North Korean officials evaded Bulgarian pressure to join a 1963 nuclear treaty, insisting that US atomic weapons in the South left no objective ground for international restraint.
By Eleanor Voss ·
1.2 million Bulgarians were simply no longer mentioned in records after World War II as Todor Zhivkov warned Indira Gandhi that NATO forces in Europe created a disastrous situation.
By Roy Castellano ·
Secret suspicions in Pyongyang masked diplomatic frictions and whispers that Lin Biao avoided the Mongolian plane crash, contradicting the official narrative of the time.
By Vera Kessler ·
Todor Zhivkov masked an industrial nightmare with diplomatic praise, admitting Bulgaria needed 1,500 workers to run a plant that Japan operated with only 400.
By Roy Castellano ·