Archive for February, 2011

Academic Lankov Interview on Korean Tensions

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KCNA Commentary on U.S.-S. Korean Psywar and Military Maneuvers

Pyongyang, February 28 (KCNA) -- The Korean People′s Army Sunday issued the following stern warning as regards the psychological warfare and military maneuvers against the DPRK on the

Defense Chief Warns of More N.Korean Provocations

South Korea is preparing for further North Korean provocations during the annual Seoul-Washington military drills starting Monday, Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said Friday. Kim told parliament that the

Sinuiju ‘Protest’ Was Minor Commotion

Shenyang, China -- A news report about a protest supposedly involving a few hundred citizens in Sinuiju on the 18th, released by a South Korean newspaper on the

‘No 6-party talks unless uranium issue is tackled’

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― South Korea cannot agree to resume six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear programs unless the illicit nature of Pyongyang’s uranium enrichment is clearly defined

Military to reinforce retaliatory ability vs. NK provocation

The South Korea-U.S. joint military drills Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, which are annual defensive exercises against provocations and all-out war launched by North Korea, will begin Monday.

GNP lawmakers reiterate call for nuclear weapons on Korean Peninsula

Lawmaker Chung Mong-joon and other ruling Grand National Party (GNP) lawmakers on Friday called for the reintroduction of U.S. nuclear weapons to Korea to confront the North Korean

Chinese Businesses Pour into N.Korea’s Rajin-Songbong

North Korea's Rajin-Sonbong special economic zone is seeing a rapid influx of Chinese businesspeople as the impoverished country becomes more desperate amid international sanctions and the aftermath of

U.N. rights envoy urges Pyongyang to give people access to online information

SEOUL, Feb. 27 -- The U.N. special human rights envoy on North Korea has called on the communist regime to allow its people to better access information, defining

Funding Source at Risk of Blowing Away, By Kim Yong Hun

While the North Korean regime is generally believed to be well-placed to weather the storm of democratization protests in the Middle East and North Africa, the unpredictable effect