Mar 28 2009
Time: Why North Korea Nabbed Two U.S. Journalists
Here is an interesting article on why the two journalists were nabbed. Lankov chimes in on this piece.
Archive for the 'Analysis' Category
Mar 26 2009
Continuity and Change in Korea: Challenges for Regional Policy and U.S.-Russia Relations
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 [...]
Mar 25 2009
The Weekly Standard's view on the end of North Korea
Make sure to check this article by the Weekly Standard about the current state of North Korea. Kim’s Crumbling Regime.
Mar 05 2009
Andrei Lankov's excellent article
Link updated; thanks for the tip.
(From an NKEconWatch link) One of the few experts on North Korea released an excellent analysis on social change in North Korea. The PDF is here, or you can grab it from Curtis’ web site.
I may be venturing into very danerous territory when commenting on this piece, but I will [...]
Feb 15 2009
Check out NKIDP's new publication
North Korean Economy Watch linked a PDF file on North Korea’s Chollima Movement. I read parts of this, and will finish reading it today. It is very interesting, and I wish NKIDP would release more declassified documents because it does shed some light into the darkness that is North Korea’s government and society in general.
As [...]
Jan 29 2009
PDF: Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea
See the PDF here.
I encourage all to read this report from the Council on Foreign Relations. While not all may agree on this paper, it is still an interesting read.
Dec 27 2008
Reposted: The Path to Succession- Can the Dynasty Survive?
This was posted on the old blog ages and ages ago. I am going through the oodles of old posts and reposting them in their original form.
Original Post: Probably one of the least things known in North Korea is how the inner government works. Sure, a lot of the books, papers and scholarly articles [...]