HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:42:24 GMT content-type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 vary: Accept-Encoding x-rid: 083bb86a627b5c5b1e5dea39a568bce7 x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block x-content-type-options: nosniff strict-transport-security: max-age=15552001 x-tumblr-user: north-korea x-robots-tag: noindex cache-control: max-age=600 x-ua-compatible: IE=Edge,chrome=1 x-ua-device: desktop vary: X-UA-Device, Accept x-nc: HIT content-encoding: gzip A little man in the middle of nowhere watching North Korea.Tumblr (3.0; @north-korea)https://dprkforum.com/<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2552" data-orig-width="3427"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2fd2fbe995c6ed90326f0013b2689ca0/tumblr_inline_ofqlqchA281qftufi_540.jpg" data-orig-height="2552" data-orig-width="3427"/></figure><p>North Korea has always fascinated me. It still does. One may even say I am obsessed. That may be closer to the truth than I would like to admit.</p><p>Why did I stop blogging about it?</p><p>First, I was simply re-hashing what others were talking about. Others are a lot more qualified to discuss such matters than I am. Second, I fell into the classic trap of reading the tea leaves too much. Hanging on to a set of beliefs that wound up not correct made me feel silly. In retrospect, I should have let events unfold as they happened. I should leave what “could happen” to the specialists like Andrei Lankov. Finally, I am sure others got tired of me yammering about this subject. In fact, I know so. When my own family gets concerned for my mental health, it is time I stop talking and blogging about it.<br/></p><p>In the end, I decided to study the country and its history on my own.</p><p>If you are looking for quality North Korea watching based content, Yonhap, Chosun Ilbo, Korea Times, Andrei Lankov, Curtis Melvin, and Marcus Noland are good places to start.</p><p>I am pretty close to ten years with dprkforum.com. Perhaps one day, I might blog something about it again. Until that time, thanks to all who helped me understand this enigmatic country better.<br/></p>https://dprkforum.com/post/152408358828https://dprkforum.com/post/152408358828Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:25:22 -0400north koreaeconomicspoliticsspeculation<iframe width="400" height="300" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fpv3JHyXd7A?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="Pyongyang, a great place to live"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Pyongyang, the place everybody envies.</p>https://dprkforum.com/post/2718629353https://dprkforum.com/post/2718629353Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:02:17 -0500north koreapyongyangpropagandavideo