The World from PRX

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.
Arts
In between the crass jokes, ‘The Interview’ got a lot right about North Korea
The Interview promotional poster
Media
Why Seth Rogen’s latest movie may have caused a North Korean cyber attack
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.
Justice
China’s harsh punishment for a moderate Uighur could make things worse in Xinjiang
Conflict & Justice
Trial Starts for Former Chinese Political Leader Bo Xilai
Arts, Culture & Media
Sarajevo: Grief Over Bosnia War Anniversary
The Siege of Sarajevo: 20 Years Later
North Korea Holds State Funeral for Kim Jong-il
After Kim Jong-il, What’s Next for North Korea?
Global Politics
Examining China’s role on an unstable Korean peninsula
Arts, Culture & Media
Hearing North Koreans’ stories in ‘Nothing to Envy’
Arts, Culture & Media
China could lose its character(s)