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Yongusil 2: Cathcart and Green at EAHRNK, London on September 3rd
EAHRNK is a new North Korean human rights group based in London. On September 3 the group will hold its inaugural conference, and Adam Cathcart and Christopher Green will be there to speak about media representations of North Korea in Europe and South Korea.
Yongusil 1: Robert Winstanley-Chesters at the Royal Geographical Society on August 29
On Thursday, Robert Winstanley-Chesters will present and extend upon the findings of his doctoral research at a keynote and prestigious event in the field of Geography, the RGS-IBG International Annual Conference.
Getting Better Every Day: Sino-NK Website Upgrade
Just like you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs, so you can’t bring a wealth of great content to your readers without revamping your website. In other words, Sino-NK is going under the knife.
Challenges to Reform in North Korea: Structure, Agency and the Constitution of the Selectorate
Have the reported changes in policy or new media flows rebalanced the North Korean state and society in an observable way? In a paper from the Spring/Summer 2013 issue of the Yonsei Journal of International Studies, James Burt uses Giddens’ Structuration Theory to refocus the lens on the Juche’s relationship to agents and structures.
Symbolic Truth: Epic, Legends, and the Making of the Baekdusan Generals
Yonsei University PhD candidate Benoit Berthelier shows that myth in the DPRK not only elevates the position of the three Kim leaders in succession, but implicates individual Koreans into the myth and binds them closer with every retelling.
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