Archive for October, 2011

The U.S. and North Korean delegations left Geneva last week with no firm plan for re-starting talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear program -- perhaps not surprising, but

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his heir-apparent son, Jong-un, met with the Chinese ambassador to Pyongyang this week to discuss their countries'

South Korea will set up a fund as early as this year to begin raising up to 55 trillion won ($50 billion) to pay for its eventual reunification with North

Japan wants North Korea to allow more Japanese fans into the country for next month's World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang. Kyodo news agency reports Monday that Japan Football Association

By refusing to negotiate in earnest with North Korea, the Obama administration has taken a fateful step toward renewed confrontation. After two days of talks in Geneva last week,

Ambassador Stephen Bosworth was typically cryptic in his remarks after concluding two days of meetings last week with North Korean counterparts. Bosworth stated that the bilateral talks were “moving

If there is one state that recreates the rule of a pharaoh, or at least that of a God-king, in the early 21st century, it is North Korea. The

The good folks at Bulletin of Atomic Scientists alerted the Korean to this article, Time for a Grand Bargain in North East Asia, by Professor Walter C. Clemens. This is a

Back in September, I commented on the resumption of Russia-North Korea joint naval maneuvers.  Not be to be left out, according to the Tokyo Shimbun, China has indicated that