Korean War… “War Could Break Out at Any Time”: DPRK Diplomats on the Offensive 4 Jun 20104 Jun 2010 Two recent reports have evidenced some noteworthy statements by North Korean diplomats abroad. Clearly, they are spreading the word: the DPRK is not at fault for the Cheonan incident, the…
German… Sueddeutsche Zeitung on North Korean Aggression 24 May 201024 May 2010 In lieu of an extended post on Korean issues today, I read and translate an insightful editorial from Germany's greatest paper, the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Three quick corrections to the clip:…
Korean War… You Say It’s Your Birthday: North Korea Imports Chinese Automobiles as Gifts 14 Apr 2010 The Huanqiu Shibao reports that North Korea has purchased more than 100 Chinese automobiles as gifts to be given by Kim Jong Il (during the three-day period that marks his…
Korean War… Lin Biao’s Dissent on the Korean War 12 Mar 201012 Mar 2010 In a country and political system where history thrums deeply with contemporary political connotations, it may be interesting to note that, after an orgy of publishing since 1990 about the…
American Foreign Policy… Netizens Debate Prospect of PLA Invasion of North Korea 31 Jan 201031 Jan 2010 This thread on the Huanqiu Shibao/Global Times BBS, was started this past June and continues to rack up interesting comments responding to unspecified reports from the U.S. (or just representing…
Chinese nationalism… Advance! : Sino-Korean Research in the Publication Pipeline 16 Jan 201016 Jan 2010 Seattle is full of goodness on this misty, sunny, drizzling, French press in the morning weekend. Eastern mountains blaze with snow and light, Japanese-Americans send out slabs of sushi in…
history and memory… War Photography over Korea, 1950-1953: Pictures from the PRC Web 20 Dec 200921 Dec 2009 For some reason in the last week or so, Chinese websites have been featuring large picture galleries of the American aerial destruction of North Korea in the early 1950s. The…
Korean War… New Korean War Photographs from North Pyong’an Province 9 Dec 2009 At a time when North Korea is rumbling again about setting up a special economic zone outside of Sinuiju, thoughts easily turn to North Pyong'an province, the northwesternmost province of…
North Korean border region… Thunder Rumbles out of Chinese Archives 31 Oct 200931 Oct 2009 Xinhua's English-language service reports: Chinese military archivists have identified more than 100 documents that could lead to the repatriation of the remains of the United States personnel who disappeared during…
China… Reports of North Korean Chemical Weapons Wafting into Chinese Dandong 10 Oct 200911 Oct 2009 [post updated October 11, 1:57 a.m. Pacific Standard Time] The Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reports that potentially dangerous concentrations of sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent used most infamously in…
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