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…
Uncategorized Kim Jong Il’s Funeral 27 Dec 2011 The funeral is being live-streamed, via KCNA, here, via The Age in Australia.
Japan… Sinologistical Violoncellist China Media Review – Feb. 15, 2011 16 Feb 201120 Feb 2011 Today's focus: Sino-North Korean relations, with tidbits about border security, a North Korean diplomatic visit to France, and the ongoing consequences of Mubarak's fall in Northeast Asia. Link to the…
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,…
Sino-North Korean relations Sino-NK Agreements 22 Feb 201022 Feb 2010 The rumor mill continues its inexorable churning as regards Chinese interests in North Korea. The most astounding assertion (now parading as an established fact) is that China has promised to…
China… Robert Park in the Chinese Press 6 Feb 20109 Feb 2010 American human rights rhetoric about North Korea tends to rest upon a self-sustaining paradox: in the view of vocal bloggers and conservative newspapers, the Chinese Communist Party is guilty of…
American Foreign Policy… Karaoke Will Save the World 28 Jan 201028 Jan 2010 What to do when you've had a bad year? How to press forward, gamely or doggedly, with the new tasks thrust upon you by time and those relationships whose original…
history and memory… Pyongyang, Vicariously 28 Jan 201028 Jan 2010 Reports from Pyongyang tend to cohere to a standard "Western journalists under control in North Korea" theme. What sets the best ones apart? 1. "Parallel Universe," an Australian piece from 2007, features Bradley…
North Korea… NK-PRC Roundup 26 Jan 201027 Jan 2010 The Korean Central News Agency -- as well as the Chinese Embassy -- in Pyongyang has been putting out all manner of noteworthy stuff lately which is worth some commentary. …
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