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Natural Disasters and Public Security Education in Changbai

By and | October 15, 2025

Facing Hyesan across a narrow stretch of the Yalu River, Changbai near Mt Paektu represents China’s frontline for border-related risks

When the War was Over: A Review of ‘Mundane Revolution’, by Andre Schmid

By | October 15, 2025

New social history of the DPRK offers insights into how North Koreans lived during early Kim Il-sung rule following the Korean War

Back to Kim: An Interview with Fyodor Tertitskiy

By | October 15, 2025

Academic discuses Russian archives, and forgotten wives, after writing first English, book-length biography of Kim Il-sung in a generation

Walls and Windmills: “No Change” in Beijing’s Policies Toward Seoul

By | July 11, 2023

Wang Yi tells Ban Ki-moon China’s position toward Korea “has not changed”. Yet whether this is for good or for ill remains to be seen.

Three Realisms: China, Japan and South Korea’s Differing Approaches to Ukraine

By | April 17, 2023

Northeast Asian countries approach the war in Ukraine from three different realist perspectives. This could also shape how they approach a crisis in Taiwan.