Short interviews with North Korean citizens indicate that, for the DPRK, the spreading discussion of nuclear war on the Korean peninsula is a double-edged sword.
Tag Archive for ‘Korean War’
Clinging to North Korea: A Chinese Traditionalist View
An extended apology for China’s orthodox alignment with the DPRK was recently published in Huanqiu Shibao. Roger Cavazos translates, and goes on a journey that ranges from aircraft carriers to Afghanistan.
Game of Battleships: A Commentary on the History and Future of the Northern Limit Line Disputes
Mycal Ford surveys the turbulent waters around the disputed Northern Limit Line, probing for contemporary and historical clues about the possibility for renewed inter-Korean hostility.
Korean War Revivalism in DPRK: Historical Consolidation and Personality Cults
Materials show how the DPRK has been changing its own Korean war narrative — and keeping it stable. The return to fulsome gratefulness to China in the last week of July, and the in-depth discussion of the glories of socialist internationalism before that, showed that North Korea seems determined not to go forward absent the protective shield of the Chinese People’s Republic.
Reappraising Chinese-Korean Relations in the Wake of June 25
Reappraising Chinese-Korean Relations in the Wake of June 25 by Charles Kraus In anticipation of the upcoming 62nd anniversary of June 25, a date which is commonly known as the “start” of the Korean War, the North Korea International Documentation… Read More ›
A Progressive Perspective: Moon Chung-in on North Korea
Manager of International Affairs for the DailyNK, blogger and occasional contributor to SinoNK, Chris Green, authored a short piece about being a progressive in South Korea a while back. His conclusion is that while many claim to be “progressive,” the… Read More ›
A History of Mistrust: Niv Farago on US-DPRK Relations
A History of Mistrust: the United States and North Korea An Interview with Niv Farago Conducted by Steven Denney and Joe Litt, Yonsei University North Korea, despite its dismal GDP, relatively small population and status as the world’s “Hermit Kingdom,”… Read More ›
