Author Archive
Modern Warriors and 21st Century Messages: Korea Open for Business
Christopher Green shifts the gaze from Kim Jong-un to another key player on the peninsula, Samsung Electronics head Lee Kun-hee, who appeared in South Korea earlier today to send a powerful signal to some places where it really matters.
Block Out the Noise by Visiting the Front Line: Baekryeong Island Reportage
SinoNK looks to Baekryeong Island for a change of pace from the weight of wartime rhetoric, even though it lies just a stone’s throw from North Korea.
Billion Dollar Miscalculation: B-52s, Korea, and Missiles
SinoNK dismantles the signals being sent by a B-52 run over Korea, and describes why a move away from American conventional deterrence would be a net loss.
Growing Problem: Arrested Development
SinoNK digs in to the DPRK’s National Nutrition Survey for 2012 and finds reason for both concern and hope.
Putting Food on the Table: Rice Back in the News
SinoNK takes a skeptical look at links between North Korea’s staple food and Chinese enforcement of sanctions.