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President Park Geun-hye’s Unification Vision and Policy

Achieving unification has been one of the most important national goals of all South Korean presidents. President Park is no exception, and clarifies that building a foundation for national unification…

March 4, 2016

Jo Dongho

Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2015

This is the full PDF of the 2015 edition of Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies. Please click here to download the individual chapters included in this publication. At the Korea Economic…

February 29, 2016

Defense Cooperation Among Japan, the United States, and the ROK: Dealing with the DPRK

This chapter is about how Japan prepares to respond to provocations from North Korea. As background factors, we need to consider how Japan is altering its security policy, how it…

February 29, 2016

Ohara Bonji

Reinforcing Deterrence: The U.S. Military Response to North Korean Provocations

When speaking to a Korean audience, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) invariably inserts the Korean phrase katchi kapshida ( 같이 갑시다), “we go together,” at some point in…

February 29, 2016

Terence Roehrig

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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

The Curious Case of Pvt Travis King – U.S. Serviceman Flees to North Korea

On July 18, 2023, U.S. Army soldier Pvt Travis King, who was on a civilian tour of the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone that marks the boundary between South Korea and North Korea) bolted from the tour group and sprinted onto the North Korean side of the boundary. He was chased by soldiers guarding the south side…

August 2, 2023

Robert King

South and North Korea Take Leadership Roles at the United Nations: Differences are Striking

Recently, both South Korea and North Korea have been chosen to serve in leading positions in the United Nations at the Security Council and World Health Organization. The different roles and status of the two Koreas in the UN tells a great deal about the standing and the reputation of Seoul and Pyongyang in the…

Robert King

To Young North Korea Watchers

I’m currently completing a book on North Korea watchers - the community of scholars, analysts, government officers, NGO advocates and journalists who, for one reason or another, commit a portion of their lives to watching North Korea. After twenty-five years in government, academia and consultancy, with much of my time working on Korean Peninsula affairs,…

March 24, 2023

Jeffrey Robertson

UN Special Rapporteur Focuses on Women’s Rights in First Report to UN Human Rights Council

Elizabeth Salmón, the recently-appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, submitted her first report to the UN Human Rights Council on March 9. The report is set to be discussed on March 20 as part of the Council’s broad human rights agenda in Geneva from…