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38 North

  • Internal Developments in North Korea: Succession
    Internal Developments in North Korea: Succession - On July 15, 2010, 38 North held a workshop that gathered together experts from the U.S., South Korea, Europe, China and Japan, to discuss the latest developments regarding North Korea, both internal a…38north.org
  • Internal Developments in North Korea: The Economy
    Internal Developments in North Korea: The Economy - On July 15, 2010, 38 North held a workshop that gathered together experts from the U.S., South Korea, Europe, China and Japan, to discuss the latest developments regarding North Korea, both internal a…38north.org
  • Kim Jong Il’s “Flowers for Kim Il Sung”
    Kim Jong Il’s “Flowers for Kim Il Sung” - A cultural event in Vienna has given the Western world a peek, however small, into North Korea’s cultural and political life. An exhibition of art and architecture from the North, “Flowers for Kim Il…38north.org
  • Demography is Destiny: Why South Korea Hasn’t Seen the Last of the Sunshine
    Demography is Destiny: Why South Korea Hasn’t Seen the Last of the Sunshine - The autobiography of the late President Kim Dae Jung, best known for his “Sunshine Policy” of engagement with North Korea, recently hit bookshelves in Korea. Kim’s election in 1997 on his fourth try f…38north.org
  • North Korea: Why Engagement Now?
    North Korea: Why Engagement Now? - Geopolitics drove the U.S.-China détente. It could do the same between Washington and Pyongyang. Relations between the United States and North Korea, never particularly warm, have truly frosted over i…38north.org
  • Special Report: North Korea and the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
    Special Report: North Korea and the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) - On its seventh anniversary, Dr. Mark J. Valencia evaluates the effectiveness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). This initiative, started under the Bush adminstration in 2003 and inherited…38north.org
  • The Maritime Boundary between North & South Korea in the Yellow (West) Sea
    The Maritime Boundary between North & South Korea in the Yellow (West) Sea - South Korea has become a dynamic and lively country, providing global leadership in numerous areas, but it is situated in a complicated region and faces serious challenges in dealing with its neighbor…38north.org
  • Spotlight on Sinuiju
    Spotlight on Sinuiju - Introduction and Brief History Sinuiju City (신의주시),  the capital of North P’yŏngan province, sits on the Amnok (Yalu) River directly across from the Chinese city of Dandong. One of only two rail cross…38north.org
  • Is the South Korean Tail Wagging the American Dog?
    Is the South Korean Tail Wagging the American Dog? - As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrapped up their visit to South Korea, the intended message was, in Clinton’s words, one of “real solidarity”—two allies united…38north.org
  • Inspector O and a Very Good Book
    Inspector O and a Very Good Book - “Barbara Demick has won the Samuel Johnson prize.” I was looking at a copy of her book when Inspector O walked into my hotel room and closed the door. “I know. Wonderful writing. Well deserved.” He sc…38north.org

ASEAN Society

  • ASEAN’s position towards the G20 Seoul Summit | Vietnam Business News
    ASEAN’s position towards the G20 Seoul Summit | Vietnam Business News - South Korea is the host of G20 Seoul Summit 2010, while Vietnam is the president of ASEAN 2010, which represented ASEAN at the G20 Toronto Summit in Canada in June 2010 and was expected to deputise t…Sat, 4 Sep 2010, 04:07 AM // asean-society.org
  • South Korea confirms interest in free trade talks with Mercosur …
    South Korea confirms interest in free trade talks with Mercosur … - South Korea currently has FTA with India, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , ASEAN, Singapore and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) that includes Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and L…Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 05:36 PM // asean-society.org
  • New Delhi, Seoul sign 2 MoUs on defence
    New Delhi, Seoul sign 2 MoUs on defence - Defence Minister A.K. Antony inspects a guard of honour with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young in Seoul on Friday.Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 08:01 AM // asean-society.org
  • South Korea Seeking To Launch Free Trade Talks With Mercosur
    South Korea Seeking To Launch Free Trade Talks With Mercosur - SEOUL, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- South Korea is seeking to launch bilateral free trade negotiations with South American trade bloc MERCOSUR, as Asia's fourth-largest economy accelerates its move to tap deep…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 01:55 PM // asean-society.org
  • S Korea, Peru reach free trade pact to expand trade (3)
    S Korea, Peru reach free trade pact to expand trade (3) - Upon the free trade pact, local experts are expecting that it will bring about an overall growth in competitiveness of South Korean goods in the South American market.Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 12:54 PM // asean-society.org
  • South Korea and Peru reach Free Trade pact | Live Stock Trading …
    South Korea and Peru reach Free Trade pact | Live Stock Trading … - Along with deals with South American countries, South Korea has so far inked free trade pacts with India, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Singapore and the European Free Trade Asso…Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 08:34 AM // asean-society.org
  • Summering In The Emerging Markets
    Summering In The Emerging Markets - A sojourn through the developing world offers a glimpse of possible future returns for equity investors.Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 05:12 AM // asean-society.org
  • RP, Korea sign pact on occupational safety and health | OFW Ngayon …
    RP, Korea sign pact on occupational safety and health | OFW Ngayon … - Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC) Director Ma Brenda L Villafuerte said KOSHA aims to forge agreements with all member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). She said that K…Sun, 29 Aug 2010, 04:28 PM // asean-society.org

Berkeley APEC Study Center

  • Cyber Security: A New Frontier for the U.S.-Japan Alliance?
    Cyber Security: A New Frontier for the U.S.-Japan Alliance? - Kristi Govella, BASC Project DirectorLast week, American and Japanese officials announced that they will join forces to combine Internet-based attacks that disrupt the operations of firms and governme…Wed, 12 May 2010, 01:28 PM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • U.S.-China Naval Rivalry over Oil?
    U.S.-China Naval Rivalry over Oil? - Do-Hee Jeong, BASC Research AssistantNot even a decade ago, China was totally absent from competition over oil, but today this emerging global power’s efforts to obtain long fought-after resources is…Mon, 3 May 2010, 03:34 PM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • Leaving China: How Smart is Google?
    Leaving China: How Smart is Google? - Michelle Chang, BASC Research AssistantOne month ago, on March 22nd, Google decided to step out of China and end four years of censoring the web for the Chinese government. Thus exited the world’s mos…Fri, 23 Apr 2010, 09:40 PM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • Letting China See the Light
    Letting China See the Light - Robert Nelson, BASC Research AssistantThis has been a week for deft diplomacy. Though the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty has been grabbing all the headlines in foreign policy circles, it is Treas…Sat, 10 Apr 2010, 02:02 AM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • Taiwan-China Relations: Debates over the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)
    Taiwan-China Relations: Debates over the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) - Michael Chang, BASC Research AssistantSince the ascension of the Kuomintang (KMT) and President Ma Ying-jeou into power in 2008, efforts to restore cross-strait relations in transportation, commerce a…Sat, 3 Apr 2010, 12:25 AM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • The Greek Question
    The Greek Question - Ivy Ngo, BASC Research AssistantPhoto courtesy of REUTERS/John KolesidisGreece has never seemed so far removed from its prehistoric glory as the civilization that brought us Hercules, Aristotle and th…Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 08:08 PM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • Global Korea 2010: Is South Korea Emerging as a Global Leader?
    Global Korea 2010: Is South Korea Emerging as a Global Leader? - Do-Hee Jeong, BASC Research AssistantSouth Korea has been the subject of great international attention during the past few weeks. In addition to Yuna Kim’s momentous recording-breaking victory in figu…Wed, 3 Mar 2010, 02:06 AM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP): A Panglossian Endeavor
    The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP): A Panglossian Endeavor - Peter Volberding, BASC Research AssistantOn December 14, 2009, President Barack Obama and USTR Ron Kirk officially notified Congress of the administration’s intention to enter into negotiations for th…Mon, 22 Feb 2010, 11:25 PM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • 50th Anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty comes amid strains in the bilateral relationship
    50th Anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty comes amid strains in the bilateral relationship - Ren Yi Hooi, BASC Research AssistantThe US-Japan security treaty turned 50 years old last month, but the bilateral relationship between these two countries currently faces a critical point as a result…Thu, 18 Feb 2010, 06:12 PM // bascresearch.blogspot.com
  • Happy Holidays from the Berkeley APEC Study Center!
    Happy Holidays from the Berkeley APEC Study Center! - The Berkeley APEC Study Center would like to wish all of its friends and patrons a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We will be taking a break from our blog until January, but until then, ple…Mon, 14 Dec 2009, 09:13 PM // bascresearch.blogspot.com

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Breaking Down Borders

  • Time to amend presidential term limits in South Korea
    Time to amend presidential term limits in South Korea - Apparently, South Korea has grown over 7% on a per annum basis for two consecutive quarters now. I can't believe this presidential pledge is coming through. Paul Eckert: The IMF -- which again revised…Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 06:06 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • [California] The Senate Race
    [California] The Senate Race - It appears that in the upcoming elections in November, polls show a tie between Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer and Republican Party candidate Carly Fiorina. When I read this, I thought this in and o…Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 05:54 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • What's wrong with China? *edit*
    What's wrong with China? *edit* - edit: 08/30 I earlier alluded to Chinese currency manipulation and I guess I'm sharing why I feel so ambivalent about China. But, by far, the  most troubling, worrisome, and, downright outrageous aspe…Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 01:26 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Drama in Japan *add*
    Drama in Japan *add* - add: 08/27/10 the Japanese PM has vowed to take bold action against the Yen's appreciation. I stumbled on this post as I read that Ichiro Ozawa will challenge the current Japanese Prime Minister, Naot…Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 01:22 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Unification Tax
    Unification Tax - edit: for clarity   August 15th is a good day to be in East Asia, unless well, you're in Japan, where it's a day of national humiliation; it's the day Japan surrendered. South Korean President Lee Myu…Sun, 22 Aug 2010, 06:48 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Exaggerating the China "Threat"
    Exaggerating the China "Threat" - The Economist seems to have a couple articles that talks up the idea of China taking over the world as China recently surpassed Japan as the world's second largest economy in nominal terms. One of the…Sun, 22 Aug 2010, 06:37 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • [Apple conquers Korea] iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Halts Korean Mobile Service Carrier...
    [Apple conquers Korea] iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Halts Korean Mobile Service Carrier... - Kushibo notes:  KT's online ordering site for the iPhone 4 ground to a halt today. Apple and KT representatives assumed it was due to 70,000 people ordering the beloved smartphone, but it turns out it…Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 11:00 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Refuting the absurdity behind claims of the U.S. "raising tensions" in East Asia
    Refuting the absurdity behind claims of the U.S. "raising tensions" in East Asia - Xinhua:  The United States seems to be flexing its military muscles in Northeast Asia and the South China Sea for some time now, especially after the sinking of the Republic of Korea's (ROK) corvette,…Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 11:00 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • So, I saw a wizard today...
    So, I saw a wizard today... - I was walking down Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley today, and, well, I can swear I saw a wizard. He wasn't like one of those wizards from say Lord of the Rings, where he was dressed in all white with a l…Mon, 16 Aug 2010, 11:00 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • A Sea Change in Attitude & Clumsiness of the Pentagon
    A Sea Change in Attitude & Clumsiness of the Pentagon - A few years ago, when the late South Korean President Kim Dae Jung visited Washington, D.C. to meet with then U.S. President George W. Bush, Kim Dae Jung was utterly humiliated when the U.S. did not p…Sun, 8 Aug 2010, 03:40 PM // feeds.feedburner.com

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Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Mission to North Korea
    Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Mission to North Korea - Since Aijalon Mahli Gomes’s incarceration in North Korea began in January, the U.S. State Department has been laboring along with the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang to secure his release. In July, the N…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • Issues & Insights Vol. 10 - No. 22
    Issues & Insights Vol. 10 - No. 22 - The Pacific Forum CSIS brought together a small, select group of South Korean and US security specialists for the second time to discuss threat perceptions and concerns about the changing strategic en…Fri, 20 Aug 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • Issues & Insights Vol. 10 - No. 19
    Issues & Insights Vol. 10 - No. 19 - The Pacific Forum CSIS convened a Young Leaders Trilateral Roundtable with representation from the United States, South Korea, and Japan to discuss respective country responses to a leadership transit…Tue, 10 Aug 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • Asia's Response to Climate Change and Natural Disasters
    Asia's Response to Climate Change and Natural Disasters - This new report by energy, regional, and humanitarian disaster specialists at CSIS examines the politics of climate change in Asia, the region’s response to natural disasters, and the implications for…Fri, 16 Jul 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - China-Korea Relations
    Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - China-Korea Relations - The March 26 sinking of the ROK warship Cheonan served as the backdrop for a series of high-level exchanges between China and the two Koreas. Kim Jong-il paid an “unofficial” visit to China and met Pr…Thu, 15 Jul 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - North Korea-South Korea Relations
    Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - North Korea-South Korea Relations - This was the worst quarter in inter-Korean relations of the near-decade that Comparative Connections has been covering this relationship. On the rare occasions when the peninsula makes global headline…Thu, 15 Jul 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - US-Korea Relations
    Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - US-Korea Relations - The quarter saw a series of major events in US-ROK relations. The North Korean torpedo attack on the ROK warship intensified tensions and blasted hopes for resumption of the Six-Party Talks. Meanwhile…Thu, 15 Jul 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - Japan-Korea Relations
    Comparative Connections v.12 n.2 - Japan-Korea Relations - The sinking of the ROK warship on March 26 turned the second quarter into a tumultuous time for Northeast Asian diplomacy. read moreThu, 15 Jul 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • The Accidental Linchpin
    The Accidental Linchpin - On the sidelines of the recent G20 summit in Toronto, U.S. President Barack Obama emerged from his meeting with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak with two major announcements: A new timetable…Tue, 13 Jul 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org
  • PacNet #31 - China's Cheonan Problem
    PacNet #31 - China's Cheonan Problem - Historians may well look back at the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan in March 2010 as a turning point in China’s relations with Asia and the wider world. Beijing’s response to the tragedy…Fri, 18 Jun 2010, 12:00 AM // csis.org

DPRK Forum

  • Kim Jong Il goes hat in hand to China?
    Kim Jong Il goes hat in hand to China? - The new York Times is reporting Kim Jong Il is probably going to visit China to most likely to make some kind of deal to secure aid for his failed regime. This has been speculated for months as the ar…Fri, 2 Apr 2010, 03:42 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Games: Korea ‘85
    Games: Korea ‘85 - Going back to the games department, there is another called Korea ‘85 from HPS simulations. This on covers the entire Korean peninsula, and the graphics seem a little tighter. Thing of it is, I do not…Sat, 27 Mar 2010, 11:01 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Raging Tiger update and sinking of ROK ship
    Raging Tiger update and sinking of ROK ship - One Free Korea has all the updates on the latest skirmish along the NLL. This is not the fist time NLL skirmishes have happened, and this is not the first time ROK has been attacked since the Korean W…Fri, 26 Mar 2010, 08:11 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Raging Tiger: Second Korean War
    Raging Tiger: Second Korean War - An interesting simulation game is found here from Shrapnel Games called  Raging Tiger: Second Korean War. I just ordered the game today, and hopefully I will get a download link while I wait for the p…Tue, 23 Mar 2010, 07:32 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • The 12th SPA: Will KJE appear or not?
    The 12th SPA: Will KJE appear or not? - Kim Jong Il was designated official successor on the 6th SPA in 1980. It would not be until 1994 he would take the helm of power, but it was a very slow process to become Chairman of the National Defe…Mon, 22 Mar 2010, 12:33 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • In non-Korean news… (Update 2)
    In non-Korean news… (Update 2) - Update 2: Well, not really an update. It is old news already. ObamaCare is passed. Oh, and in other news, King Tut’s tomb was found! It is late breaking! Check it out and all that junk… Update: The bi…Sun, 21 Mar 2010, 01:43 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • The 12th SPA to meet April 9th
    The 12th SPA to meet April 9th - Reuters is reporting the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly will meet April 9th. Overall, it is a slow news day in North Korea, and chances are, this meet-up of cronies has a chance for some interesting o…Sat, 20 Mar 2010, 11:28 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • ROK: ‘We have our own dirt’
    ROK: ‘We have our own dirt’ - With the Mt. Kumgang resort stopped, arms shipments intercepted, Keasong in heated talks, Rajin stagnant, inflation getting from bad to worse, donor fatigue, and stalled disarmament talks, ROK decided…Fri, 19 Mar 2010, 10:28 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • The follies of working with North Korea
    The follies of working with North Korea - Sometimes, doing business with a malignant narcissist like Kim Jong Il has its downsides. In a recent article by the Chosun Ilbo, the regime is threatening the ROK of seizing property if they do not d…Thu, 18 Mar 2010, 10:56 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Pak Nam Gi executed and other news
    Pak Nam Gi executed and other news - Pak Nam Gi executed – This news should have not come as a surprise to me, but somehow it did. I do not know why. At any rate, it seems Kim Jong Il is executing the very people he gave orders to. Of co…Wed, 17 Mar 2010, 11:16 PM // feeds.feedburner.com

DPRK Studies

  • DPRK Studies Signing Off
    DPRK Studies Signing Off - This site has been around in one form or the other since 2000, and as a blog since 2005.  Since there haven’t been many posts in the last year, that’s unlikely to change anytime soon, and for a few ot…Wed, 11 Aug 2010, 11:44 PM // dprkstudies.org

East Asia

  • East Asia’s Foreign Exchange Rate Policies
    East Asia’s Foreign Exchange Rate Policies - Michael F. Martin Specialist in Asian Affairs Financial authorities in East Asia have adopted a variety of foreign exchange rate policies, ranging from Hong Kong's currency board system which links th…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 10:30 PM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2010: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
    U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2010: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy - Mark E. Manyin Specialist in Asian Affairs After communist North Vietnam's victory over U.S.-backed South Vietnam in 1975, U.S.- Vietnam had minimal relations until the mid-1990s. Normal diplomatic re…Tue, 17 Aug 2010, 04:39 AM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • North Korea: Back on the Terrorism List?
    North Korea: Back on the Terrorism List? - Mark E. Manyin Specialist in Asian Affairs Whether North Korea should be included on the U.S. list of terrorism-supporting countries has been a major issue in U.S.-North Korean diplomacy since 2000, p…Fri, 13 Aug 2010, 12:24 AM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • U.S.-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Issues for Congress
    U.S.-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Issues for Congress - Mary Beth Nikitin Analyst in Nonproliferation Bruce Vaughn Specialist in Asian Affairs Australia and the United States have cooperated in the peaceful use of nuclear energy since the mid-1950s. The fr…Fri, 13 Aug 2010, 12:22 AM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
    Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress - Emma Chanlett-Avery, Coordinator Specialist in Asian Affairs William H. Cooper Specialist in International Trade and Finance Mark E. Manyin Specialist in Asian Affairs The post-World War II U.S.-Japan…Mon, 9 Aug 2010, 12:08 AM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • China-U.S. Trade Issues
    China-U.S. Trade Issues - Wayne M. Morrison Specialist in Asian Trade and Finance U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past three decades. Total U.S.- China trade rose from $5 billion in 1980 to $409 b…Mon, 9 Aug 2010, 12:06 AM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress
    China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress - Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs The question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a ke…Mon, 9 Aug 2010, 12:04 AM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments
    Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments - Shirley A. Kan Specialist in Asian Security Affairs Since 2000, the U.S. military has been building up forward-deployed forces on the U.S. territory of Guam to increase deterrence and power projection…Sun, 8 Aug 2010, 01:37 PM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress
    China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress - Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs The question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a ke…Sun, 8 Aug 2010, 01:35 PM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com
  • U.S. Sanctions on Burma
    U.S. Sanctions on Burma - Michael F. Martin Specialist in Asian Affairs Existing U.S. sanctions on Burma are based on various U.S. laws and Presidential Executive Orders. This report provides a brief history of U.S. policy tow…Tue, 27 Jul 2010, 12:10 AM // eastern-asia.blogspot.com

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East Asia Forum

  • Indigenous innovation for sustainable growth in China
    Indigenous innovation for sustainable growth in China - Author: Yanrui Wu, UWA After three decades of rapid growth, the Chinese economy is now at a crossroads, heading towards the next phase of development. While China’s economic growth has indeed been phe…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 08:00 AM // eastasiaforum.org
  • North Korea: Kim Jong-il snubs Jimmy Carter in lead up to succession
    North Korea: Kim Jong-il snubs Jimmy Carter in lead up to succession - Author: Aidan Foster-Carter, Leeds University Kim Jong-il headed to China at the end of last month less than four months after his last visit. This timing was the more surprising since it meant he mis…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 09:13 PM // eastasiaforum.org
  • China’s Soft Power v America’s Smart Power
    China’s Soft Power v America’s Smart Power - Author: Carlyle A. Thayer, UNSW@ADFA If China has made the running in Southeast Asia on the basis of soft power over the last decade, the tide now seems to be turning and the United States is re-engag…Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 01:00 AM // eastasiaforum.org
  • The US, ASEAN and China: Emergence of new alignment
    The US, ASEAN and China: Emergence of new alignment - Author: Joel Rathus, Adelaide University and Meiji University In November of last year, President Barack Obama pledged that he would be a ‘Pacific president.’ While the audience in Suntory Hall may ha…Sat, 28 Aug 2010, 08:00 AM // eastasiaforum.org
  • Gradualism: An explanation of some Chinese political contradictions
    Gradualism: An explanation of some Chinese political contradictions - Author: Mi Luo, Peking University Internet usage is on the rise in China, especially amongst the younger generation. Faced with the problem of extensive online censorship, this generation has designed…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 09:02 PM // eastasiaforum.org
  • Russia in Asia and the Pacific
    Russia in Asia and the Pacific - Author: Georgy Toloraya, CSCAP, Russia The Asia Pacific is a global region of primary significance. It is imperative that Russia grasps this fact, and lays out a comprehensive vision for its role in t…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 08:00 AM // eastasiaforum.org
  • China’s involvement in Central Asia: Beyond the borderlands
    China’s involvement in Central Asia: Beyond the borderlands - Author: Louise Merrington, ANU When thinking about China’s role in Asia, the relationships that are most obvious are those  with its East and Southeast Asian neighbours, from Japan, Korea and Taiwan d…Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 08:00 PM // eastasiaforum.org
  • Nuclear power and spent fuel in East Asia: Balancing energy, politics and nonproliferation
    Nuclear power and spent fuel in East Asia: Balancing energy, politics and nonproliferation - Authors: Miles Pomper, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Stephanie Lieggi, and Lawrence Scheinman, CNS North Korea’s nuclear weapons development is not the only nuclear crisis plaguing East Asia. There is also t…Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 08:00 PM // eastasiaforum.org
  • Japan-Korea relations in a new era
    Japan-Korea relations in a new era - Author: Masao Okonogi, Keio University What will the relationship between Japan and South Korea be in a generation from now? This was not an easy question to answer before democracy and market economi…Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 01:00 AM // eastasiaforum.org
  • China’s steel and resource demand likely to remain strong, for now
    China’s steel and resource demand likely to remain strong, for now - Authors: Huw McKay, Yu Sheng and Ligang Song, ANU China’s increasing demand for resources has been a key feature of the global landscape over the last decade. Despite its now dominant position in many…Sun, 22 Aug 2010, 08:00 AM // eastasiaforum.org

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North East Asian Matters

  • From Our Friends at KSG NightWatch: For the Night of 30 August
    From Our Friends at KSG NightWatch: For the Night of 30 August - * Contents below are entirely from our friends at KGS NightWatch:Comments from KGS NightWatch: On 30 August, Chinese and North Korean media confirmed Kim's visit to China and carried limited details a…Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 12:05 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • From Our Friends at KSG NightWatch: For the Night of 29 August
    From Our Friends at KSG NightWatch: For the Night of 29 August - * Contents below are entirely from our friends at KSG NightWatch:North Korea-China: North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il remained in northeast China on 29 August visiting the city of Harbin. Initial news r…Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 07:30 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Carter and Aijalon Gomes Arrive in Boston
    Carter and Aijalon Gomes Arrive in Boston - By Hwang Doo-hyong of Yonhap News Agency from Washington, D.C.Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter returned home Friday with an American held in North Korea for seven months for trespassing, reports sai…Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 06:22 PM // feeds.feedburner.com

Radio Free Asia

  • Sinuiju Damaged by Floods
    Sinuiju Damaged by Floods - A submerged North Korean city highlights failings in the country's infrastructure.Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 02:34 PM // rfa.org
  • Activist Detained in Beijing
    Activist Detained in Beijing - Blogger joins others held by police for publicizing a politically sensitive case.Thu, 19 Aug 2010, 02:46 PM // rfa.org
  • Military Drills Boost Tension
    Military Drills Boost Tension - Cooling ties between Washington and Beijing are linked to recent naval exercises.Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 04:48 PM // rfa.org
  • China Slams Pentagon Report
    China Slams Pentagon Report - Beijing says Washington is hurting bilateral military ties.Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 12:14 PM // rfa.org
  • Shortages Anger Pyongyang Residents
    Shortages Anger Pyongyang Residents - Food distribution failures in North Korea’s capital hurt morale ahead of an expected power transition.Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 10:40 AM // rfa.org
  • Mass Exercises Make Comeback
    Mass Exercises Make Comeback - Netizens call the move a return to the practices of the Cultural Revolution.Thu, 12 Aug 2010, 01:59 PM // rfa.org
  • North Koreans Seize Books
    North Koreans Seize Books - A Burmese author wonders what part of his biography caused offense.Tue, 3 Aug 2010, 05:54 AM // rfa.org
  • World Cup Team Shamed, Reprimanded
    World Cup Team Shamed, Reprimanded - North Korea’s coach is excoriated in a public meeting.Thu, 29 Jul 2010, 01:46 PM // rfa.org
  • North Koreans Send Funds Home
    North Koreans Send Funds Home - Resettled in the United States, North Koreans find ways to send money back home.Fri, 23 Jul 2010, 04:48 PM // rfa.org
  • North Korea Orders Purge
    North Korea Orders Purge - Order targets materials related to three disgraced officials.Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 05:21 PM // rfa.org

Two Koreas

  • Political Space and the Korean Thermidor
    Political Space and the Korean Thermidor - Lately, I've been making short presentations based on a long essay I wrote called A Korean Thermidor? Essentially, I've been drawing out different parts of the argument, trying to understand how we mi…Sun, 29 Aug 2010, 11:43 PM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • In Seoul
    In Seoul - I'll be making a short presentation at this event on Thursday. I think it is open to the public.The Third Kyujanggak International SymposiumDate 27-28 August, 2010Venue Kyujanggak Institute for Korean…Mon, 23 Aug 2010, 05:57 PM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • Labour Geography
    Labour Geography - I have a chapter in this new book on labour geography. I haven't seen the final edit yet, but it is now published. My chapter is a theoretical one about reconciling geographical theories of the 'spati…Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 11:31 AM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • The Chaebol and Uneven Development
    The Chaebol and Uneven Development - From Hankyoreh 21 (the Hankyoreh's biweekly? magazine), there are two articles on the uneven effects of the financial crisis on Korean firms. The large Chaebol, such as Samsung and Hyundai, it seems,…Sat, 17 Jul 2010, 03:24 PM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • Into the breach
    Into the breach - For the 60th anniversary of the Korean war, the Hankyoreh has published some recently discovered photographs by Lim In-sik. You can view them here and here. I'm not normally one to publish much on thi…Thu, 24 Jun 2010, 02:24 PM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • Links, Links, Links
    Links, Links, Links - I've finally gotten around to updating, well, really just fixing, the links on the left side of this blog. There were a lot of sites that had expired in the years since I began the blog. So, an update…Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 03:33 PM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • Freeters, Migrants, Samsung
    Freeters, Migrants, Samsung - As I get back to posting on a more regular basis, I'm going to make a few large summaries of issues that I haven't followed for a while. So, starting with contemporary labour issues, here is a string…Tue, 25 May 2010, 02:22 AM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • The politics of minority
    The politics of minority - Yet more Korean social thought. The Politics of Minority (English summary) was the first of Suyu Noma's Bookzines and contains some interesting articles. It is from 2007/2008 and has elements of a pos…Tue, 25 May 2010, 12:48 AM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • The Common City
    The Common City - While updating some of my links and writing the last post, I noticed that Jo Jeong Hwan has a new book out called The Common City (you can buy it here). Jo Jeong Hwan's thought is similar to autonomia…Mon, 10 May 2010, 12:27 AM // twokoreas.blogspot.com
  • Korean financialization
    Korean financialization - I noticed via Wallflower that there is a new book out called, roughly, 20 years of financial (portfolio development) rage in Korea. I think the title of WF's post, 20대 꼬붕론 , means 20-year bender, but…Thu, 6 May 2010, 03:02 PM // twokoreas.blogspot.com

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Korea Vision

  • Kim Jong-il snubs Jimmy Carter in lead up to succession
    Kim Jong-il snubs Jimmy Carter in lead up to succession - by Aidan Foster Carter, East Asia Forum, 2 September 2010. Kim Jong-il headed to China at the end of last month less than four months after his last visit. This timing was the more surprising since it…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 03:27 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • NCCK Committee for Reconciliation and Unification met with the KCF in Shenyang
    NCCK Committee for Reconciliation and Unification met with the KCF in Shenyang - On August 23rd, 2010, representatives of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) Committee of Reconciliation and Unification met with Rev. Kang Young-sup, Rev. O Kyung-woo and Mr. Kim Hyun-ch…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 01:18 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • KWP Meeting in September 2010: Perpetuation of the Living Leader System or Transformation to the Enshrined Leader System?
    KWP Meeting in September 2010: Perpetuation of the Living Leader System or Transformation to the Enshrined Leader System? - By Ruediger Frank (Policy Forum 10-037: July 8th, 2010) The North Korean official news agency KCNA has announced a Politburo decision dated June 23, 2010 that in “early September” (9 wŏl sangsune) of…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 10:44 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • Hu’s message to Kim
    Hu’s message to Kim - The Korea Herald, (Editorial 2010-08-3) China’s belated announcement on North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s five-day visit to its northeastern provinces made clear what message the host, President Hu Ji…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 09:34 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • China allows Kim’s visit for regional balance of power: experts
    China allows Kim’s visit for regional balance of power: experts - By Kim Young-gyo, HONG KONG, (Aug. 30 Yonhap) China seems to have allowed North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s surprise visit as Beijing is seeking to achieve an equilibrium of power in the Asia-Pacific…Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 09:41 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • Korean War in Film
    Korean War in Film - Screenings and discussions at the University of Sydney by Korean Media and Culture Club. Every Wednesday at 5.00pm between 1 Sep. and 15 Sep. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the K…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 05:08 PM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • DPRK Launches Website for its World Expo Pavilion
    DPRK Launches Website for its World Expo Pavilion - (Xinhua, August 24, 2010) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a website to introduce its pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and the country’s history, culture and customs.…Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 01:54 PM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • DPRK’s Sinuiju City hit by Flooding
    DPRK’s Sinuiju City hit by Flooding - PYONGYANG, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — Torrential downpours hit Sinuiju of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday, triggering heavy floods that submerged much of the city and causing huge…Sun, 22 Aug 2010, 05:31 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • Kännykät yleistyvät nopeasti Pohjois-Koreassa
    Kännykät yleistyvät nopeasti Pohjois-Koreassa - By Sami Sillanpää (Helsingin Sanomat, 20 Aug. 2010) Pohjois-Koreassa lanseerattiin 3G-matkapuhelinverkko runsas vuosi sitten. Kuva Pjongjangin aukiolta syyskuussa 2009. Sulkeutuneesta Pohjois-Koreasta…Fri, 20 Aug 2010, 03:40 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com
  • Kim Jong Eun to Take Control at Conference
    Kim Jong Eun to Take Control at Conference - By Hwang Ju Hee, Daily NK (2010-08-11) As September approaches, the number of analysts and experts forecasting that Kim Jong Eun will take on one or more positions at the core of the Central Committee…Thu, 12 Aug 2010, 10:56 AM // leonidpetrov.wordpress.com

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North Korea Today

  • North Korea Today No. 364 (Priority Release) September 2010
    North Korea Today No. 364 (Priority Release) September 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 11:11 PM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 359 August 2010
    North Korea Today No. 359 August 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 11:41 AM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 360 August 2010
    North Korea Today No. 360 August 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 04:28 AM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 358 July 2010
    North Korea Today No. 358 July 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 06:24 AM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 357 July 2010
    North Korea Today No. 357 July 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Mon, 9 Aug 2010, 10:50 PM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 356 July 2010
    North Korea Today No. 356 July 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Mon, 9 Aug 2010, 10:47 PM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 355 July 2010
    North Korea Today No. 355 July 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Mon, 9 Aug 2010, 10:43 PM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 354 July 2010
    North Korea Today No. 354 July 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 07:48 AM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 353 July 2010
    North Korea Today No. 353 July 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 07:45 AM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com
  • North Korea Today No. 352 July 2010
    North Korea Today No. 352 July 2010 - [“Good Friends” aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes “North Korea Today” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible. We at…Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 07:36 AM // goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com

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Oh My News

  • Switzerland, Direct Democracy, and OhmyNews
    Switzerland, Direct Democracy, and OhmyNews - The founder of OhmyNews, Oh Yeon-ho, recently spoke to the LIFT 2010 conference in Geneva about citizen journalism, and other forms of Swiss citizen participation....Sun, 9 May 2010, 04:58 AM // media.ohmynews.com
  • Arizona's Immigration Bill and Korea
    Arizona's Immigration Bill and Korea - Citizen reporter and human rights advocate Michael Solis offers six lessons about immigrants, to both Korea and the United States....Mon, 26 Apr 2010, 05:12 AM // media.ohmynews.com
  • US Changes Nuclear Posture
    US Changes Nuclear Posture - Cheong Wooksik reviews the impact of the new U.S. nuclear posture on North Korea, and the prospects for a nuclear-free, peaceful peninsula...Mon, 19 Apr 2010, 01:50 AM // media.ohmynews.com
  • Balancing Work, Life, And Children
    Balancing Work, Life, And Children - Two parents at L'Oreal, a leading French cosmetics company, discuss how they manage to work while raising a family, with help from their employer and the state...Mon, 15 Mar 2010, 08:52 PM // media.ohmynews.com
  • More than policy is needed to raise birthrates
    More than policy is needed to raise birthrates - Korean women are forced to choose between a family and a career; the only way to raise birthrates is to make women feel they can do both, according to Willem Adema, an economist with the OECD....Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 09:41 PM // media.ohmynews.com
  • The European Dream: 2 Children
    The European Dream: 2 Children - In the first story of OhmyNews' year-long series Reporting the European Dream, a team of reporters, citizens, and experts arrive in Paris to examine the high birthrate in that country, and what Korea…Sat, 27 Feb 2010, 03:05 PM // media.ohmynews.com
  • Happy 10th Birthday to OhmyNews
    Happy 10th Birthday to OhmyNews - Web-research pioneer and OhmyNews columnist Ronda Hauben wishes the organization a happy 10th anniversary, and tells how some of her stories for the Web site helped to change her world...Sun, 21 Feb 2010, 07:40 PM // media.ohmynews.com
  • Korea's HIV/AIDS Policies, Empty Promises
    Korea's HIV/AIDS Policies, Empty Promises - In January, both the Republic of Korea and the United States lifted travel bans on HIV-positive people. But does it mean the same thing in both countries? Michael Solis suggests not...Sun, 31 Jan 2010, 08:47 PM // media.ohmynews.com
  • [Opinion] America Can Be Asias Copilot
    [Opinion] America Can Be Asias Copilot - As Washington's hesitates, Pyongyang's nuclear ambition mushrooms, according to Lee Byong-Chol. He asks why Mr. Obama and his foreign policy team find it so hard to achieve North Korea's denuclearizat…Fri, 29 Jan 2010, 12:29 AM // media.ohmynews.com
  • Korea's "Comfort Women" Rally at 900th Protest
    Korea's "Comfort Women" Rally at 900th Protest - Bundled up against a temperature of 3F, survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery, also known as the comfort women, gathered on Jan. 13 for their 900th weekly protest...Wed, 13 Jan 2010, 08:21 PM // media.ohmynews.com

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North Korean Refugees

  • Handing over power in North Korea to “the rising generation”
    Handing over power in North Korea to “the rising generation” - Expectations are high that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will use an upcoming meeting of party elites to introduce his heir apparent, initiating the Stalinist dictatorship's second hereditary power…Sun, 5 Sep 2010, 01:55 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
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  • North Korea angling for foreign investment
    North Korea angling for foreign investment - A regular visitor to North Korea says North Korea is angling for foreign investment with a new government body set up to attract money into the isolated country.Glyn Ford, a former member of the Euro…Sat, 4 Sep 2010, 10:06 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • North Korea watchers’ predictions on Kim Jong-un rise to power
    North Korea watchers’ predictions on Kim Jong-un rise to power - Kim Jong-il is expected to convene a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party in coming days to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the…Sat, 4 Sep 2010, 10:06 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • China tells North Korea it's time for economic reform
    China tells North Korea it's time for economic reform - During Kim Jong-il’s visit to China last week, Chinese President Hu Jintao told Kim in strong terms to reform the North's failed socialist economy and open up the country, a senior South Korean govern…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 01:13 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • S.Korea offers flood aid to North Korea
    S.Korea offers flood aid to North Korea - South Korea has offered 10 billion won in emergency aid to North Korea to help with recovery from floods that ravaged the destitute state, a government official said. The offer was made through the So…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 12:38 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • Samaritan’s Purse sends Boeing 747 of relief aid to North Korea
    Samaritan’s Purse sends Boeing 747 of relief aid to North Korea - Franklin Graham’s international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse has chartered a Boeing 747 cargo jet to airlift some 90 tons of relief and medical supplies from the United States to N…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 12:35 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • Why Robert Park and Aijalon Mahli Gomes went to North Korea
    Why Robert Park and Aijalon Mahli Gomes went to North Korea - Since his release from North Korea, Robert Park has not spoken about his imprisonment—due in part, he said, to fears for the safety of his friend and counterpart Aijalon Mahli Gomes—and he declined to…Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 10:43 PM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • Kim Jong-il’s “secret trip” to and special status with China
    Kim Jong-il’s “secret trip” to and special status with China - The Chinese press indicates that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, and Kim likely asked Beijing to concur with North Korea's long-anticipated leadership change.Beij…Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 12:38 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • Carter’s breach in the wall of silence between the United States and North Korea
    Carter’s breach in the wall of silence between the United States and North Korea - Former President Jimmy Carter has long chosen to advance his own vision of global engagement, rather than that of the administration in power. His prickliness can offend Democrats and Republicans ali…Sun, 29 Aug 2010, 01:37 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com
  • Kim Jong Il’s apparent snub of Carter puzzles analysts
    Kim Jong Il’s apparent snub of Carter puzzles analysts - Kim Jong Il’s treatment this week of former president Jimmy Carter, who traveled to Pyongyang to secure the release of Aijalon Mahli Gomes, has struck some observers of North Korea as especially myst…Sat, 28 Aug 2010, 04:26 AM // grantmontgomery.blogspot.com

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Sinologistical Violoncellist

  • Sino-NK Stories to Watch
    Sino-NK Stories to Watch - Now that China and North Korea have gotten their stories (mostly) straight about Kim Jong Il’s five-day trip to northeast China, a small mountain of evidence exists which is worth analyzing.  Visions…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 09:23 AM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Carter in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Il in Changchun: Commentary
    Carter in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Il in Changchun: Commentary - BEIJING — Jimmy Carter hardly rehabilitated the malevolent North Korean regime by showing up in Pyongyang, but the country’s communist leaders were undoubtedly glad to see him.  Kim Jong Il’s governme…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 07:09 AM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • The “Ground Zero Mosque”: The View from China
    The “Ground Zero Mosque”: The View from China - I spent about an hour yesterday at China’s biggest mosque, which is located not in Beijing or Urumuqi, but in Xi’an, the hub of Shaanxi province and the gateway to the West.  I had been thinking over…Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 05:17 AM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Update
    Update - I’ll be arriving in Chengdu, Sichuan, tomorrow morning and anticipate having a more extended post up soon about Chinese media coverage of the Kim Jong Il visit (it’s been strange and intermittent, but…Sun, 29 Aug 2010, 11:57 PM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Welcome to the North Korean Labryinth
    Welcome to the North Korean Labryinth - No sooner has Jimmy Carter arrived in Pyongyang to negotiate for a low-level American hostage than Kim Jong Il is reported to be in China’s northeastern Jilin province. This trip, if it turns out to b…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 12:57 PM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Links to the Storm
    Links to the Storm - On the flooding in Dandong and Sinuiju: – KCNA reports on the flood, noting that the danger came from China and that people who were at death’s door still had the wherewithal  to praise Kim Jong Il as…Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 09:11 PM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Things Seen and Heard in Dandong
    Things Seen and Heard in Dandong - Updated: With apologies for the writer’s block (now fully shattered, one can hope), here are my impressions in the present tense from my recent time “roughing it” in Dandong and Kuandian, a Manchu aut…Sun, 22 Aug 2010, 09:53 PM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Notes on Sino-Japanese Relations
    Notes on Sino-Japanese Relations - Every August in China is a bit different, but certain themes remain constant: the Japanese surrender of August 15, 1945 is commemorated in some way, and the anti-Japanese flame remains flickering or e…Sun, 22 Aug 2010, 09:28 PM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Reading Kim Il Sung’s Memoirs [II]
    Reading Kim Il Sung’s Memoirs [II] - Tonight in Dandong I found myself watching the last half-hour of the anti-Japanese “classic” film from “步入辉煌” [Jinru Huihuang / Step Into Glory], a valorization of the Northeast United Anti-Japanese A…Fri, 20 Aug 2010, 11:48 AM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com
  • Walls and Apertures
    Walls and Apertures - In tacking along the North Korean border with Liaoning province for most of the day, it occurred to me that construction of barriers is simply part of life.  One has to seal off memory in order to act…Fri, 20 Aug 2010, 05:23 AM // adamcathcart.wordpress.com

Open Radio for North Korea

  • Malnutrition Strips Female Inmates
    Malnutrition Strips Female Inmates - - Poor nutritional and physical condition of female inmates - Unable to menstruate - Getting weaker due to the lack of salt in the bodyThu, 26 Aug 2010, 01:20 PM // english.nkradio.org
  • Defection Attempt Detected
    Defection Attempt Detected - - The Kim family, three defectors to South Korea, suddenly got lost in Yian-Ji - The State Security Council may be responsibleThu, 26 Aug 2010, 01:20 PM // english.nkradio.org
  • Jail Term of North Korean Refugees Extended
    Jail Term of North Korean Refugees Extended - - Refugees being arrested for as long or longer than they stayed in China - Those who stayed in China for 4 years to be sentenced longer than that - Tough penalties to prevent North Koreans from escap…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 01:20 PM // english.nkradio.org
  • Ta Gyeok Dae Beefs Up Surveillance
    Ta Gyeok Dae Beefs Up Surveillance - - The first specialized organization for preventing North Korean defectors - Consists of newly-joined members from the People's Security Department - Focuses on inspecting families having a known defe…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 01:20 PM // english.nkradio.org
  • [Interview]Kim Young-un, an Activist Helping..
    [Interview]Kim Young-un, an Activist Helping.. - - The number of North Korean refugees who want to go directly to South Korea has decreased by half since last year - The crackdown inside North Korea became more severe - Crossing the border became ha…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 01:20 PM // english.nkradio.org
  • [Column]Reality Raises Interest in Defectors Once More
    [Column]Reality Raises Interest in Defectors Once More - According to recent data from the Ministry of Unification, there are significant differences between North Korean defection cases of the late 90s and nowadays. A decade ago, people crossed the border…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 01:20 PM // english.nkradio.org
  • North Korea Attempts to Equalize Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il
    North Korea Attempts to Equalize Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il - - Kim Jong-Il now mentioned more often in publications than his father Kim Il-Sung - Possible attempt by Kim Jong-ils son, Kim Jung-Eun, to secure his successionWed, 18 Aug 2010, 10:32 AM // english.nkradio.org
  • National Defense Committee Will Take Over the Central Party
    National Defense Committee Will Take Over the Central Party - - The party delegates meeting will be the result of the military-first policy - The members of the National Defense Committee will take over important posts e.g. in the Central Committee, the Secretar…Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 10:32 AM // english.nkradio.org
  • Kim Jung- Eun Cements his Succession by Taking Charge of Party Delegates Meeting
    Kim Jung- Eun Cements his Succession by Taking Charge of Party Delegates Meeting - - Successor means the same thing as leader - Jang Sung-tek assists Kim Jung-eun only in security affairs - Workers proposed that the meeting be held for 4 days from September 6 to 9th - About 20 membe…Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 10:32 AM // english.nkradio.org
  • North Korea Claims US Involvement in Cheonan Explosion
    North Korea Claims US Involvement in Cheonan Explosion - - North Koreas official position on the Sinking of the Cheonan has changed three times - While blaming South Korea at first, NK now claims that the US tried to heighten tensions on Peninsular - High-r…Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 10:32 AM // english.nkradio.org

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North Korean Human Rights

  • Stories From a Hero
    Stories From a Hero - Part 1 of Interview with North Korean refugee counselor Ju Sun Ae from james henson on Vimeo.North Koreans who risk their lives to escape the tragedy of their homeland often find tremendous difficulti…Wed, 28 Jul 2010, 01:19 PM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • Truth Was a Major Loser at the World Cup- One NK Refugee Tells The Real Story
    Truth Was a Major Loser at the World Cup- One NK Refugee Tells The Real Story - Last week at a conference in D.C., a colleague mentioned the BBC's coverage of the North Korean team's matches during the World Cup.  He said he wanted to rip his television out of the wall.  Having n…Tue, 27 Jul 2010, 01:59 PM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • Everybody's Gonna Love Today: A Plea For Stateless Orphans
    Everybody's Gonna Love Today: A Plea For Stateless Orphans - (photo snagged from www.nkorphans.org) Good morning, dreamers!I received a very exciting email announcing a quick, free, and simple way to take action for the orphan survivors of the North Korean hum…Mon, 26 Jul 2010, 09:01 AM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • In LA- LiNK and a Giant Robot Sponsor Event This Saturday! ^^
    In LA- LiNK and a Giant Robot Sponsor Event This Saturday! ^^ - (From LiNK Email Update)In West L.A. this Saturday? Hear firsthand from Laura Ling of her imprisonment in North Korea and experience of being the first American to be tried in North Korea's highest co…Fri, 16 Jul 2010, 12:40 AM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • US Support of Auschwitz Memorial an Eerie Reminder of Current Concentration Camps
    US Support of Auschwitz Memorial an Eerie Reminder of Current Concentration Camps - (A Previous Inhabitant of a North Korean Concentration Camp Discusses Envying a Fly She Witnessed Emerging From the Bars She Was BehindShe Asks Her Interviewer, How did I become imprisoned like this,…Sun, 4 Jul 2010, 02:12 AM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • 김복주 라이브. Kim Bok Ju Live!!
    김복주 라이브. Kim Bok Ju Live!! - (Today's image from Yogiga's innumerably talented 이한주 (Ee Han Joo))Kim Bok Ju, who happens to be a good friend and happens to from North Korea, a just breathtaking vocalist will perform at Seoul Drea…Tue, 22 Jun 2010, 11:06 PM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • 이번 토요일에! This Saturday in Seoul!! Support NK and SK Orphans!!
    이번 토요일에! This Saturday in Seoul!! Support NK and SK Orphans!! - ROK Concert-Fundraiser: Bands Battle with Molotov Vibrations Start Time: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 8:30pm End Time: Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 3:00am Location: Club FF, Hongdae, Seoul Description THE…Mon, 21 Jun 2010, 08:58 AM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • What Can I Do???? "ACTA NON VERBA"
    What Can I Do???? "ACTA NON VERBA" -   But, What Can I Do??I love this question.  I think often we're so dumbfounded by the atrocities faced by North Koreans, that we feel there isn't possibly anything we can do to help.  This is not onl…Thu, 17 Jun 2010, 08:46 PM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • I Saw Her in a Movie, But She Wasn't Acting
    I Saw Her in a Movie, But She Wasn't Acting - It's about 2pm, I just finished my Korean semester final, and I'm scrambling around reading the latest news stories around the Cheonan sinking, the threat of war.  Among the tired repetitions, I see a…Wed, 16 Jun 2010, 01:02 AM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com
  • Five Minute Trip To Seoul
    Five Minute Trip To Seoul - If We Gotta Start Somewhere I Say 'Here,'  If We Gotta Start Sometime I Say 'Now'.Check out this awesome video by new friend Lisa, of Tennessee!  I had the great honor of meeting her during North Kor…Mon, 14 Jun 2010, 12:24 AM // seouldreamers.seouldreamers.com

NK News.org

  • N.Korea ‘Likely to Conduct Another Nuclear Test’
    N.Korea ‘Likely to Conduct Another Nuclear Test’ - North Korea could conduct another nuclear test as early as this month given Pyongyang’s methods since the early 1960s, a Korean professor at America’s Tufts University predicts. Foreign Affairs magazi…Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 02:29 AM // nknews.org
  • U.S. Sets Conditions for Fresh Nuclear Talks
    U.S. Sets Conditions for Fresh Nuclear Talks - The U.S. on Wednesday set three conditions for the resumption of six-party talks aimed at North Korea’s nuclear disarmament during a visit of chair country China’s chief nuclear negotiator Wu Dawei. S…Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 02:29 AM // nknews.org
  • China to put forward “new proposals” to resume six-party talks on N. Korea’s nuke disarmament
    China to put forward “new proposals” to resume six-party talks on N. Korea’s nuke disarmament - China’s special envoy for Korean peninsula affairs Wu Dawei, who is on a visit to Japan, has said that Beijing plans to put forward “new proposals” to the countries involved in the six-party talks on…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 03:01 AM // nknews.org
  • N. Korea Fakes Trade Documents to Export WMDs
    N. Korea Fakes Trade Documents to Export WMDs - North Korea is known to be changing the names of companies on the U.S. sanctions list and falsifying export invoices to skirt the sanctions and continue selling weapons of mass destruction abroad. Sou…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 07:42 AM // nknews.org
  • North Korean Pair Viewed as Key to Secret Arms Trade
    North Korean Pair Viewed as Key to Secret Arms Trade - A North Korean arms chief and Pyongyang’s former ambassador to the United Nation’s nuclear agency have emerged as key figures in an intensifying international effort to curb North Korea’s weapons-trad…Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 09:29 AM // nknews.org
  • Jimmy Carter Visit (4 Stories)
    Jimmy Carter Visit (4 Stories) - News from Carter's trip to Pyongyang...Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 09:58 AM // nknews.org
  • North Korea tells Carter wants to resume nuclear talks
    North Korea tells Carter wants to resume nuclear talks - North Korea’s number two leader has told former President Jimmy Carter that the reclusive state is committed to denuclearizing the peninsula and resuming six-way talks, the North’s state news agency s…Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 03:41 AM // nknews.org
  • NK Nuke Program – Return to 6 Party Talks? (3 Stories)
    NK Nuke Program – Return to 6 Party Talks? (3 Stories) - (WMD) S. Korean FM Prompts N. Korea’s Unconditional Return to Nuclear Talks South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan called on North Korea to return to the six-party nuclear talks under no precondi…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 07:52 AM // nknews.org
  • Chinese Envoy to Lobby Seoul Over Resumption of Nuke Talks
    Chinese Envoy to Lobby Seoul Over Resumption of Nuke Talks - China’s top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei visits South Korea on Thursday to discuss the resumption of six-party talks about North Korea’s nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. He will be acco…Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 02:58 AM // nknews.org
  • Squeezing North Korea Again
    Squeezing North Korea Again - Will the new fiscal sanctions being implemented by the U.S Treasury have any impact on North Korea's behavior?Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 06:49 AM // nknews.org

North Korea World Cup Blog

  • Crushed
    Crushed - Well, that was bad. North Korea abandoned their defensive ideology and were thrashed like silly school boys. Had they played for a draw, the Portuguese floodgates may have been kept shut, and maybe Ro…Mon, 21 Jun 2010, 01:55 PM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • North Korea – Good Team
    North Korea – Good Team - The flash, bang and wallop that Brazil was supposed to mete out to the North Koreans must have got lost somewhere in the Amazon. The pundits and purveyors of the attacking fetish of modern football we…Wed, 16 Jun 2010, 06:36 PM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • Brazil vs North Korea Liveblog
    Brazil vs North Korea Liveblog - Below is the neutral liveblog from the front page: Brazil vs North KoreaTue, 15 Jun 2010, 02:06 PM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • The Chollima is Ready to Fly at Brazil From the Bunker
    The Chollima is Ready to Fly at Brazil From the Bunker - North Korea are mentally prepared for the almighty clash on Tuesday, facing the formidable task of taking on a hardened and hungry Brazil. Inevitably, the odds are long that the PRK can pull off a stu…Mon, 14 Jun 2010, 03:54 AM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • Mayhem at North Korea Warm Up Game in South Africa
    Mayhem at North Korea Warm Up Game in South Africa - Mayhem ensued outside the stadium in Johannesburg, Saturday, as fans surged the stadium gates in an attempt to see North Korea play Nigeria. Initial reports from the scene suggested some people had di…Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 05:05 PM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • North Korea Arrive
    North Korea Arrive - (left – Jong Tae-se arrives – ready) North Korea has arrived in South Africa, smartly dressed. And the team looks relaxed and ready. Coach Hun gave the press the necessary tribute to the homeland and…Wed, 2 Jun 2010, 11:29 PM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • North Korea Impressive Against Greece
    North Korea Impressive Against Greece - (left – Jong Tae-se, smiling all the way to glory) Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast – wake up! North Korea are coming on to form just at the right moment. While the nation back home is caught in rising t…Wed, 26 May 2010, 10:54 PM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • North Korea Go Down to Paraguay
    North Korea Go Down to Paraguay - (left -Santa Cruz scores for Paraguay) North Korea are still looking for a dominant performance from the team with just over a month to go before they face Brazil in the opening game of the Group of D…Mon, 17 May 2010, 03:18 AM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • North Korea Head Off to Win World Cup
    North Korea Head Off to Win World Cup - (left) Coach Hun, national hero, World Cup winner, 2010 What the newspapers will say in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday July 12, the day after the World Cup Final - Over a moon ago, the flowers at t…Mon, 10 May 2010, 04:10 AM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org
  • North Korea To Rely on “Juche” in World Cup Finals
    North Korea To Rely on “Juche” in World Cup Finals - In all North Korean homes, one picture dominates the walls. Father of the nation, Kim Il-sung, stares down at his children with a smile so bright the space shuttle could see it from outer space. A pop…Mon, 19 Apr 2010, 11:55 PM // northkorea.worldcupblog.org

IAEA

  • INIS Testimonials
    INIS Testimonials - Nuclear experts from around the world explain how INIS helps them obtain trusted and reliable information on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 01:03 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Frequently Asked Questions on INIS
    Frequently Asked Questions on INIS - Answering some of the most commonly asked questions about INIS.Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 01:02 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Peaceful Nuclear Knowledge for All
    Peaceful Nuclear Knowledge for All - The IAEA is celebrating this year the fortieth anniversary of its International Nuclear Information System (INIS), a database providing access to scientific literature published worldwide on the peace…Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 01:00 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • IAEA Calls for Cordon around Highly Contaminated Areas at Former Nuclear Site
    IAEA Calls for Cordon around Highly Contaminated Areas at Former Nuclear Site - At a gathering to mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests, held in Astana, Kazakhstan on 26 August, 2010, the IAEA expressed its commitment to the Kazakhstani government and its people to ass…Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 11:17 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • IAEA Director General Visits Jerusalem Cancer Institute
    IAEA Director General Visits Jerusalem Cancer Institute - During his official visit to Israel, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano was briefed on cancer care on 25 August 2010 at the Sharett Institute of Oncology of the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Cent…Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 07:45 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • IAEA, China to Strengthen Cooperation in Nuclear Security
    IAEA, China to Strengthen Cooperation in Nuclear Security - The IAEA and China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) signed a practical arrangement in the field of nuclear security in Beijing.Mon, 16 Aug 2010, 12:10 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • IAEA Opened Its Doors for International Youth Day
    IAEA Opened Its Doors for International Youth Day - At the UN headquarters in the Vienna International Centre (VIC), various organisations, including the IAEA, marked the International Youth Day by participating in an “open day” for the youth.Fri, 13 Aug 2010, 12:49 PM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • International Organisations Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    International Organisations Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki - The IAEA and other international organisations in Vienna, Austria, held a commemorative ceremony today in remembrance of the nuclear bombings inflicted on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki…Mon, 9 Aug 2010, 07:46 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • Students Get a Taste of UN Negotiations
    Students Get a Taste of UN Negotiations - Where can a music student and a physics student find common ground?Thu, 5 Aug 2010, 07:45 AM // feeds.feedburner.com
  • IAEA Enhances Patient Radiation Safety in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
    IAEA Enhances Patient Radiation Safety in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment - A doctor’s duty is to diagnose and treat. But, if mishandled, the treatment can oftentimes do as much damage as the disease.Thu, 29 Jul 2010, 08:11 AM // feeds.feedburner.com

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

  • Israel ponders a nuclear Iran
    Israel ponders a nuclear Iran - Of all the international nuclear-related challenges facing Israel, the most urgent and important is the possibility of a nuclear Iran.1 Israel's intense response to Iran tells us much about Israel's o…Tue, 17 Aug 2010, 03:48 PM // thebulletin.org
  • Synthetic biology: Harbinger of an uncertain future?
    Synthetic biology: Harbinger of an uncertain future? - It is hard to imagine that only three years ago, back in 2007, there was such a lack of awareness of dual-use and related biosecurity issues among practicing life scientists. Even the Biological and T…Mon, 16 Aug 2010, 10:33 AM // thebulletin.org
  • Now showing: Countdown to Zero
    Now showing: Countdown to Zero - Great historical changes begin as the quixotic obsessions of a vanguard of idealists who are seen as dangerous radicals or ideological deviants by many of their contemporaries. Think of the first advo…Tue, 3 Aug 2010, 04:53 PM // thebulletin.org
  • The passing of a climate prodigy
    The passing of a climate prodigy - A towering figure in climate science, Stephen H. Schneider, 65, died of an apparent heart attack on July 19, 2010, while flying to London from a conference in Stockholm. The loss of Schneider, a profe…Fri, 23 Jul 2010, 03:37 PM // thebulletin.org
  • Contending with the new "radioactive patriotism"
    Contending with the new "radioactive patriotism" - A few weeks ago, it seemed as if the nuclear arms control and nonproliferation communities had any number of new reasons for optimism. April brought the New START treaty, the Nuclear Posture Review, a…Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 07:20 AM // thebulletin.org
  • The olive branch in the West Bank
    The olive branch in the West Bank - Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, was recently quoted as saying that relations between the U.S. and Israel were undergoing a tectonic rift in which continents are drifting apart. If the q…Fri, 9 Jul 2010, 06:22 PM // thebulletin.org
  • Neuroethicists are not saying enough about the problem of dual-use
    Neuroethicists are not saying enough about the problem of dual-use - The minutes of many U.K. Ministry of Defense's secret committees' meetings held during the Cold War period are now available to the public in the National Archives. Thus, we know that one March day in…Thu, 8 Jul 2010, 08:01 AM // thebulletin.org
  • Setback for WMD security
    Setback for WMD security - When the Group of Eight (G-8) last gathered in Canada in 2002, the summit meeting was an unarguable success for the future of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) security. The leaders launched a multila…Sat, 3 Jul 2010, 08:38 AM // thebulletin.org
  • Against counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
    Against counterinsurgency in Afghanistan - It says something about American politics that Gen. Stanley McChrystal was not fired because U.S. casualties in Afghanistan are running at record levels, because the much vaunted Marja initiative has…Thu, 1 Jul 2010, 11:42 AM // thebulletin.org
  • Right-Sizing the "Loose Nukes" Security Budget: Part 2
    Right-Sizing the "Loose Nukes" Security Budget: Part 2 - In Part 1 of this article, the recent and historical budgets for securing vulnerable nuclear materials around the globe were analyzed. Recommendations were also made for increasing the budgets for the…Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 01:08 PM // thebulletin.org

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North Korea Development Watch

  • 향후 본 블로그는 에서 관리합니다.
    향후 본 블로그는 에서 관리합니다. - 본 블로그는 2010년 3월, 동북아시아의 인권에 기반한 사회발전을 실현하기 위해 활동하는 BASPIA(Best Available Standards and Practicies In Asia)에서 설립하여 이제까지 운영해 왔습니다. 앞으로 BASPIA가 인권을 중심으로 비슷한 생각과 비전을 가진 기관의 연합체 성격으로 그 역할을 변경함에 따라, 본 블로그는…Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 01:38 PM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • Bearing the Burden: The Effects of Mining on First Nations in British Columbia
    Bearing the Burden: The Effects of Mining on First Nations in British Columbia - First Nations’ Rights Need More Protection from Mining Activities Study Shows Need for Legal Reform in British Columbia Cambridge, MA, June 7, 2010 – The special rights guaranteed to First Nations re…Tue, 8 Jun 2010, 10:18 PM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • 위기처한 북한 내륙진출 한국 기업들 [VOA]
    위기처한 북한 내륙진출 한국 기업들 [VOA] - 말그대로 북한에 “투자”한 기업들의 이야기이다. 지난 5월 24일 이후, 정부가 대북경협의 정지를 발표함으로써 현재 500개가 넘는 기업이 힘든 처지에 있다고 한다. 북한과의 경제협력을 진행하는 기업의 모임인 “남북경협경제인총연합회”는 작년(2009년) 6월에 발족하면서 이미 “2009년 4월 이후 40~50개의 기업들이 고사 직전에 있다”고 이야기한 바…Tue, 8 Jun 2010, 08:17 PM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • 유니세프, 1억 3천만 달러 대북 지원 5개년 계획 [VOA]
    유니세프, 1억 3천만 달러 대북 지원 5개년 계획 [VOA] -   UNICEF가 2011-2015년 사이에 진행할 프로젝트 계획이 나왔다고 한다(최종확정은 9월). 내용을 보면 예산의 66.5%가 보건 사업에 투입되며, 말라리아와 결핵으로 인한 사망율을 줄이고 1살 이하 어린애에 대한 예방접종 비율을 높인다고 한다.  또한 영양사업, 교육사업, 수질개선사업 등에도 각각 1000만달러 이상의 예산을 분배했다. UNIC…Tue, 8 Jun 2010, 07:34 PM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • North-South Korea maternal health project to continue [The Lancet]
    North-South Korea maternal health project to continue [The Lancet] - According to The Lancet: Political tensions between North and South Korea should not affect a successful joint programme to improve maternal and child health in North Korea, say officials. Justin McC…Tue, 8 Jun 2010, 02:00 AM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • 북한, 영유아 사망율 10년째 제자리 [RFA]
    북한, 영유아 사망율 10년째 제자리 [RFA] - 천안함 사태 관련 이명박 대통령의 대국민 담화에서, 북한에 대한 정부 차원의 지원은, 영유아에 대한 지원을 제외하고는 모두 중단된다는 말이 있었다. 이는 정부가 지난 2006년부터 세계보건기구(WHO)를 통해 북한의 영유아와 산모를 위한 프로젝트를 지원해 온 것과 관련이 있는 것으로 보인다. 최근 WHO에서 발표한 영유아 사망률 관련 보고서에 따르면, 북…Tue, 8 Jun 2010, 01:51 AM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • 北보위부 식량확보 나서…南 대북제재 자구책 마련? [데일리NK]
    北보위부 식량확보 나서…南 대북제재 자구책 마련? [데일리NK] - 북한 국가안전보위부 산하에서 외화벌이를 담당하고 있는 “신흥무역회사”가 ‘식량지원을 해주지 않을 경우 중국의 교역물자나 인원이 우리 세관을 통과하는 일이 시끄러울 수도 있을 것’이라고 이야기하면서, 대북투자를 진행 중인 중국 기업에게 밀가루나 옥수수 등의 식량 지원을 요청하고 있다고 한다.  이에 대해 중국 측의 반응은 “지겹다”면서도 투자하는 입장으로서…Mon, 31 May 2010, 07:25 PM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • 中, 北中경협 강화 주문 [연합뉴스]
    中, 北中경협 강화 주문 [연합뉴스] - 천안함 발표가 있던 지난 5월 20일, 주북 중국 대사인 류홍차이가 평양에서 대북투자를 진행 중인 14개 중국 기업을 불러서 “투자 증진과 경협 강화”를 주문하였다고 한다. 자세한 내용은 주북 북한 대사관 홈페이지에 나와있다(http://kp.china-embassy.org/chn/zxxx/t696141.htm). 여기서 눈에 띄는 것은 역시  “走出去(…Mon, 31 May 2010, 06:59 PM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • [Oxfam] The Rights-based Approach to Mining/광산업에 대한 RBA
    [Oxfam] The Rights-based Approach to Mining/광산업에 대한 RBA - Oxfam Australia advocates a rights-based approach to mining, overseeing the impact of the operations of Australian mining companies abroad.  Here is a 9-page long paper on the relationship between a…Fri, 28 May 2010, 12:18 AM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com
  • 프랑스 투자 상원 시멘트, 생산량 제자리 [RFA]
    프랑스 투자 상원 시멘트, 생산량 제자리 [RFA] - 오랜 만에 나오는 상원시멘트 공장(정식명칭: 평양 상원시멘트연합기업소)에 대한 이야기이다. 평양에 소재한 이 공장은 1989년에 조업을 시작한 그나마 현대화된 공장이다. 기계는 독일제이다. 이 공장의 역사는 다소 복잡하다. 원래는 현재 북한에서 판매하는 것으로도 유명한 이집트의 회사 오라스콤(Orascom Construction Industries S.A…Thu, 27 May 2010, 07:37 PM // northkoreadevelopmentwatch.com

FAS Strategic Security Blog

  • China’s Bulava?
    China’s Bulava? - . By Hans M. Kristensen Similar to Russia’s troubled Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile, the Pentagon’s latest report on China’s military power reveals that Chinese efforts to develop a new sea-bas…Tue, 17 Aug 2010, 12:42 PM // fas.org
  • Report reveals $11.7 billion in arms deliveries in 2009, but sheds little light on individual exports
    Report reveals $11.7 billion in arms deliveries in 2009, but sheds little light on individual exports - By Matt Schroeder Deliveries of arms through the Defense Department’s Foreign Military Sales Program (FMS) increased by nearly $700 million in fiscal year (FY) 2009, according to the most recent editi…Mon, 16 Aug 2010, 12:21 PM // fas.org
  • India and Pakistan: Whose is Bigger?
    India and Pakistan: Whose is Bigger? - India-Pakistan nuclear competition on display again . By Hans M. Kristensen If Indian news reports (here, here, and here) are any indication, India has once again discovered that Pakistan might posses…Fri, 6 Aug 2010, 05:23 PM // fas.org
  • Iran’s New Dual Track: A Challenge to Negotiations?
    Iran’s New Dual Track: A Challenge to Negotiations? - by Ivanka Barzashka and Thomas M. Rickers Coaxed by Turkey and Brazil, Iran seems to be actively pursuing fuel talks. France, Russia and the U.S. (also known as the Vienna Group) claim that they, too,…Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 11:25 AM // fas.org
  • Nuclear Commanders Endorse New START
    Nuclear Commanders Endorse New START - The men behind a decade and a half of U.S. strategic nuclear planning say the New START treaty will enhance American national security. . By Hans M. Kristensen Seven former commanders of U.S. nuclear…Wed, 28 Jul 2010, 03:12 PM // fas.org
  • New START and Missile Defense
    New START and Missile Defense - I have not written here on the New START treaty, in part because everything that can be said has been said, well, almost everything…see below.  The treaty is in no way revolutionary.  I don’t think Re…Tue, 27 Jul 2010, 11:40 AM // fas.org
  • Will Iran Give Up Twenty Percent Enrichment?
    Will Iran Give Up Twenty Percent Enrichment? - by Ivanka Barzashka In response to sanctions, Iran’s parliament adopted the Nuclear Achievement Protection Bill on July 18. Among other things, the law requires the government to continue 20 percent e…Fri, 23 Jul 2010, 09:46 AM // fas.org
  • Nuclear Plan Shows Cuts and Massive Investments
    Nuclear Plan Shows Cuts and Massive Investments - The Obama administration’s first nuclear weapons stockpile management plan is ready By Hans M. Kristensen The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has sent Congress the FY 2011 Stockpile St…Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 04:21 PM // fas.org
  • Missile Watch – June 2010
    Missile Watch – June 2010 - Missile Watch A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project Vol. 3, Issue 2 June 2010 Editor: Matt Schroeder Contributing Author: Scoville Fellow Matt Buongiorno Contents: Global News: Survey…Mon, 21 Jun 2010, 11:12 AM // fas.org
  • New Study Examines Global Trade in Ammunition
    New Study Examines Global Trade in Ammunition - The global trade in ammunition for small arms and light weapons is worth an estimated $4.3 billion, according to a comprehensive new study released today. Findings from the study, which is co-authored…Mon, 14 Jun 2010, 03:19 PM // fas.org

FAS Secrecy News

  • FISA Court Proposes New Court Rules
    FISA Court Proposes New Court Rules - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has proposed new rules to comply with the provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.  The Court reviews government applications for intelligence surveil…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 09:08 AM // fas.org
  • GAO Access to Intelligence in Dispute
    GAO Access to Intelligence in Dispute - The continuing controversy over whether the Government Accountability Office will be permitted to participate in intelligence oversight, as some in Congress wish, or whether cleared GAO auditors and i…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 08:59 AM // fas.org
  • U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Secrecy: A View from 1949
    U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Secrecy: A View from 1949 - The question of whether or not to disclose the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal “goes to the very heart of our democratic system of government,” said Senator Brien McMahon (D-CT) in a new…Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 08:54 AM // fas.org
  • Another Leak Prosecution
    Another Leak Prosecution - The Obama Administration continued its pursuit of individuals who leak classified information to the press with another indictment of a suspected leaker. The Department of Justice announced last week…Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 01:11 PM // fas.org
  • Geoengineering, and More from CRS
    Geoengineering, and More from CRS - Technologies to modify the Earth’s climate are at least conceivable and, in the absence of a comprehensive national and international climate change policy, may soon emerge as practical alternatives,…Mon, 30 Aug 2010, 12:56 PM // fas.org
  • DNI Advisors Favor Non-Coercive “Intelligence Interviewing”
    DNI Advisors Favor Non-Coercive “Intelligence Interviewing” - Intelligence personnel who are trying to elicit information from a prisoner or a detainee can effectively do so in a non-coercive manner, according to the Intelligence Science Board (ISB), an official…Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 09:10 AM // fas.org
  • Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain (CRS)
    Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain (CRS) - Rare earth elements — of which there are 17, including the 15 lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium — are needed in many industrial and national security applications, from flat panel displays to jet…Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 09:06 AM // fas.org
  • The Twilight of the Bombs
    The Twilight of the Bombs - In “The Twilight of the Bombs,” the fourth and final volume of his epic history of the nuclear era, author Richard Rhodes examines “how the dangerous post-Cold War transition was managed, who its hero…Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 09:03 AM // fas.org
  • DHS Plans to “Improve” National Emergency Exercises
    DHS Plans to “Improve” National Emergency Exercises - The Obama Administration plans to increase the frequency, rigor and realism of emergency planning exercises involving senior government officials and emergency responders in an effort to improve the n…Mon, 23 Aug 2010, 01:50 PM // fas.org
  • New Order on State, Local Access to Classified Info
    New Order on State, Local Access to Classified Info - The White House issued an executive order last week to formalize procedures for sharing classified information with state, local and private sector entities.  The new order does not alter or amend pre…Mon, 23 Aug 2010, 01:42 PM // fas.org