Author Archive
Navigating Powers: A Review of ‘The Other Great Game’, by Sheila Miyoshi Jager
Study of Joseon and the dynasty’s demise injects agency and nuance into understanding of Korea and its complex place in the region.
Relative Power: A Review of ‘The Sister’, by Sung-Yoon Lee
First book-length take on Kim Yo-jong, youngest sibling of North Korea’s ruler, examines the sudden rise of Pyongyang’s most powerful woman
Change and Continuity in North Korean Foreign Policy at the Dawn of the Millennium
Sino-NK’s Yujin Lim bridges the language barrier to provide insight into the view from Seoul over North Korean foreign policy at the turn of the millennium.
Understanding North Korea: Foreign Relations of North Korea in 2000
In this translation from the original Korean, analyst Yujin Lim offers a glimpse of how Seoul perceived Pyongyang’s program of diplomatic outreach in the year 2000, offering observers a chance to peer into the origins of contemporary North Korean foreign policy.
Small but Indispensable: South Korea as “Jungjaeja”
Does South Korea have much room to manoeuvre in the aftermath of the failed Hanoi talks? Yujin Lim looks at the small power as mediator.





