korean unification studies

This is a video on the September arrest of foreign spies in the DPRK, detailed in earler posts, compiled by the kindly comrades at http://www.freewebs.com/dprk/ Sphere: Related Content

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In the most recent Yonhap Vantage Point: Developments in North Korea (October 2007, Vol. 30, No. 10, p42) Sungwoo Kim takes an analytical look at North Korea’s trade during the period 1995 to 2005. Sungwoo Kim, a professor of economics at Boston’s Northeastern University, has written several very good analytical pieces in the past and is one of the [...]

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A report from the Christian Newswire claims that the ‘native citizens working for a foreign intelligence service’ that were exposed in an unprecedented press conference by a DPRK security organization last September were in fact North Korean Christians. As noted in an earlier post, North Korean spokesperson Li Su Gil announced the arrests at a press [...]

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Great post over at North Korean Economy Watch on life inside North Korea. The post concerns a report by the Chairman of Good Friends, held at SAIS US-Korea Institute. Good friends is a South Korean NGO operating in North Korea and China, assisting refugees and alleviating hunger. It puts in a great effort, despite difficult political conditions. Visit North Korean [...]

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There is a good article on the Daily NK website on cell phones in North Korea and how authorities are attempting to crackdown on their use. Amongst the lines: “If someone is caught, the degree of punishment depends on to where he or she attempted to call. If they called someone in China, a $300 [...]

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General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (who is also deputy prime minister) are on a 3 day visit to North Korea on the invite of Kim Jong-Il. The visit is significant for several reasons, which could also be considered rationales for the North Korean side to sponsor the visit: Vietnam was voted in as [...]

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The latest edition of Professor Tim Beal’s Pyongyang Report (Vol. 9, No. 4) is now available on the website. Inside this issue’s report are: Invisible WMD – the effect of sanctions 2nd North-South summit; hopes and issues Six party Talks re-open in Beijing ‘Floods and the NZ response; donations to NZ Friendship Farm Sphere: Related Content

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This is not going to go down well… WASHINGTON (AFP) — Israel recently carried out reconnaissance flights over Syria, taking pictures of possible nuclear installations that Israeli officials believed might have been supplied with material from North Korea, The New York Times reported Thursday. A US administration official said Israeli officials believed that North Korea [...]

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