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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.

Interviews with eight people who recently left North Korea paint a haunting portrait of desperation and political resentment. (June 10, 2010)

Despite efforts to put up a front, North Korea is spiraling down to another famine and mass starvation. (November 02, 2008)

Turkey deports two North Korean diplomats accused of smuggling amphetamine pills into the country. (December 09, 2004)

North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement. (April 23, 2004)

Listen to this BBC radio documentary recorded in North Korea and view photos of host Andy Kershaw's visit to the country. (December 28, 2003)