North Korean border region… Chinese Aid to Flood-Hit Areas in North Korea 31 Oct 201631 Oct 2016 The PRC's National Day (1 October) celebrations were muted in Pyongyang, but they did provide an opportunity for Li Jinjun, the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea, to make a few…
Sino-North Korean relations… New Essay in The Diplomat 7 Oct 2016 Entitled 'Unraveling China-North Korea Relations,' this 2000-word essay delves into recent bilateral implications of events in Dandong and Tumen, and argues that taking a broader geographical area into account helps…
Borderlands… Fireworks from the Bunker: North Korea’s Role in Borderless Tourist Zone Revealed 5 Mar 2015 Everything about this Reuters piece about a possible breakthrough in Chinese-North Korean cross-border tourism is great, until: "The [tri-national] zone is the latest push by North Korea to transform itself…
Chinese communist party… Kim Jong Il in China: PRC Media Tropes 20 May 201120 May 2011 If there's one thing we know about North Korea, it is that the DPRK is intensely mindful of how it is portrayed in foreign media. Scrutinizing its own international image…
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 Korea… All Roads Lead to Chongjin 19 Jan 2010 Back in October 2009 I wrote about new tourism agreements put into place between North Korea's North Hamgyong province and Chinese counterparts in Tumen city. In spite of North Korea…
North Korean border region… Rumblings on the Tumen 17 Nov 200917 Nov 2009 China has approved, yet again, an international development zone in the Tumen Delta. Global Times reports (in English), as does CCTV. The Chinese government has approved a border development zone…
