Archive for March 26th, 2009

Mar 26 2009

North Korean Oddities: Taedongmun Cinema

Published byJack under North Korea

It has been a while since I posted a North Korean oddity, and today, felt like doing one. Since the news has been kind of slow, perhaps some look into the daily life or architecture of North Korea may be in order these days.
As usual, I went to NKEconWatch’s Google Earth resource for inspiration and [...]

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Mar 26 2009

Continuity and Change in Korea: Challenges for Regional Policy and U.S.-Russia Relations

Published byJack under Analysis

I got an interesting E-Mail from the Brookings Institution regarding North Korea, the United States and Russia’s relations on dealing with change with North Korea. I do not hear a whole lot about Russia’s point of view, and have been looking for it for some time. This paper deals with this subject, and it is [...]

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Mar 26 2009

North Korea's missile test? Update

Published byJack under North Korea

Update: Japan has ordered the missile shield and some destroyers to be deployed.
Reports are starting to intensify about North Korea’s Taepo Dong-2 missile test. I made a posting about this earlier, but there are some other things that came “to light” since then. However, like everything North Korea, there are still more questions than [...]

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