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KEI Contributor – Mark Tokola

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Where in the world is Kim Jong-un? The dictator of North Korea who appears so fond of being filmed and photographed has disappeared from sight – and there are rumors…

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May 1, 2020

On January 27, the South Korean government in concert with private biotech companies went into overdrive to produce effective testing kits for the coronavirus. There were at the time 4…

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March 20, 2020

TV Chosun quoted KEI Vice President Mark Tokola in a recent broadcast on the topic of North Korea's Party Congress. The broadcast quoted Tokola as saying that the DPRK will…

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May 4, 2016

On May 3, KEI Vice President Mark Tokola wrote a blog article entitled "A Watcher’s Guide to the Seventh DPRK Party Congress," which discussed the upcoming Worker's Party Congress in…

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May 4, 2016

On February 22, German news outlet Deusche Welle published an article entitled "Can the latest US sanctions against North Korea work?" In it, they quote KEI Vice President Mark Tokola…

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February 22, 2016

In June 2015, KEI Vice President Mark Tokola participated in the Salzburg Global Seminar's symposium entitled "International Responses to Crimes Against Humanity: The Challenge of North Korea," part of the Salzburg Initiative…

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September 28, 2015

Does the forty-fifth president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, have a foreign policy, not least of all inclusive of the vital Northeast Asian region? The question is not…

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Region: Asia

June 24, 2020

With an outbreak of diplomacy under way for the Korean Peninsula, a review of North Korea’s approach to negotiations is timely. A summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and…

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August 3, 2018

For the proverbial visitor from Mars, the political situation in Northeast Asia is inexplicable. Sitting amidst a group of relatively stable, wealthy, and powerful countries, is a small, poor, belligerent…

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August 1, 2017

Today’s relationship between the United States and China is more varied, complex, and cooperative than the accumulation of headlines would lead one to believe. The news media and commentators spotlight…

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Region: Asia

October 7, 2016

Doctors’ strikes have made headlines and become a domestic political flash point in Korea, but they are only part of a global problem regarding medical training.  In 2024, junior doctors and interns went on strike in the United Kingdom and Kenya, while China’s Xinhua News Agency highlighted the need for medical education reform due to…

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Region: Asia

May 3, 2024

With a possible second Trump Administration less than a year away, it is worth reviewing the roots of Donald Trump’s foreign policy and seeing what lessons might be learned from his Presidency.  President Trump’s approach to foreign affairs was neither unprecedented nor incomprehensible.  Its roots are in American history, and its principles are discernible.  The…

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Region: North America

March 21, 2024

For seventy years, one of the few things that North Korea, South Korea, and the United States agreed upon was the goal of reunifying the Korean Peninsula.  No more, at least for now.  During a January 2024 speech, Kim Jung-un announced, “The reunification of Korea can never be achieved with the Republic of Korea.” He…

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Region: Asia

February 14, 2024

South Korea’s rapprochement with Japan and North Korea’s embrace of Russia significantly shaped events on the Korean Peninsula in 2023. Both promise to have a substantial impact on events in the coming year. After years of declining relations, South Korea took the initiative to mend ties with Japan by proposing a path for resolving the…

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