Foreign Relations
Information related to the North Korea’s foreign relations
Crude cut-off into fifth month as China ships oil-products to North Korea
Chinese customs data shows spike in oil product deliveries in first five months of 2014
Armstrong: North Korea not isolationist, follows self-determination principle
Scholar compares North to 1980s-era Eastern Europe, says government has become an obstacle to people’s livelihoods
Pictures at an exhibition: We need more cultural exchange with the DPRK
Seeing how people really live is more helpful than vocal condemnations over human rights
Babson: North Korean leadership encouraging foreign investment
Even after Jang purge, polices indicate Pyongyang leadership's pursuit of economic growth
N. Korea continues consolidation of power in June
Pyongyang shuffles more leadership & military positions, streamlines more agencies
Who is So Tae Ha, head of the Japanese abductions investigation?
Vice minister’s actual role remains unclear, but may be close confidant to Kim Jong Un
Reflections on missed opportunities of Kim Il Sung’s death
Dr. Mark Barry, who met Kim Il Sung weeks before his death, reflects on missed opportunities following his death
When two triangles fall apart: The new Korean geopolitics
Japan talking to the North? China cozy with the South? What’s going on?
Cohen: UN COI report takes bold stance on North Korean, Chinese atrocities
N. Korean human rights advocate says this year’s report sends message through Asia against forced repatriations