North Korea’s Taiwan Option: Exploring Two Deals
SinoNK’s correspondent in Kaohsiung, Mycal Ford, looks at a surreptitious visit by a DPRK official to Taiwan, and a contentious agreement between North Korea and Taiwan to handle nuclear waste.
Growing Problem: Arrested Development
SinoNK digs in to the DPRK’s National Nutrition Survey for 2012 and finds reason for both concern and hope.
Beijing’s German Shepherd? Why China Will Not Abandon North Korea
In an op-ed for the NRC Handelsblad, analyst Sabine van Ameijden argues that North Korea is not a rogue state, but remains a faithful Chinese ally in the Asia-Pacific.
Putting Food on the Table: Rice Back in the News
SinoNK takes a skeptical look at links between North Korea’s staple food and Chinese enforcement of sanctions.
Counterpoint to Basketball Diplomacy: Beuys in Beijing, Beethoven in Pyongyang
Dennis Rodman may have made a bigger international splash, but Michiyoshi Inoue’s visit to Pyongyang was the more exciting event. Adam Cathcart contemplates why.
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