Archive for September, 2011

The dilemma of dealing with North Korea is that Dear Leader Kim Jong-il has nothing to lose by being his truculent self. This dilemma is ever more stark, given America’s

The Unification Ministry said Friday it will launch an Internet broadcast service this weekend in a move to raise public awareness of inter-Korean affairs. The new service offers weekly

South Korea's ruling party chief said Friday he will try to get Seoul to become more flexible in its policy on North Korea as he returned from a

North Korea said Thursday its first vice foreign minister Kim Kye-gwan and his Russian counterpart Andrey Denisov held talks in Pyongyang. The move comes after Kim and his delegation

Professor Victor Cha of Georgetown University has called on the U.S. and South Korea to consider unprecedented measures to ensure that the consequences of Pyongyang failing to adhere

The government will drastically strengthen education about human rights violations in North Korea on the curricula for primary and secondary schools. According to a roadmap drawn up recently by

outh Korea’s Unification Ministry plans to start an Internet, television and radio campaign Saturday promoting the benefits of a reunification of the two Koreas. The broadcasts are the latest

North Korea has asked South Korea to purchase its unused nuclear fuel rods during the inter-Korean denuclearization talks held in Beijing on September 22, reported Japan's Asahi Shimbun

BEIJING — With President Lee Myung-bak sounding remarkably optimistic about the proposed trilateral gas project from Russia through North Korea to South Korea, optimism prevails with regard to