Posted on September 30, 2008 by sleepingcow
Yonhap reports that President Lee Myung-bak today announced several key agreements with his Russian counterparts during talks in Moscow, including the construction of a natural gas pipeline and the linking of railroads through the North. The agreements highlight the vast differences in handling inter-Korean issues between Lee and his two liberal predecessor, who favored a [...]
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Posted on September 6, 2008 by sleepingcow
Korean media today is filled with reports about the latest defense white paper coming out of Tokyo, which renews Japan’s claim to the rocky Dokdo iselts, called Takeshima in Japanese. Seoul says it is considering suspending high-level military ties with Tokyo over the incident.
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Posted on August 28, 2008 by sleepingcow
An interesting read in the Asia Times about the changing dynamic between Pyongyang and Moscow. The six-way talks over North Korea’s nuclear programs are usually presented as at most bi-lateral, or tri-lateral discussions between the US, China and NK. Russia’s role always seemed a little nebulous to me – what are their interests in NK.
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