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Vanadium and Socialism: Rare Earth Prospecting, Politics, and History in North Korea
Behind every cloud there is a silver lining and behind every developmental story in North Korea there is a narrative from Kim Il-sung. Robert Winstanley-Chesters investigates the pre-history of SRE Minerals’ contemporary Rare-Earth gambit.
Yongusil 25: Nicolas Levi and New DPRK Analysis from the Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw calling Pyongyang: this Yongusil reviews the recent output of Polish academic institutions and publications focused on East Asia—in particular that of Dr. Nicolas Levi.
Yongusil 13: Adam Cathcart on “Manchukuo’s Afterlife” at the National University of Singapore
Adam Cathcart explores the hinterland of historiography and narrative construction in East Asia, particularly “Manchukuo’s Afterlife” at the National University of Singapore
Yongusil 12: “War of Words” at Leiden University: Lines of Flight in North Korean Narratology
In the second of our considerations of Remco Breuker’s “War of Words” ERC funded project at Leiden University, Robert Winstanley-Chesters comments on the flattening of historical space time in North Korea and the geist of Manchuria within.
Yongusil 9: Treasured Swords under the Byungjin Line: a Trilogy
Robert Winstanley-Chesters’ analytic foray into the hinterland of the Byungjin Line and ‘Treasured Swords’ of a different timbre (possibly timber), combined and reworked into a single piece for the discerning autumn reader.
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