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PyeongChang or Pyongyang Olympics?: The Politics of North Korean Participation in the Winter Olympics

Clearly the participation of the North in the PyeongChang Games has benefits for both North and South since both have made a major effort to...

Robert King

January 25, 2018

Analysis

Reauthorization of the North Korea Human Rights Act Will Reaffirm U.S. Policy Toward North

Although the North Korea Human Rights Act provisions expired in 2017, Congressional interest has continued and the Act should soon be renewed.

Robert King

January 11, 2018

Analysis

Why Isn’t Kim Jong-un Answering Seoul’s Phone Calls?

One obvious step for North Korea to buy time for its weapons program would be to drive a wedge between your two enemies, the United...

Mark Tokola

November 2, 2017

Analysis

BBC Begins Broadcasting in Korean: What’s the Significance for Getting Information into North Korea?

The beginning of radio broadcasts in Korea by the BBC is a welcome addition to the sources of news and information reaching North Korea.

Robert King

November 1, 2017

Analysis

A British Voice in North Korea: A Threat to the Regime?

The BBC may have just put the North Korean regime in a jam. As one of its 12 new language services, BBC Korea is now...

Jeff Zwick

October 11, 2017

Analysis

Korea Passing: Seoul’s New Foreign Policy Concern

The expression “Korea Passing” is being used more frequently these days as North Korea and the U.S. are talking mostly to each other.

Hwan Kang

September 26, 2017

Analysis

Final DPRK Travel Ban Regulations Will Cut Humanitarian Help for North

The initial statement on travel to North Korea indicated that there would be exemptions for humanitarian activities and journalists. Those exemptions, however, are limited and...

Robert King

September 18, 2017

Analysis

Scratch North Korea from your Vacation Plans

According to news reports, the State Department will soon publish a new regulation to ban Americans from visiting North Korea for tourism.

Mark Tokola

July 26, 2017

Analysis

Why do Koreans Vote at a Higher Rate in Elections than Americans?

Even prior to this presidential election, South Korea had a track record of high voter turnout relative to other countries.

Patrick Niceforo

May 31, 2017

Analysis

Challenges for the Moon Administration in Addressing Relations with Japan

This year has already seen a dramatic roller-coaster of events in South Korea-Japan relations.

Juni Kim

May 19, 2017

Analysis

Chinese Tourists to South Korea Drop 40 Percent in March Amid THAAD Row

It’s official – new numbers from March confirm that China’s THAAD retaliation has significantly cut into South Korea’s tourism industry.

Jenna Gibson

April 24, 2017

Analysis

Continuity in South Korean Foreign Policy

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) launched in August 2008 and transformed into a treaty-based inter-governmental organization in October 2012. The GGGI positioned South Korea...

Jeffrey Robertson

April 17, 2017

Publication

Could North Korea be Sent to the International Criminal Court Over Kim Jong-nam?

With it becoming increasingly clear that North Korea had a role in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam some have suggested that North Korea be investigated...

Troy Stangarone

March 2, 2017

Analysis

More than North Korean Diplomats Fled to the South in 2016

In 2016, while Thae Yong-ho’s defection from North Korea’s London embassy was widely covered, a total of 1,418 North Korean refugees entered South Korea.

Patrick Niceforo

February 22, 2017

Analysis

Family Matters: Kim Jong-un’s Siblings

Monday’s assassination of Kim Jong-un’s eldest half-brother Kim Jong-nam has been widely thought to have been carried out on the North Korean regime’s order, perhaps...

Juni Kim

February 16, 2017

Analysis