Archive for August, 2012:
Show Me the Money: Evaluating Jang Song-thaek’s Search for Economic Cooperation in Beijing
Limos, nuclear test scuttlebutt, economic integration, and Kim Jong-un’s role in China-DPRK relations: Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga (Beijing University) breaks down the Jang visit.
“Internal Spies Spy on other Internal Spies:” Ken Gause on Totalitarian Control in the DPRK
Nick Miller, SinoNK analyst interning at the Korean Economic Institute, breaks down a presentation by Ken Gause. Includes link to the full text of the epic working paper.
Translating Jang Song Taek in Beijing: A Communique Troika
Adam Cathcart tracks down significant divergences in the Chinese and English versions of the public statements released in Beijing after the visit of North Korean leader Jang Song-taek to the Chinese capital.
KCNA Sings China’s Praises: KCNA File No. 21
Hot and Cold: Assessing patterns in the all-or-nothing treatment of China in the North Korean media in the week of Wang Jiarui’s meetings with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
“Nightmare Investment”: Documenting North Korea’s Abuse of the Haicheng Xiyang Group
Adam Cathcart documents and analyzes accusations of wholesale North Korean theft from and violence toward their Chinese counterparts in the mining industry.
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