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Selling North Korea in New Frontiers: Profit and Revolution in Cyberspace

When the Internet became accessible to the international public in the 1990’s, it forever revolutionized the way people exchange information and communication. Demands for connection to the virtual world spurred…

April 2, 2012

Jane Kim

North Koreans Have Cell Phones - Why cell phones won’t lead to revolution and how they strengthen the regime.

Until the recent passing of Kim Jong-il, the world thought of North Korea as a Stalinist, Hermit Kingdom run by a crazy, nuclear weapon-building, grey jumpsuit-wearing dictator known as the…

April 2, 2012

Peter Nesbitt

Nothing to be Afraid of? North Korean Political Economy and Economic Reform

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) President Kim il-Sung explained to his counterpart Erich Honecker, President of the German Democratic Republic, in 1977 that building socialism in the DPRK is…

April 2, 2012

Ian Rinehart

Russia and the Six-Party Process in Korea

The stagnation of the six-party process has produced great anxiety in Russia over the future of the Korean peninsula. Indeed, in September 2010, even before the attack on Yeonpyeong and…

February 15, 2012

Stephen Blank

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Podcasts

Lt. General Robert Gard Jr. - Korean War Veteran

62 years ago on this day of June 25, hostilities broke out on the Korean peninsula. It was a conflict that ended only due to what everybody thought would be…

June 25, 2012

Ambassador’s Wolsetenholme and Choo

This episode of Korean Kontext has a distinctly British flavor, featuring interviews with two leading Ambassador’s that work closely on UK and Korea related affairs. While recently in London, Korean…

February 23, 2012

North Korea After Kim Jong-il

Our latest edition of Korean Kontext focuses on the recent death of Kim Jong-il and the prospects for North Korea under the stewardship of his son, Kim Jong-un. In this…

January 5, 2012

Tourism in North Korea: A Special Feature

Ever wondered why someone might be motivated to spend their summer vacation in the DPRK, or interested to learn about the guides that accompany visitors during a stay in North…

November 23, 2011

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Peninsula Blog

South Korea Public Opinion Poll - November 3-9

In this week's Asan Institute for Policy Studies public opinion poll Moon Jae-in briefly opened up a lead over Ahn Cheol-soo after the two progressive announced they would work to merge their campaigns. The the race remains essentially a dead heat. In new data released on the support of key cohorts among progressives, Moon's support…

November 12, 2012

Comparing the Successions: Kim Jong Il vs. Kim Jong Un

By Luke Herman As the Kim Jong Un regime completes its eighth month in power following Kim Jong Il’s death in December 2011, there seem to be a number of differences between how this succession is being carried out with how it was carried out in 1994. For one thing, it has proceeded at a…

November 1, 2012

South Korea Public Opinion Poll - October 13-26

In the latest public opinion poll from the Asan Institute for Policy Studies Park Geun-hye and Ahn Cheul-soo remain in a neck and neck race. While in a two way race between Park and Moon Jae-in, Park has opened up a 5 point lead. In the race to determine who will represent the progressive side,…

October 30, 2012

North Korean Decision Making Regarding Foreign Policy

By Nick Miller Main Actors within North Korea Decision Making North Korea’s political structure is a set of institutions built to sustain the Kim family. The Korean Worker’s Party (WKP) and other state agencies were designed by Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il to be used to play rivals off one another and assist him in…