Posts Tagged ‘Kim Il-sung’
Seeking Sources: A Review of ‘Forever President’, by Michael Seth
One among a number of recent biographies on Kim Il-sung, this effort over relies on secondary sources, and covers little, if any, new terrain.
DPRK Media Review: Deepening Global Fault Lines
The main party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on condemnation of the US by China and Russia, and tensions with the EU, amid fractured alliances over Venezuela, Greenland, and Iran.
RG242 Files: The Day Kim Il-sung’s Voice Fell Silent
Pyongyang’s early radio station blacked out part of a speech by the North Korean leader, resulting in dismissals from the Party, and tighter controls.
After Berlin: Assessing UK Foreign Office Talks on Korean Unification in the 1990s
FCO archive release shows division on reunification discussions between ROK Embassy, and British officials and scholars soon after Soviet collapse.
Beyond CRINK: Southeast Asia in North Korea’s New Diplomacy
Recent flurry of high-level contact with Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia points to expansion of DPRK diplomacy beyond China and Russia.
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