Columns
Columns on the latest North Korea issues from analysts, academics and renowned experts. Views expressed by our columnists are exclusively the authors’ own.
Unhappy anniversary: Recalling the June 2000 inter-Korean summit
21 years ago, the two Koreas made history — or so it seemed. What went wrong?
Time is on their side: Thinking long-term about North Korea
How can Kim Jong Un trust Seoul to keep its promises when the president resets every five years?
Moonshot: Why Moon won’t stop lobbying for inter-Korean cooperation
Joe Biden unlikely to be convinced by Moon to reduce sanctions pressure on North Korea at upcoming summit
Strategic patience with North Korea is likely here to stay
U.S. policymakers are not ready to see things as they really are on the Korean Peninsula
Is South Korea finally losing its patience with the North?
South Korean foreign minister Chung Eui-yong had some harsh words for North Korea recently
North Korea isn’t happy about South Korea’s conservative resurgence
Kim Jong Un would much rather work with the current liberal, pro-engagement Blue House than the rising alternative
Kim Jong Un must beware the tried, tested and failed ways of North Korea’s past
The North Korean leader, who may go back to the Kim Il Sung-era farming system, appears not to have learned from history
The world may lose its chance to bombard North Korea with information warfare
North Korea’s borders are not as porous to outside media as they used to be, and crackdowns appear to be underway
North Korea’s increasing reliance on China is a dangerous move for Kim Jong Un
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il skilfully balanced themselves between rival powers, but Kim Jong Un now leans on just one
Another Myanmar? Why there won’t be a military coup in North Korea any time soon
The North Korean military knows they must hang together with the Kim regime, or be hanged separately
