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Gusts of Popular Feeling: South Korean Presidential Race and North Korea, an Interview

By | October 07, 2012

In this exclusive SinoNK.com interview, Steven Denney talks with Karl Friedhoff, Program Officer at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, about the forthcoming elections, presidential candidates, the North Korea-issue, and public opinion in South Korea.

The Public Sphere in South Korea: Kim Young-hwan on the National Security Act

By | September 26, 2012

Amplifying and analyzing critiques of South Korea made by human rights activist Kim Young-hwan at a Yonsei talk, Steven Denney takes on B.R. Myers and the history of the ROK.

Access to Propaganda: On The Associated Press Deal with North Korea

By | August 04, 2012

The Associated Press (AP), one of the world’s most respected sources for breaking news, is banking on making the deal of the century. Steven Denney analyzes the AP’s deal in Pyongyang, with Edgar Snow in China as a counterfoil.

To Never Forget, One Must First Know. Book Review: Escape from Camp 14

By | July 28, 2012

Leading figures in North Korea may catch a headline every so often, but what about everyone else? What about the people? A review by Steven Denney.

Assimilation from the Other Side: Looking at North Korean Resettlement in the ROK

By | July 10, 2012

Readers who were living in “West Germany” one day and then just “Germany” the next will be familiar with the dizzying array of new dynamics and inter-Korean interactions envisioned in a united Korea. If the limited sample size of North Koreans living in South Korea today is any indication, language will again be a thorny […]