Author Archive
Camp 22 and Camp 14: Barbed Signposts for the New Kim Era
This essay by Christopher Green covers the alleged closure of Camp 22, dissects news that Camp 14 is expanding, and casts doubt upon Kim Jong-un’s approach to human rights in North Korea.
Orbiting Untruths, Ignoring Ideology: Looking Back and Re-Learning
Who is more likely to be telling the truth, the North Korean state news agency or a top regime insider? Christopher Green answers.
Fruits of 1913: South Korea Goes to the Polls
In this brief election day video, Assistant Editor Christopher Green explains the three different election-outcome scenarios, based on percentage of voter turnout, against the backdrop of exhortations to vote by three South Korean newspapers.
The Passing of Kim Jong-il (2): A Trans-Peninsular Environmental Meditation
How better to commemorate the passing of a vilified dictator than with a mournful meditation on the lack of dialectical approaches to the environment in the DPRK?
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 and Beyond – Narrative and Legitimative Power of the DPRK in the Space Race
If you had just put a satellite into space, what would you do with it? Channeling Sputnik and ignoring the geopolitical furore completely, Robert Winstanley-Chesters contemplates.