Archive for November, 2010

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“Love your enemies; love your neighbors”

NKNews’s Sandra Tailleux outlines a new approach for dialogue with North Korea, suggesting its military and people are one.

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Wanted: Programme Director – DPR Korea

Handicap International Belgium is looking for a Programme Director – DPR Korea Description of the programme and the projects Handicap International (HI) came to DPRK under Korean Federation for the Protection

After issuing warning, Seoul cancels artillery drill on disputed isle

On the same day it ratcheted up its rhetoric against North Korea, South Korea on Monday decided to put off an artillery drill on the island central to

North Korea expresses strong support for Palestinians in message to Abbas

North Korea has sent a message of support to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to mark the 'International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People,' according to state-run media

Korea: Instability Within Stability

As Michael has recently reminded us, the possession of nuclear weapons by two adversaries may lessen the chances of all-out war, but it does not prevent — and

Women’s World Cup Draw; U.S. Opens Against North Korea

The United States, which faced an uncharacteristic struggle to qualify for soccer’s 2011 Women’s World Cup, was drawn into a first-round group with North Korea, Colombia and Sweden

Lankov on the Shelling of Yeonpyeong – New Analysis

So North Korea did it again. In late March a North Korean submarine sunk a South Korean warship. This time North Korean policy planners decided to try something

Suicidal, Calculating, or Constrained? Yeonpyeong Island and North Korea’s Motives

If I were slightly more egocentric, I would suspect that Kim Jong Il always waits until I travel abroad to do something spectacular, finding sinister pleasure in my

Bush on North Korea: Wrong Again

“The pressure worked.” In his memoir Decision Points, that was former President George W. Bush’s conclusion about his administration’s approach to North Korea. In particular, Bush’s brief account of what

Liz Cheney Blames Bush-Era ‘Policy Of Weakness’ For North Korea’s ‘Belligerence’

Liz Cheney is often about as strong an ally as the Bush administration can hope for in cable news. A veteran of the state department with family ties