Asia Times - Cracks in North Korean 'Stalinism': Documents how the major peculiarities of Stalinism are slowly disappearing from North Korea, and how the "Hermit Kingdom" is not as hermetic as the government would like.
Asia Times Online - North Korea's Antique Food Rationing: Describes the history and de facto collapse of the North Korean government's Public Distribution System (PDS) which rationed food for a majority of its people.
Asia Times: Pyongyang Watch: Journalist Aidan Foster-Carter writes this commentary on North Korean society, politics and events as a regular column for the Asia Times.
BBC Radio 3: On Location in North Korea: Listen to this BBC radio documentary recorded in North Korea and view photos of host Andy Kershaw's visit to the country.
BBC News - N Korea Envoys 'Smuggled Drugs': Turkey deports two North Korean diplomats accused of smuggling amphetamine pills into the country.
CNN Factsheet - One of the World's Most Secretive Nations: North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement.
DPRK - Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Links to news and information about North Korea, Juche Thought, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
Ethnologue - Languages of North Korea: Information about the living languages of the country including population, region, classification, dialects and alternate names.
Journey to the People's Paradise: Collection of Web links relating to life, culture and the arts in North Korea.
Korea is One!: Belgian, French and Dutch group formed to promote understanding of North Korea. Offers a pro-North Korean viewpoint, including trip reports and news. In English, Dutch, and French.
Korea Times - Situation Remains Bleak for North Koreans: Describes the increasingly hard times in the country as slowly leading to some reforms, but their effect is difficult to measure.
Korea-DPR.com: Official site of the Korean Friendship Association, offering brief information about North Korean society and culture. Other language versions of the site are available.
Koreascope: Information about the North Korean way of life, from a South Korean perspective.
Nautilus Institute: DPRK Briefing Book: Topically arranged links to Web resources, such as studies and reference materials, that provide background information relating to security, foreign relations, and economic, humanitarian, and political issues.
NewsHour Online Forum: The North Korea Famine: A 1997 discussion on famine in North Korea and links to related interviews from the PBS news program The NewsHour.
NK Missions - The World Center for North Korea Missions: Evangelical Christian ministry seeking to mobilize and coordinate efforts for North Korea missions. Includes discussion forums, news, and information on volunteering and participating.
North Korean Studies: Articles and links to Web sites about contemporary North Korean society and politics, relations with Russia and Australia, and Soviet Koreans.
SinoKorea: China-based Web site devoted to information on North Korea. Includes forum. In English and Chinese.
Stories from the People's Paradise, North Korea: Journalist Ron Gluckman reports on slices of life in North Korea: the 1966 soccer squad that nearly reached the World Cup finals, a museum of lavish birthday gifts to former leader Kim Il Sung, stories of defectors, a train trip to Pyongyang, a visit to the DMZ, Pyongyang's only disco, the state film studio and North Korea's version of the Internet.