DPRK
07.06.2013
The chief of the North Korean military’s political department visits China
The director of the North Korean People’s Army’s General Political Department, Choe Ryong-Hae, visited China from May 22-25, 2013. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s special envoy met both with members of the country’s military leadership and with Liu Yunshan, a…
01.06.2013
The Korean Peninsula — is the tension over or is it just a reprieve?
Nine ballistic missiles of various ranges, including the latest Musudan, were removed from the DPRK’s eastern coast. They had been deployed there in early April in response to a large-scale military exercise in South Korea that included the armed forces…
08.05.2013
They’re provoking North Korea again. Part 2
The second trend is related to the kind of work a community that might be called “Korean Protestant sects” is doing against North Korea. I say “might be called “ because, on the one hand, these sects operate both in…
15.04.2013
Korean unification – what problems should we expect? Part 2
The author is publishing a new series of articles to improve our understanding of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and how it may evolve. You can find the first part of article by the following link. The third group…
11.04.2013
Korean unification – what problems should we expect? Part 1
The author is publishing a new series of articles to improve our understanding of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and how it may evolve. The flare-up between the Koreas superimposed on the public’s image of North Korea has given…
10.04.2013
What We Should and Shouldn’t Fear on the Korean Peninsula
North Korea’s suggestion about evacuating diplomatic missions has again inflamed passions and once more forced experts to pay attention to details and try to answer the question: “What should we be concerned about on the Korean Peninsula, and what should…
07.04.2013
The Development of North Korea’s Main Policy
With the situation on the Korean Peninsula growing worse, news about the plenary session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea held on March 31 and the planning session of the Supreme Peoples Assembly on April 1…
27.03.2013
Possible Developments on the Korean Peninsula
Things are heating up again on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea has put its long-range artillery and strategic rocket forces targeted at US military bases on alert: “From this moment, the Supreme Command of the Korean People’s Army will be…
21.03.2013
The Situation on the Korean Peninsula. Part 3
The author is continuing his series of articles to improve our understanding of the situation on the Korean Peninsula: • How North Korea and the West view each other and how much they both distrust and misunderstand each other; •…
19.03.2013
The Situation on the Korean Peninsula. Part 2
The author is continuing his series of articles to improve our understanding of the situation on the Korean Peninsula: • How North Korea and the West view each other and how much they both distrust and misunderstand each other; •…
15.03.2013
The Situation on the Korean Peninsula. Part 1
The author is beginning an important series of articles that give a better understanding of the situation on the Korean peninsula: • How North Korea and the West view each other and how much they both distrust and misunderstand each…
10.03.2013
The Problem with the New UN Sanctions against North Korea
A new round of sanctions has been imposed on North Korea, and an answer has been found to the question, “What more can they ban?” The sanctions affect North Korean diplomats, who must henceforth be subject to enhanced “vigilance over…