Cultural Politics… Notes on North Korean Musical Exchanges and Internal Narratives 30 Mar 20186 Apr 2018 A lot of people seem to be interested in North Korean cultural diplomacy these days, so the (often peer-reviewed/probably badly flawed/usually enormously fun) work which I have been doing on…
American Foreign Policy… The News from North Korea: Relations with China, Aerial Drone Denunciations, Green Totalitarianism, and the Middle East 19 May 2011 Since the emergence of putative successor Kim Jong Eun into the public eye, the North Korean news media -- specifically the Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA -- has taken…
Cultural Politics… Updates on Sino-North Korean Relations 22 Apr 201122 Apr 2011 Chinese TV reports that preparations are underway for North Korean heir apparent Kim Jong Eun to visit CCP leaders in Beijing in "late April or early May." Accordingly, a rather…
American Foreign Policy… North Korea Notes 21 Jan 201121 Jan 2011 The Hu-Obama Summit has already been subjected to some of the most intense lobbying pressures known to man. From big business to human rights groups to the defense hawks in…
history and memory… Events in Pyongyang 10 Oct 201011 Oct 2010 Yesterday the Korean Workers' Party in Pyongyang celebrated its 65th anniversary with an immense parade that included an appearance by the new big man on campus and the putative successor,…
North Korean border region… Sino-North Korean Links for July 26, 2010 26 Jul 201026 Jul 2010 Note: I'm breaking slightly from my previously-announced fortnight blogging hiatus to try something new: a sort of collection of links on North Korea and Sino-North Korean relations which attempts to…
history and memory… Stories to Follow 15 Jul 201015 Jul 2010 I recommend you watch how these stories develop, since most of them have yet to be really reported in the Anglophone press: 1. Legacies of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria Chinese…
China… PRC-DPRK Pygmalion 5 Jun 20105 Jun 2010 Get into character. Who really changes anyway? Perhaps, perhaps, the Chinese: We previously knew that China would be providing tickets to 1000 Chinese fans in South Africa to root for North Korean…
North Korea… KCNA Roundup 19 Apr 2010 Korea Central News Agency -- essentially the North Korean equivalent to Xinhua, minus all the foreign bureaus -- was full of news this past week of commemorations of April 15,…
North Korea… KCNA Roundup 11 Mar 2010 The Korean Central News Agency is North Korea's Xinhua, that is, an organ for propaganda and news. This past week has seen a number of significant themes emerging. What struck…
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