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Home » North Korea

Tag: North Korea

Posted inArts & Culture

In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr pulls back the curtain on American imperialism.

by Rachel Hawley May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

“The history of the United States,” says the Northwestern prof, “is the history of empire.”

Posted inBlogs

Daily Show’s final night in Chicago: Hasan Minhaj on 90s Bulls and North Korea; Vic Mensa on the city’s ‘toxic situation’

by Jake Malooley October 20, 2017August 18, 2021

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah wraps up a stint at the Athanaeum Theatre.

Posted inBlogs

Judge in Laquan McDonald murder case faces a challenge trying to control the flow of information, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd September 28, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Rahm Emanuel says Trump is trying to distract Americans from important issues like the North Korea crisis.

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel sidesteps criticism from attorney general Lisa Madigan on police reform, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, police officers tied to Laquan McDonald shooting will return to CPD’s payroll but not the streets.

Posted inBlogs

At MoCP, artists attempt to find the truth behind the official lies in North Korea

by Kate Sierzputowski August 19, 2015August 18, 2021

A new exhibit shows the many realities of North Korea.

Posted inBlogs

Documentarian Soon-Mi Yoo discusses the challenges of capturing everyday life of North Korea

by Ben Sachs March 26, 2015August 18, 2021

The South Korean-born Yoo’s Songs From the North receives its Chicago premiere tonight, with the filmmaker in attendance.

Posted inBlogs

The constructive hoax of Propaganda

by Ben Sachs January 17, 2014August 18, 2021

Noting the Chicago premiere of Slavko Martinov’s faux documentary, which screens twice this week at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Stimulate the mind, then yourself
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Happy, gay, free

by Dan Savage April 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Dan with an uplifting assortment of letters.

Posted inBlogs

Talking to Joon Bai, the man behind the first U.S.-North Korean coproduction (part two)

by Ben Sachs March 14, 2013August 19, 2021

The second part of an interview with the writer-producer of The Other Side of the Mountain, which screened in Chicago last weekend

Posted inBlogs

Talking to Joon Bai, the man behind the first U.S.-North Korean coproduction

by Ben Sachs March 8, 2013August 19, 2021

An interview with the writer-producer of The Other Side of the Mountain, which screens at Chicago’s Peace on Earth Film Festival tomorrow

Posted inBlogs

Reader exclusive: A Google chat with Kim Jong-un

by Kate Schmidt January 9, 2013August 18, 2021

The North Korean leader stumbles upon a Reader post. A Gchat ensues.

Posted inBlogs

Kim Jong-un to Richardson: Is Depardieu coming with?

by Kate Schmidt January 7, 2013August 18, 2021

Kim Jong-un hopes to see French actor Gerard Depardieu accompanying Bill Richardson and Eric Schmidt on their controversial humanitarian flight to North Korea.

Posted inBlogs

Parodies lost: why satire must be banned from the Internet

by Steve Bogira December 10, 2012August 19, 2021

A modest proposal for a serious problem

Posted inBlogs

An “American Symbol,” Made in North Korea

by Heather Kenny January 20, 2010August 19, 2021

Noko Jeans, designed by Swedes and made in Pyongyang

Posted inBlogs

Back and to the left

by Ed M. Koziarski May 15, 2009August 19, 2021

Former Chicagoan Jim Finn explores the story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped and put to work for the North Korean propaganda machine in “The Juche Idea,” screening tonight at the University of Chicago.

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