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Lecturer in Chinese History // University of Leeds

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Beijing…

“The Enemies Made this Possible”: Sino-North Korean Relations after 1948

6 Jun 202023 Dec 2020
“’The Enemies Made This Possible’: Sino-North Korean relations since 1948” with Yujin Lim, in Adrian Buzo, ed., Routledge Handbook of Contemporary North Korea (London: Routledge, 2020), pp. 131-140. Abstract: This chapter is…
My Publications…

Writings and Media Work: July 2017

27 Jul 2017
For whatever reason, July has been a particularly active month in the various cockpits where I do my work -- coffee shops, trains rocketing between Leeds and London, my university…
North Korea

North Korea and Border Crossings in Northeast Asia

10 Feb 2017
On 17 February, I will be lecturing at the Irish Institute for Korean Studies at University College Cork, a dynamic university in the revolutionary heartland of the Republic of Ireland.…
Borderlands…

Border Consolidation in Liaoning: From Chen Yun to Xi Jinping

6 Feb 2017
For presentation at Leiden University lecture series "Borders: Life on the Edge of Area Studies", 28 February 2017: For the Chinese Communist Party, the northeastern province of Liaoning today inhabits…
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…
Music…

On the disbandment of the DPRK’s Unhasu Orchestra and the reported death of several of its members

6 Jun 2015
With respect to the matter of the Unhasu Orchestra “executions” which has been bubbling about since late August 2013, augmented by  JoongAng Ilbo reports of “stadium executions” in Wonsan in…
American Foreign Policy…

North Korean Purges and Scuttlebutt

29 May 201529 May 2015
A few days after publishing a 2500-word analysis of the Hyon Yong-chol purge aftermath (an abbreviated version of which was published by the Guardian), I spoke with Steve Miller of the Asia…
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…
North Korea…

The Interview: A Rare Glimpse into the Alternate Reality of CNN in North Korea

9 May 20159 May 2015
CNN's Will Ripley was recently summoned to Pyongyang, coinciding nicely with North Korea's announcement that the country had placed yet another American wanderer in custody for crossing the border illegally.…

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