Foreign Relations
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Stuck in the middle: How defectors in Thailand get by
Refugees in Southeast Asian nation remain safe from being sent back, but struggle with transition, little money
Kim Jong Il’s unlikely Maltese mentor & a secret military agreement
Kim Jong Il spent a year learning English in former British colony Malta
The deal with Japan and the risks of honesty
N. Korea’s statements on Japanese abductions, though atrocious, have a certain rationale
Are North Koreans ‘free’ after they defect?
Scholar’s study raises questions about resettlement, ‘buying’ defectors’ freedoms
Japan, North Korea reinvestigation into the abductees is a farce
Now, as in 2008, the North has too much at stake to give a full accounting for all Japanese abductees
Pyongyang focuses on public image & diplomacy in May
N. Korean makes more position changes as priorities shift following building collapse
1989 in North Korea: What We Were(n’t) Told
"Everyone knew North Korea was becoming increasingly isolated. But, as with everything in the DPRK, when people were in public, they pretended to have no idea about what was going on."
The imbecile, the lecher, the harlot and the monkey
Human rights concerns, S. Korea-Japan relations as subtexts in N. Korea's war on political correctness
Studying North Korea’s concept of ‘rights’
Expert explains how the right to regime survival outweighs any individual right in the DPRK
Railways Ministry official becomes new vice premier
Im Chol Ung becomes a senior cabinet member; railroads important issue for Pyongyang
