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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Revised Plan 2011 (MAAKP002) – Red Cross Report

The challenging humanitarian situation demands the full support from the DPRK Red Cross and IFRC. The DPRK Red Cross, with,support of the IFRC, will continue to support the most vulnerable groups, ensuring access to essential drugs and basic health care, to prevent malnutrition and a further deterioration in the overall …

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New Academic Papers from the DPRK

Reunification of Korea is a Major Security Issue on the Korean Peninsula: The North Korean Perspective Ma Tong Hui ASIA PAPER, October 2010 Read more The Conclusion of a Peace Treaty is

North Korea Today No. 358

[Extract] Food Situations for the Battlefield Construction Project on Mt. Baekdu In Ryanggyang Province, Kim Il-Sung's revolutionary historic battlefield site is under construction on a national scale. Workers from Mt.

North Korea Today No. 342

Central Party Instructs, "Party officials are to give up some food for the laborers" Until last May, it was reported that provincial party officials took the initiative and contributed

South Korean government hesitant to sanction

In the aftermath of the Cheonan incident, the Lee Myung-bak administration has sought to strictly punish North Korea with the ‘May 24 Sanctions.’ As North Korea has reacted

Kim Jong-Il’s Secret Visit to Beijing

N North Korean President Kim Jong-Il’s recently completed visit to Beijing, which came on the heels of South Korean President Lee Myun-bak’s trip to attend the 2010 Shanghai

ASI Research Update: Rotberg on State Failure and North Korea

When states fail and collapse, the process of disintegration mutilates institutions and destroys the underlying social contract between a government and its citizens. That is precisely why sustained

Restaurateur wages BBQ diplomacy with N. Korea

In his book "Eating with the Enemy: How I Waged Peace with North Korea from my BBQ Shack in Hackensack," which will be released on April 27, Egan

CRIMINAL SOVEREIGNTY: UNDERSTANDING NORTH KOREA’S ILLICIT INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

The authors of this monograph focus on North Korea’s Office #39 as the state apparatus that directs illicit activities to include the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs, the counterfeiting of

North Korea under Tightening Sanctions

A recent publication from the International Crisis Group on North Korea and possible unintended consequences resulting from tightened sanctions. Click here for the report. Abstract: Outwardly, the Democratic People’s Republic of