Borderlands… Dandong Discourse: China-DPRK Trade Fair, and Rumblings in Xinchengqu 12 Jul 201513 Jul 2015 Historians have surely seen better days between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kim-centric Workers' Party of [North] Korea, but business continues apace today in the borderland. The main item seen in the…
Borderlands… Stephan Haggard’s Comment on Sinuiju SEZs 1 Aug 2014 Stephan Haggard is frequently described as one of the top North Korea analysts in the United States; his breadth of interest, range of expertise, and command of massive amounts of…
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…
Art… ‘Succession is the Issue’: Rap Ditty on the Kim Clan and Sino-North Korean Relations 18 Feb 201128 Feb 2011 If you want footnotes or typed lyrics, then they shall be produced. Otherwise, enjoy this little ditty, which began in the pre-dawn with a civilized train ride and a consequent…
Huanqiu Shibao… Sunday Links: Korea 4 Jul 2010 1. Joshua Stanton's analysis of Sino-North Korean relations on One Free Korea is stuffed with things worth thinking about. Of course, when he equates the Global Times with the Nazi…
North Korean border region… Dam News: China and DPRK Agreement on Yalu River Development 2 Apr 2010 News is crackling along the frontiers of Sino-North Korean relations, and here at S.V. we thus are shaking off the torpor of spring to spring, metaphorically at least, over the…
East Asian modernity… Mobile Phones and Subversive Activity in the DPRK 25 Mar 201025 Mar 2010 I did some translation work just now on Curtis Melvin's site and thought I might toss it up on S.V. for readers who don't frequent NK Economy Watch. (Unthinkable! )…
North Korean border region… Releasing Robert, and Economic Development in Tumen 4 Feb 2010 One Free Korea, channeling Reuters and a fascinating KCNA-published "confession" of the border-hopping misssionary, reports that Robert Park will be released from captivity in North Korea. Meanwhile, Chinese media outlets…
North Korean border region… Border News 中朝边防 30 Jan 2010 North Koreans in border regions are doing more military drills than usual (click here for Chinese version), but so too are their counterparts on the Chinese side of the border. In…
China… Sino-NK Developments / 中朝消息 23 Dec 200923 Dec 2009 Several rather interesting Sino-North Korean stories have come across the transom recently. And isn’t that what life is all about: stories? Narratives have power, particularly when they change. Some arguments…
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