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38th by 41st: Echoes of the inter-Korean tech gap in Eastern Europe

By | June 22, 2022

A technological divide along 41st meridian east could echo the tech gap that runs along the 38th parallel.

Dealing with the Devil: A Progressive Korean View on Ending the War in Ukraine

By | June 08, 2022

Allowing a state divided by outside forces to remain should seem like anathema to the pro-unification inclinations of the Korean progressive left. Yet this is exactly the type of suggestion that appeared in an editorial in the Hankyoreh.

Brazil and Mexico’s Relations with North Korea

By | September 24, 2020

Sino-NK has looked at the roots of Brazil’s engagement with the Korean War armistice, with a nod to the 50,000 Koreans resident in the country. In this essay, Anthony Rinna looks back to 2017, when Brazil and Mexico showed a notable contrast in their approaches to the DPRK.

Power and the Periphery: The North Korea Factor in Sino-American Relations

By | July 09, 2020

North Korea is a constant feature, albeit an inconsistent one, in various aspects of China’s relations with the US. Anthony Rinna provides a reminder.

Six Hours to Midnight: GSOMIA and the US Indo-Pacific Strategy

By | November 25, 2019

South Korea’s narrowly-avoided decision to terminate GSOMIA underscores how the ROK’s defense priorities in Northeast Asia affect the US’s Indo-Pacific strategy as a whole.