North Korea today announced an end to peace agreements that stem from a complicated and fascinating story. Read that story in the NK NEWS Study Guide and get educated! [...]
23rd May 2013
Korean War
North Korea To Scrap Armistice Agreement if Exercises Continue
North Korea threatened to scrap the armistice agreement signed in 1953 if the U.S. and South Korea go forward with planned military exercises. [...]
Remembering Sihanouk: Kim Il Sung’s Cambodian Cold War Collaborator
When Indonesia’s dictator Dr Sukarno wanted to set up his own Olympic Games in 1962, he had two friends help him out – Kim Il-Sung, and Cambodia’s Nihodom Sihanouk. Sihanouk, the so called ‘King-Father’ of Cambodia who died last week, didn’t have any gold medals to his name, although the totalitarian leader excelled elsewhere: he [...]
This Day in History: When Kim Il Sung Took Power
While Pyongyang celebrates October 10 as the date the Korean Workers Party was founded, a look at the historical record suggests otherwise. [...]
This Day in the History of the DPRK: June 18, Juche 41 (1953)
Brandon K. Gauthier continues his review of North Korean history, looking back at U.S. bombing raids of civilian infrastructure that blurred the fine line between conventional and total war. [...]
Could U.S. Special Forces Really Inflitrate North Korea?
Former military strategist Roger Cavazos assesses whether the U.S. currently has the technology to infiltrate the DPRK without detection. [...]
The U.S. and the 1945 Division of Korea
During a meeting on August 14, 1945*, Colonel Charles Bonesteel and I retired to an adjacent room late at night and studied intently a map of the Korean peninsula. Working in haste and under great pressure, we had a formidable task: to pick a zone for the American occupation. . . . Using a [...]
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