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Lee Sang Yong

North Korea

Vice President at Daily NK

Contributor at 38 North

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  • 1 week ago | dailynk.com | Lee Sang Yong

    A car rental service that North Korea is testing in Pyongyang’s Hwasong district has been well-received by both business owners and young people. Young people see car rental as an exciting new experience, since even people without their own car can spend a romantic day driving around. A Pyongyang source told Daily NK recently that the car rental service has been popular with local residents.

  • 3 weeks ago | dailynk.com | Lee Sang Yong

    North Korea has begun piloting car rental services in Pyongyang’s Hwasong district, signaling efforts to develop new service industries. Former vehicle repair centers are transforming into multipurpose service facilities offering car rentals, cautiously introducing the concept of vehicle sharing to the isolated nation.

  • 3 weeks ago | dailynk.com | Lee Sang Yong

    North Korea demands women serve solely as dutiful wives and mothers with no personal identity. A new book, “Women Are Not Dead,” chronicles Seol Song-a’s fight against this oppression and her life after escaping. Two themes permeate the book: marketization and women’s rights.

  • 3 weeks ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Dasl Yoon |Mun Dong Hui |Iqbal Survé |Lee Sang Yong

    ​Quotes of the Day:"The fish never discovers that it lives in water. In fact, since he lives immersed in it, his life goes by without noticing its existence. Similarly, behavior that is normalized in a dominant cultural setting becomes invisible." – Michael Foucalt"Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles."– Fyodor Dostoevsky"Ideology separates us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."– Eugene Ionesco1.

  • 4 weeks ago | dailynk.com | Lee Sang Yong

    North Korea recently broke its silence and acknowledged deploying troops to Russia, despite previously maintaining silence amid reports from Ukraine and South Korea. This unexpected shift raises several important questions about the regime’s strategy. Official Procedures and State LegitimacyRather than coming directly from Kim Jong Un, the announcement emerged as a written statement from the Central Military Commission.

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