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Guests of the Dear Leaer: Shin Sang-Ok, Choi Eun-Hee, and North Korea's Cultural Crisis

On 19 October 1983 in Kim Jong-il’s office at the Central Party Building in Pyongyang, a private conversation took place between Kim and two South Korean filmmakers: director Shin Sang-ok…

May 25, 2011

Lessons from the North Korean Nuclear Issue

The world can only hope the recent U.S.-North Korean bilateral discussions will revive the six-power talks and lead to Pyongyang’s renunciation of its nuclear weapons ambitions. Hope, however, is not…

May 25, 2011

Gregory F. Treverton

Strategic Abandonment: Alliance Relations in Northeast Asia in the Post-Iraq Era

The security alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is the foundation for the architecture of strategic stability in Northeast Asia that has endured for more…

May 25, 2011

Daniel Sneider

Turning the Six-Party Talks into a Multilateral Security Framework for Northeast Asia

The Cold War in Northeast Asia became irreversible with the outbreak of the Korean War on 25 June 1950. Over the decades partial steps were taken to end it: rapprochement…

May 25, 2011

Gilbert Rozman

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Podcasts

Could North Korean nuclear tests trigger an eruption of Mt. Baekdu?

For understandable reasons, the international community has been focused on North Korea's nuclear program, concerned that Pyongyang could have a weapon capable of such massive destruction. But should they also…

March 17, 2016

Follow the Money: The Cat and Mouse Game to Cut off North Korea’s Nuclear Program

Last week, we looked at the details of the new US and UN sanctions against North Korea, delving into the new measures to get at Pyongyang's funding. But will they…

March 11, 2016

New US, UN Sanctions Up Pressure on North Korea

On February 18, President Barack Obama signed into law a new round of sanctions designed to further squeeze the North Korean regime. On March 3, the United Nations Security Council…

March 4, 2016

North Korea's Abduction Project

In the decades following the Korean War, North Korea initiated a top-secret project to kidnap ordinary people from Japan, reeducate them, and turn them into international spies for the regime.…

February 7, 2016

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Peninsula Blog

Gaming Industry: Another Trial of "Welfare vs. Growth"

This briefing comes from Korea View, a weekly newsletter published by the Korea Economic Institute. Korea View aims to cover developments that reveal trends on the Korean Peninsula but receive little attention in the United States. If you would like to sign up, please find the online form here. What Happened WHO will officially ask individual member states to recognize gaming…

November 21, 2019

Korea View

South Korean Online Service Giants’ Submission

November 13, 2019

Korea View

Kurds and Koreans

By Mark Tokola The Trump Administration’s precipitous decision to remove American troops from Northeast Syria, where they had been allied with Kurdish forces in opposing ISIS, and had been deterring Turkish forces from attacking the Kurds, raises questions regarding the wisdom of relying on the United States. Of course, the U.S. commitment to have forces…

October 23, 2019

Mark Tokola

The Objectives of Collaboration by Russia and North Korea’s News Agencies

By Olga Krasnyak On 8 October 2019 a delegation of top Russian media representatives visited Pyongyang where TASS, the largest Russian news agency, and KCNA, the Korean Central News Agency, signed a new cooperation agreement. As reported, TASS is the only foreign news agency that operates in Pyongyang on a regular basis. Considering the fact…