Hong, Jang, and the Mysterious Railroad Deal
A South Korean lawmaker reports that North Korea and China concluded an agreement on a high-speed rail link from Kaesong to Beijing on the very day that Jang Sung-taek was arrested. Christopher Green investigates.
Slogans, Portraits, and Patterns in Kimist Purges
In scenes from the recent purge of Jang Sung-taek lie traces of guerrilla tactics of Manchurian yore. Reading from Kim Il-sung’s Works, Adam Cathcart confirms: a political economy of dictatorship indeed.
Blind Legacy: Jang Sung-taek and North Korea’s Invisible Cross-Border Bridge
The bridge between Dandong and Sinuiju is pregnant with economic potential, nearly complete, and in a very real sense associated with newly unmasked “counter-revolutionary” Jang Sung-taek. Revisiting a recent essay for The Daily NK, Chief Editor Adam Cathcart investigates.
The Value of Pro Forma Ideology: Kim Jong-un as Songun Exponent
In part two of an expansive funded research project, Sino-NK continues its look into the ideological framework of North Korean statecraft. This part also includes an extensive introduction on the relationship between ideology and lived reality.
Ambassador Liu Hongcai Visits Sepho Grassland Reclamation Project
In a piece intended to compliment the featured essay “Sino-NK 2013 Rewind: Sepho and the ‘Quiet Charisma’ of Grassland Reclamation,” Adam Cathcart translates the original Chinese of a rare firsthand glimpse of Sepho, North Korea’s land reclamation project underway in Gangwon Province.
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