North Korea… News from Within North Korea 14 Mar 2010 The Buddhist organization Good Friends has finally released what appears to be their final two reports (here and here) for the month of Febuary based on defector and cell-phone testimonies. …
North Korea… Reformist Flirtations and Successor Politics: KCNA Tropes 13 Dec 200913 Dec 2009 While Chinese left-wingers insist upon the courage and worthiness of North Korea's wealth-equalizing currency reforms, Kim Jong Il is out talking up profitability in the northern frontier province of Jagang.…
North Korea… Currency Vortex: China Blasts North Korea for Mercantile Chaos 2 Dec 2009 Recent days have been bleeding into one another, swiftly, with a kind of inexorable momentum that allows for little reflection of the past. Nowhere does this seem more true than…
North Korean border region… Borderline News from NK: Hyesan and Forest Fires 23 Nov 200923 Nov 2009 Hyesan is getting spruced up with some funds from the center. Meanwhile, the ever-vigilant Juchechosunmanse digs up a real find: Back in October North Korea watchers were perplexed by the…
Sino-North Korean relations New Report on Chinese-North Korean Relations 3 Nov 20093 Nov 2009 I don't know about you, but finding and reading long working papers on such topics as North Korea's foreign affairs is a real pleasure any day of the week. Such…
North Korean border region Interpreting North Korean Forest Fires 24 Oct 200925 Oct 2009 Chinese internet sites are now reporting on the extensive forest fires in North Korea. Most interesting is how they are interpreting the fires, emphasizing the idea that they may be…
North Korea… Creepy Picture of the Week 30 Sep 200930 Sep 2009 I'm tempted to start my own version of "Kim Jong Il Death Watch," but that would ignore this man's proven staying qualities. Huanqiu Shibao (Global Times) relays a report from…
American Foreign Policy… Report of North Korean Military Buildup along the Jilin Border 28 Sep 200928 Sep 2009 10,000 More North Korean Troops Along Chinese Frontier The Daily NK quotes sources inside North Korea indicating that the Korean People's Army will, for the next six months, be building…
North Korea Windows on the Monolith 12 Sep 200912 Sep 2009 The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the unseemingly and immense Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang has, finally, been adorned with windows: All hail the 150-day battle! If it can finish the…
American Foreign Policy… Environmental Movements and the DPRK [II] 10 Sep 200910 Sep 2009 In an earlier post I went off the handle in Beat style and demanded that the U.S. and China get serious about both engaging and pressuring the North Koreans by…
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