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Rob York

Rob York

Rob York is director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. He previously worked as a production editor for The South China Morning Post and chief editor of NK News. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

News

North wants 10 percent raise for Kaesong employees

South appears unwilling to consider increase, citing last year’s shutdown

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 17, 2014
News

Parents of abducted Japanese girl meet granddaughter

Five-day meeting arranged through restarted Tokyo-Pyongyang Red Cross talks

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 16, 2014
News

A red line between what China, North Korea want

Beijing, touting stability, faces balancing act over Pyongyang

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 14, 2014
News

Military official at heart of purge rumors elected to Supreme Assembly

Other rising stars close to Kim elected as state media reports 100 percent turnout

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 12, 2014
News

Kim elected with 100 percent of the vote – KCNA

Results in other districts may be monitored to track Kim's consolidation of power

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 10, 2014
News

Released missionary tells of ‘grueling’ interrogations in NK

Short says he confessed to breaking law, but calls mission work 'God-directed duty'

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 7, 2014
News

Post-war U.S. government fostered ‘extremism’ in both Koreas — scholar

Tensions roiled under American occupation eventually ‘erupted’ in Korean War

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 5, 2014
News

North Korea releases Australian missionary

Release comes after Pyongyang's refusal to discuss detention of South Korean evangelist

Rob YorkRob YorkMarch 3, 2014
Investigations

North’s low press freedom score corroborates UN COI report

In face of Associated Press presence, why is North Korea's freedom-of-the-press ranking still dismal?

Rob YorkRob YorkFebruary 25, 2014
News

Tensions in hereditary leadership can resolve nuclear issue – academic

Author says North appears ‘confused’ about which leader’s policies to embrace

Rob YorkRob YorkFebruary 22, 2014