Is There a Connection Between North Korean Rhetoric and Action?
By Chad 0Carroll North Korea continues to ratchet up its belligerent rhetoric against South Korea, this week threatening to destroy a range of South Korean targets including the Blue House and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Asymmetrical Challenges of North Korea’s Air Force
by Chad 0′Carroll As South Korea evaluates a range of advanced fighter jets in preparation for an October decision on upgrading part of its air force, North Korean air force commanders are likely...
View ArticleThe Difficulty of Assimilating Defectors in South Korea
By Clare Hubbard One indicator of the difficulty that North Korean defectors have in assimilating to life in South Korea is crime statistics. The crime rate among North Korean defectors in South Korea...
View ArticleUse Caution When Working on Korean Unification with China
By Nicholas Hamisevicz Dr. Sunny Lee’s recent PacNet article captured the dynamics between South Korea, China, and the United States as they try to develop better overall relations while simultaneously...
View ArticleApril 2014: Provocative Rhetoric & Shelling in Inter-Korean Relations
By Nicholas Hamisevicz April is often a contentious month for inter-Korean relations. With joint and combined military exercises, along with anniversaries and holidays, there are plenty of...
View ArticleMay 2014: Shelling, Testing, and Challenging Inter-Korean Relations
By Nicholas Hamisevicz Just as April is historically one of the most contentious months for inter-Korean relations, the West Sea and the Northern Limit Line (NLL) have been among the most contentious...
View ArticleWhy Does the U.S. Hesitate to Enforce Its Laws?
This is the first in a 2 part series looking at the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 (H.R. 1771). Second piece in the series is available here. By Bruce Klingner Former Assistant Secretary...
View Article5 Important Issues for the New U.S. Ambassador to Korea
By Nicholas Hamisevicz & Phil Eskeland With the expectation of the confirmation of Mark Lippert to be the United States’ next Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (South Korea), he will face a...
View ArticleIs the Surprise Move by North Korea an Opportunity to Improve Inter-Korean...
By Nicholas Hamisevicz In a surprising move, North and South Korea held a high level meeting shortly before the closing of the Asian Games. While Kim Jong-un’s whereabouts are still unknown, the...
View ArticleIs Kim Jong-un Being Pushed Out … or Just Recuperating?
By Nicholas Hamisevicz After not being seen in public for over a month, surely Kim Jong-un would be at the 69th anniversary celebrations for the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea today. But,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UK View: DPRK Human Rights Situation
For Human Rights Day Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire, blogs on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Last week, on the Thames embankment in...
View ArticleHow the Korean Language Has Diverged Over 70 Years of Separation
By Lilka Marino The first official meeting between delegations of North and South Korea since division occurred in 1972, where delegations from both sides of the Demilitarized Zone met at Panmunjom to...
View ArticleBang Bang Bang: Taking on the North Korean Regime through K-pop
Tensions have been high on the Korean Peninsula over the past few weeks after a mine blast that maimed two South Korean soldiers set off a series of escalations from both sides of the DMZ. One of the...
View ArticleNorth Korea Blinks
No one apart from the representatives of the North Korean and South Korean governments who took part in the marathon talks over the weekend of August 22 can know exactly what took place. But there is...
View ArticleOf Landmines, Loudspeakers, and Submarines on the Korean Peninsula: What We...
By Troy Stangarone With the announcement of a deal shortly after midnight on August 25 the most recent inter-Korean crisis averted a military conflict on the Korean peninsula. Though the two sides...
View ArticleWhy North Korea’s “Non-Apology” Apology is Significant
In the aftermath of the recent tensions on the Korean peninsula some commentators have contended that South Korea is spinning the idea that North Korea apologized for maiming two South Korea soldiers...
View ArticleSeptember 2015: Tough Rhetoric between Deal and Potential Meetings in...
By Nicholas Hamisevicz After the month of August featured shooting, shouting, and a negotiated joint statement, September mainly focused on laying the groundwork necessary to implement the August 25...
View ArticleHow a Northeast Asian Development Bank Could Succeed
By Kyle Ferrier In a 2014 speech in Dresden attempting to apply lessons from German unification to the Korean Peninsula South Korean President Park Geun Hye introduced the possibility for a Northeast...
View ArticleCongress Wants to Up the Pressure on North Korean Human Rights Violators
By Jenna Gibson Earlier this month, three U.S. senators took on North Korea (DPRK) by introducing a broad sanctions bill aimed at addressing concerns about cyberwarfare and the North’s continued...
View ArticleOctober 2015: Building from Family Reunions While Tensions Remain in...
By Nicholas Hamisevicz Throughout the month of October, the possibility of one event and the expectation of two others were prominent in inter-Korean relations. With North Korea celebrating the...
View Article
