Posts Tagged ‘Andrei Lankov’
[Sino-NK Exclusive] North Korea Through the Lankov Prism: Welcome to “The Real North Korea”
A Sino-NK exclusive cornucopia of perspectives on Dr. Andrei Lankov’s forthcoming book, The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia.
China’s Pragmatic Approach to the North Korean Problem: Andrei Lankov on What China Wants
For North Korea watchers and close followers of China’s ties to North Korea, the existence of a “special relationship” between Pyongyang and Beijing practically goes without saying. After all, with the possible exception of Pakistan (more here and here and here), North Korea is the only country with whom China has signed a formal alliance […]
Options Abound: Weekly Digest
The big news around Seoul this week was the arrival of Barack Obama for the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, his visit to the DMZ (predicted several weeks ago on One Free Korea) and the flurry of stories related to North Korea’s planned rocket launch. Given reports of US intentions to “overhaul its approach towards North […]
Weekly Digest
This week’s Weekly Digest devotes a significant amount of space to the concept of social transformation and debates found throughout the interwebs on whether or not social change, revolution or some combination of the two are likely approaching in North Korea. Commentary on economic change and articles that relate to the concept of trust building […]
Think-Tank Watch
Steven Denney is editor-in-chief of PEAR, Yonsei University’s graduate journal, a leading voice at the Political Cartel (East Asia) blog, and a master’s student in Global Studies at Yonsei University. In his first foray as Think-Tank Analyst for SinoNK.com, Denney compiles a list of recent discussion of North Korea and Sino-North Korean relations for the […]