korean unification studies

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released their latest Situation Report on the DPRK floods. Amongst the highlights: WFP reports that arrival of food stocks in-country for emergency relief were critically affected by the cessation of cross-border movement of railway wagons from China following a long-pending dispute over delays. [...]

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Now, aren’t we getting a bit ahead of ourselves??? From Reuters: …President George W. Bush on Wednesday held up North Korea as a possible model for resolving the Iranian nuclear standoff and reaffirmed a U.S. offer of talks if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment …speaking at the Chamber of Commerce in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, [Bush] called the [...]

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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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The following is a press release from the Voice of America: ———————————– PRESS RELEASE -  Washington, D.C., October 1, 2007 – The Voice of America’s (VOA) Korean Service today launches three new programs and transforms its Seoul bureau into a multimedia News Center. The initiatives expand VOA’s reach to North Koreans. Sphere: Related Content

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Comments posted by Baltimoron on this site have forced me to read more about the role of middle powers in Korean affairs. Do they really have a role to play? Does South Korea’s position as a middle power change anything with respect to Korean unification, and peninsula affairs in general? First of all, what are middle [...]

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Yasuo Fukuda and Taro Aso, vying for leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and certain election to the Prime Ministership, have expressed their views on Korea during a visit to Osaka. Both candidates will seek to resolve the abduction issue, and recognize the importance of this to the Japanese voting public. However, true to [...]

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There are certain major powers that have historically played a key role on the Korean peninsula – and, if you think about it objectively, it has not always been an overwhelmingly positive role. China and Japan have duelled over the peninsula since time immemorial. Russia and the United States joined the fray in the 19th century and in [...]

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Well, more is slowly coming out, but sources remain a little dubious. The WaPO is reporting that Israel has satellite imagery of some kind of nuclear facility. From the WaPo report: The new information, particularly images received in the past 30 days, has been restricted to a few senior officials under the instructions of national security [...]

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