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Foreign Relations

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North Korea’s Famine: A UN Representative Looks Back

North Korea’s Famine: A UN Representative Looks Back

Christian Lemaire describes North Korea’s foreign aid during the infamous famine of the mid 1990s

North Korea’s Famine: A UN Representative Looks Back
Matthew McGrath April 29, 2013
Remembering North Korea’s ‘Random Access Club’

Remembering North Korea’s ‘Random Access Club’

Canadian Erich Weingartner recounts how he helped set up an exclusive foreigner only bar in Pyongyang

Remembering North Korea’s ‘Random Access Club’
Justin Rohrlich
Justin Rohrlich April 23, 2013
The African Student Protest for Clean Water in North Korea, 1984

The African Student Protest for Clean Water in North Korea, 1984

"The whole street was full of African students walking and shouting"

The African Student Protest for Clean Water in North Korea, 1984
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young April 22, 2013
Andrei Lankov on Reform & Foreign Perspectives of North Korea

Andrei Lankov on Reform & Foreign Perspectives of North Korea

In part two of extended interview, Lankov talks about prospects for reform and foreign views of North Korea

Andrei Lankov on Reform & Foreign Perspectives of North Korea
Subin Kim
Subin Kim April 11, 2013
Andrei Lankov on North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Diplomacy

Andrei Lankov on North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Diplomacy

"Due to nuclear weapons, North Korea need not worry about attacks from other countries, including the U.S."

Andrei Lankov on North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Diplomacy
Subin Kim
Subin Kim April 10, 2013
North Korean BBQ Diplomacy: How Current Tensions Are Hurting New York’s “Mob Crew”

North Korean BBQ Diplomacy: How Current Tensions Are Hurting New York’s “Mob Crew”

"The more I grow up, the more I’m learning that that f--kin’ gangster mentality never got me anywhere."

North Korean BBQ Diplomacy: How Current Tensions Are Hurting New York’s “Mob Crew”
Justin Rohrlich
Justin Rohrlich April 8, 2013
Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea – A Response

Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea – A Response

'If this is the type of governmental discrimination that North Koreans face in South Korea, I may be tempted to sign up for such discrimination'

Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea – A Response
Markus Bell
Markus Bell April 4, 2013
Why Korea Needs The BBC World Service

Why Korea Needs The BBC World Service

A BBC Korean service would be an important step forward for the UK's involvement in Korean peninsula affairs

Why Korea Needs The BBC World Service
Sarah A. Son
Sarah A. Son March 27, 2013
Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea

Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea

Economic and social discrimination in South Korea provides a rationale for asylum in third countries

Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea
Markus Bell
Markus Bell March 25, 2013
How Kim Jong Il Reacted To The 2003 Invasion of Iraq

How Kim Jong Il Reacted To The 2003 Invasion of Iraq

This Day In The History Of the DPRK: March 20, 2003

How Kim Jong Il Reacted To The 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Brandon K. Gauthier
Brandon K. Gauthier March 20, 2013