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The Korean Peninsula has finally paused for breath. Now, with presidents Park Geun Hye and Obama meeting in Washington, the situation in East Asia can enter a new phase. It will be a phase of South Korean, North Korean, American, Chinese + Japanese, and Ru..
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The recent military mobilization in North Korea has been significant for reasons other than mere power consolidation or the country’s foreign relations: It has also camouflaged an unmistakable retreat in Pyongyang from cultural engagement, which is now being degrad..
[2013-04-11 20:36] |
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In a recent Phoenix TV roundtable in Hong Kong, Chinese analysts returned more than once to the hope that North Korea’s belligerent nuclear statements and critiques of China might merely be “smoke bombs” of rhetoric. Kim Il Sung, the old guerrilla fighter and con..
[2013-02-11 19:32] |
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▲ Removal and ResurrectionAlthough Jang had advanced quickly through the ranks after marrying Kim Kyung Hee, it was not all plain sailing. Most critically, at the beginning of July 2003 he disappeared from the public eye completely following one of Kim Jong Il's on..
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There are two key points to make regarding the third North Korean nuclear test. The first is that, as I have said a number of times in previous columns, North Korea’s nuclear strategy is now in its third stage. The first was to develop nuclear weapons, and the seco..
[2013-02-08 21:45] |
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One of the most important events for a North Korean elite official used to be a scheduled meeting with Kim Il Sung. Custom dictated that all officials, irrespective of rank, had to arrive 30 minutes prior to the meeting and wait to be summoned. Jang was the exc..
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It would be hard to find a figure in the North Korean power elite who receives a more conflicting assessment than Jang Sung Taek. While some view him as a “vulnerable No.2” in the regime, others believe that he is either the de facto ruler, or that he is in a powe..
[2013-02-07 00:54] |
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The New Year is upon us. Welcome to 2013. There will be two keywords facing the Republic of Korea from now until 2017; one is “crisis” and the other is “challenge.” The first, “crisis,” contains four elements: 1) economic crisis; 2) China-Japan territorial dis..
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North Korea successfully tested their intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Unha-3.’Information saying that North Korea has been developing an ICBM that can reach the west coast of the U.S. has been around for years. This is not in the least bit surprising. W..
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