We ate a lot of these in the Kim Il Sung Uni. Foreign Student Dorm. back in 2018-2019. They're not bad.

Thanks to the selfless efforts of Rachel Minyong Lee Rachel Minyoung Lee (이민영) and her colleagues at 38 North, English speakers now have access to dozens of translated original North Korean journal articles - for free. Don't forget to give credit! 38north.org/resources/2022…

In our latest edition of "Pyongyang Chronicles," Alek Sigley continues writing on his experiences being one of the few Westerners to study at a North Korean university. He discusses DPRK literature, professors' reactions to foreign stories and more. nknews.org/2022/12/pyongy…

Minions are unlikely to get any royalties from 녀성옷전시회2022 (Women's Clothing Exhibition 2022), the North Korean manufacturer of these bags

"Foreign students are unfortunately unable to take classes alongside local Korean students": This has not changed since I studied at KISU in 1991-1992. What a missed oportunity, for both sides.

NEW COLUMN: Designated North Korean students spy on foreign exchange students, but some are stricter than others. “It’s an open secret that they write reports on us that they submit to the secret police stationed at the university,” writes Alek Sigley nknews.org/2023/01/pyongy…

COLUMN: North Koreans deny the existence of racism in the DPRK. Discussing such controversial topics often leads to dead end conversations, writes Alek Sigley nknews.org/2023/02/pyongy…

“Why doesn’t Australia develop nuclear weapons? If you do that, you’ll be able to establish Juche from the American imperialist bastards, won’t you?” More great insights on life as a foreign student in North Korea from Alek Sigley nknews.org/2023/02/pyongy…

NEW COLUMN: In this latest edition of “Pyongyang Chronicles,” Alek Sigley writes on betrayal in North Korea. “The most disheartening aspect of life in North Korea was the hypocrisy, which in North Korea resembles George Orwell’s doublethink in ‘1984.’” nknews.org/2023/02/pyongy…

Trying to forget about "grad school" for a day, I watch some Netflix. But trauma response provoked when Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail namedrops Heidegger and Foucault. It was part of a pretty decent gag that made me chuckle, though.

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Hope y'all have the greatest Juche 113