Kim Jong-un… Kim Jong Un and the Bomb – A Review 20 Dec 2021 As the North Korean state made remarkable leaps to its nuclear and missile capabilities under the leadership of Kim Jong-un, Ankit Panda, a journalist and editor at The Diplomat, based in…
Beijing… Media Blackout in Beijing: Reading the Empty Spaces during the Kim Jong-un Visit 30 Mar 2018 Among the dozens of subplots feeding into and out of the curious-but-necessary welcome by Xi Jinping of Kim Jong-un this week is the question of information access and what it…
Beijing… Bypassing Beijing? North Korean Foreign Relations in April and May 22 Apr 2016 Responding with appropriately prepared shock to the 15 April rocket launch, assessing the crescendo to the big Party Congress in early May in Pyongyang, adding to the noise over the…
North Korea… Putting a Price Tag on North Korea’s October 10 Celebrations 17 Oct 201517 Oct 2015 I don't doubt there is an abundance of potential fury in North Korea's provinces, but it does seem odd that a single parade, fireworks display, and associated banquets and pageantry would eat…
Kim Jong-un… On Kim Jong-un’s ‘Achievements’ and the North Korean-Chinese Relationship 17 Jun 201517 Jun 2015 This past December, many observers of the scene in northeast Asia had questions about the 'three-year mourning period' which was coming to an end, ostensibly, in North Korea. Since Kim…
My Publications… Recent Writings and Commentary on North Korea 20 May 2015 Essays 'Purges, Baekdu, and the Moranbong Band: Data Points around General Hyon,' Sino-NK, 16 May 2015 'Kim Jong-un's vulnerability on display as North Korean rumours abound,' The Guardian, 15 May 2015 'Satellites…
history and memory… Notes on the Sinchon Massacre 16 May 2015 The death of North Korean civilians at Sinchon is significant on a few levels. On the one hand, it calls our attention to the always fractious topic of war crimes…
history and memory… North Korean Commemoration Culture and the Kim Jong-un Succession: New SOAS Working Paper 6 Apr 2015
North Korea Browbeatings: A Readout on the Recent Politburo Meeting in Pyongyang 20 Feb 201521 Feb 2015 A recent meeting in Pyongyang got a great deal of attention, for mostly the wrong reasons. New media upstart Vox led its North Korea coverage for the week with what could be…
North Korea… It Takes a Nation of Slogans 13 Feb 201513 Feb 2015 North Korea may be economically poor but it is surely rich with slogans. Some three hundred were recently published in the country. Private advertising is still very much circumscribed, and…
Adam Cathcart 