Public Opinion
The View From Beijing: North Korea as a Path for U.S.-China Cooperation
Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga files a special report from Beijing, and SinoNK translates commentary from an array of Chinese sources.
Forecasting Breakthrough in DPRK-Japan Relations: Zhang Liangui
One heavyweight Chinese commentator predicts an extraordinary reversal of fortune for North Korea-Japan relations in 2013. Translation from the Chinese by Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga.
A Party-Centered Defense of Park Geun-hye’s Election and a Primer on Government-Media Relations
Steven Denney investigates the twin peaks of the South Korean media in a country that has yet to fully institutionalize democracy.
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.
North Korea According to Our Words: How Do We Write about Those We Do Not Understand?
Shirley Lee (New Focus International) argues for a new approach to writing and understanding North Korea by engaging the groups that can provide the information needed to understand the country.
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