Sitting Unsteadily on a Rickety Fence


If Democratic United Party (DUP) candidate Moon Jae In is elected president this December, Seoul¡¯s North Korea policy will swing back toward that of former President Roh Moo Hyun. Immediately after his inauguration, Moon will launch a committee dedi.. [2012-11-02 12:08]
Stick to Principle and Let Leaflets Fly
North Korean human rights organizations were prevented by police from carrying out their planned balloon launch at Imjingak on the morning of the 22nd. However, having failed to launch the balloons at 11:30AM, some of the activists headed for Kanghwa Island off.. [2012-10-23 17:33]
Peace Won't Come from Yielding the NLL
On the 18th, the leader of the Democratic United Party in the National Assembly, Park Jie Won told a radio audience, ¡°Strictly speaking, the Northern Limit Line (NLL) is not actually a territorial boundary.¡± In fact, the same thing has been said multiple times, ev.. [2012-10-19 18:09]
Knock Knock, Who's There?
The Ministry of National Defense officially apologized yesterday in the aftermath of the ¡®knock knock defection¡¯ of a North Korean solider across the Military Demarcation Line near the east coast.Minister of National Defense Kim Kwang Jin said in a statement, ¡°As.. [2012-10-16 11:42]
Battle Lines Drawn over Soldier Defections
Recent weeks have seen a series of defections across the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) by North Korean soldiers. Aside from the 17-year old who famously shot his platoon leader and company commander before crossing the MDL last Saturday, on August 17th a so.. [2012-10-09 17:46]
Moon's Peace Process: Words and Deeds
Democratic United Party presidential candidate Moon Jae In revealed yesterday that nuclear disarmament is among his goals for the Korean Peninsula, and suggested that disarmament and the dismantling of the existing armistice should be pursued concurrently.Moon s.. [2012-10-05 11:54]
100 Days against Defector Repatriations
The movement against the forced repatriation of defectors that started in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul marked its 100th day yesterday. Since Daily NK first reported the arrest of eleven defectors in Shenyang on February 8th, Okin Church across the str.. [2012-05-25 12:04]
Violence Replaces Democracy at UPP Meeting
When violence was breaking out at a meeting of the United Progressive Party (UPP) Central Committee on the 12th, Lee Seok Gi, the party¡¯s no. 2 proportional representation candidate in recent legislative elections, was nowhere to be found. Instead, it was members o.. [2012-05-14 16:20]
A Poor Excuse for a Satellite Launch
Yesterday as he was leaving Germany for China, Ri Gun of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs told reporters that informal talks with a U.S. delegation over the weekend had not changed his country¡¯s plan to launch a satellite; something Pyongyang says is be.. [2012-04-04 11:32]
A Smaller Harvest than They Had Hoped
In the words of one government observer who bore witness to the end of the 2nd Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul yesterday, ¡°International cooperation on North Korea cannot get any stronger than this.¡± In other words, the government had done all it could launch dur.. [2012-03-28 10:18]
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