Andrei Lankov has an op-ed in the IHT offering his take on what American negotiators can accomplish as they prepare to engage with Pyongyang fully aware that its leaders have no intention of abandoning their nuclear arsenal. 1) it is possible to agree on dismantling the North Korean nuclear research and production facilities. 2) North [...]
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On a recent trip to North Korea, John Linton remarked after viewing that country’s athletic blitzkrieg known as the Arirang Games, which closed on Oct. 20, that a third of the performance was in praise of China. The son of missionary parents raised in rural South Jeolla Province and current head of Yonsei’s College of [...]
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An article in the Christian Science Monitor reports that some scientists in South Korea are saying the North tipped its rocket with a dummy satellite in order to justify a test of its missile technology. They cannot have been shooting a real satellite,” says Myung Noh-hoon, director of the Space Research Center at the Korea [...]
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Per the WSJ article: China on Tuesday repeated a call for calm after North Korea’s latest test of a multistage rocket, attempting to defuse anger in the U.S. and elsewhere at a time when its economic interest in the neighboring state is soaring[...] China increased trade with North Korea over the past four years. Last [...]
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Hans Blix, former head of the WMD inspection team in Iraq and chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, says engagement with the North is the only way to convince the country that “a piece of paper” will guarantee its safety more so than a nuclear stockpile. Perhaps a piece of paper could be [...]
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It just gets stranger and stranger. Apparently the North’s KCNA issued a report accusing S. Korean President Lee Myung-bak of poisoning its soccer team ahead of a match in Seoul against S. Korea. “The main players of the football team of the DPRK could not get up due to serious vomiting, diarrhea and headaches since [...]
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A report by Yonhap suggests that Beijing may be more inclined than previously thought to take North Korea to task for its pending rocket launch. This [does] not mean the Chinese have agreed to push for a U.N. Security Council resolution or U.N. sanctions condemning North Korea. Even so, the development marks a significant change [...]
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Seoul’s weather agency is calling for light winds and partly cloudy skies this weekend, so bring your families out to enjoy a thrilling day at the Musudan-ri launch site along North Korea’s northeast coast. A firework display is planned, with a possible cameo by Japan and the US, though nothing has been confirmed. Wind speed [...]
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An article in the DongA Ilbo quotes the son of the founder of the International Taekwon-Do Federation as seeking to “reunite” the sport. “Taekwondo was originally one. It has been divided for more than 36 years but now is the time to reunite. So I seek integration with the World Taekwondo Federation,” said Choi Jung-hwa, [...]
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Well, maybe not. But it does sound like somthing they’d say, and the personality cult that’s built around the two is eerily similar. They’re both lionized as “national treasures,” held up as icons of Korean honor and nobility. Sure, I’m taking the comparison a little far. I mean, you’re not gonna be sent to the [...]
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