of Sarajevo: 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago today, Serb militants opened fire on thousands of peace demonstrators in Sarajevo, the Muslim-led capitol city of the newly independent state of Bosnia-Hercegovina. The attack set off what would become the longest siege of a capitol city in modern warfare – lasting from April 5, 1992 to February 29, 1996. Over the […]

North Korea Holds State Funeral for Kim Jong-il

Tens of thousands of North Korean people and soldiers lined the snowy streets of Pyonyang Wednesday for the carefully choreographed funeral procession of deceased leader Kim Jong-il. Kim’s son and designated successor, Kim Jong-un, was seen walking alongside the hearse carrying his father’s body. North Korea’s iron-fisted leader since 1994, Kim reportedly died of a […]

After Kim Jong-il, What’s Next for North Korea?

Within hours of announcing North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il’s death on Sunday, the country’s ruling Workers’ Party released a statement saying North Korea would unite Kim’s youngest son, Kim Jong-un. Not much is known about Kim Jong-un, who was named his father’s heir apparent last year. He is believed to be in his late twenties, […]

The World

Examining China’s role on an unstable Korean peninsula

Global Politics

We talk with Barbara Demick, the Beijing Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times, about the recent attack and the role of China in helping to restore stability on the peninsula.

The World

Hearing North Koreans’ stories in ‘Nothing to Envy’

Arts, Culture & Media

We speak with a journalist who’s intimately acquainted with North Korea: Barbara Demick, the author of ?Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.? Her award-winning book tells the personal stories of six North Koreans over the past fifteen years.