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July 17, 2024

Analysis

Leading experts analyze recent events and affairs involving North Korea

China can’t solve Seoul’s N. Korea problem

China can’t solve Seoul’s N. Korea problem

Similar effort with the Soviet Union 25 years ago show flaws of circumvention strategy

China can’t solve Seoul’s N. Korea problem
Georgy Toloraya
Georgy Toloraya September 21, 2015
Korean unification(s) – The past and prospects for family reunions

Korean unification(s) – The past and prospects for family reunions

Emotionally charged issue may be a short-lived one given the ages of those separated by North-South divide

Korean unification(s) – The past and prospects for family reunions
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov September 20, 2015
South Korea’s unification school stokes controversy

South Korea’s unification school stokes controversy

Materials appear caught between cooperation, unification-through-absorption themes

South Korea’s unification school stokes controversy
John Power
John Power September 17, 2015
Chinese food exports to N. Korea continue to fall
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Chinese food exports to N. Korea continue to fall

Analysis of Chinese customs data also shows North a net electricity exporter to its neighbor

Chinese food exports to N. Korea continue to fall
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne September 16, 2015
N. Korea’s quiet market reforms

N. Korea’s quiet market reforms

Pyongyang continues to carry out small-scale changes, but good luck finding official statements on them

N. Korea’s quiet market reforms
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov September 14, 2015
Court case reveals Chinpo Shipping’s ties to North Korea
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Court case reveals Chinpo Shipping’s ties to North Korea

Ongoing legal proceedings highlight extent of North Korean involvement with trusted foreign partners

Court case reveals Chinpo Shipping’s ties to North Korea
Jennifer Dodgson
Jennifer Dodgson September 10, 2015
North Korea’s markets: A brief history of crackdowns and tolerance

North Korea’s markets: A brief history of crackdowns and tolerance

Technically illegal, occasionally persecuted – yet underground economic activity constitutes a huge share of GDP

North Korea’s markets: A brief history of crackdowns and tolerance
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov September 7, 2015
South Korea’s Dead Governors Society

South Korea’s Dead Governors Society

Seoul's ‘government’ of North Korean provinces has never and will never rule there

South Korea’s Dead Governors Society
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 1, 2015
A portrait of authority: Pictures of the Kims in N. Korea

A portrait of authority: Pictures of the Kims in N. Korea

What role do the omnipresent pictures of the leadership play in society? And are they really unique?

A portrait of authority: Pictures of the Kims in N. Korea
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham August 31, 2015