American Foreign Policy… North Koreans Watching Fox 24 May 2018 This post operates on sanity-preserving ground rules: No referring to: think-pieces, think-tank analyses, journalistic hot takes, outraged or absurd Tweets (other than those thumbed out by POTUS), Chuck Schumer's courageous…
Cultural Politics… Notes on North Korean Musical Exchanges and Internal Narratives 30 Mar 20186 Apr 2018 A lot of people seem to be interested in North Korean cultural diplomacy these days, so the (often peer-reviewed/probably badly flawed/usually enormously fun) work which I have been doing on…
Chinese foreign policy… Comment on the North Korean Missile Launch 12 Feb 2017 I was on BBC television this evening (via the Leeds studio) discussing the North Korean missile launch with Celia Hatton, who, fortunately for me and the BBC, is a veteran 'China…
history and memory… Does North Korea Have Two Rulers? Visions of the Female General 8 Jan 20158 Jan 2015 In a Reuters dispatch published today, James Pearson uses multiple perspectives to reflect on Kim Jong-un's 8 January birthday in North Korea. In the end, it appears that the ostensible 32nd…
American Foreign Policy… “Spit at the American Gentlemen” : North Korean State Media Rolls Out the Welcome Mat for Google 11 Jan 20138 May 2014 A short article released on January 10 in Pyongyang was fairly enervating, though no news media outlet seems to have picked it up yet. Nor, as Daniel Pinkston has pointed out already, has any…
North Korea Changes in the North Korean Media Landscape 30 Aug 2012 Much has been made about the spread of technology into North Korean society. No doubt, North Korean elites in Pyongyang are highly aware and desirous of Apple products. Westerners who…
Cultural Politics… Lux Sinica: China’s Civilizing Influence in North Korea 17 Jun 201117 Jun 2011 It takes more than a few days, or perhaps a few weeks, to sift through all the reports, speculation, and rumors surrounding Kim Jong Il’s “new deal” with China. At…
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…
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