PRC Media Wastes No Time Calling North Korea’s Six-Party Bluff

By | September 20, 2013

On September 18, Kim Kye-gwan went to Beijing to attend a conference on the tenth anniversary of the Six-Party Talks. North Korea may have thought his comments would be well-received. They were wrong. Adam Cathcart looks into it.

Yongusil 7: Woodrow Wilson Center Archive

By | September 20, 2013

Historical data and published information on North Korea derived from deep research or possessed of an empirical focus does indeed exist. In this Yungusil post, Robert Winstanley-Chesters reviews the rich repository of sources available to researchers.

Brave Dissenters and the Silent Majority: Lankov, Yurchak, and the Fading USSR

By | September 20, 2013

Professor Andrei Lankov returns with native insight into the slow, steady decline of Brezhnev’s USSR, set against the backdrop of a 2005 book by Alexei Yurchak, “Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More.”

Crossing into New Territories: Sino-NK’s New Home

By | September 17, 2013

Sino-NK takes a big leap in the field of digital humanities as it rolls out its new website. With the transition comes a redesigned interface and a new layout bettered suited for both our writers and our readers!

Never Mind the North: Legacy Politics in the ROK

By | September 17, 2013

Thanks to the classic text “Beyond Charismatic Politics,” legacy politics in North Korea has entered the analytical lexicon in a big way. However, less well understood is the role of legacy in South Korea. Christopher Green investigates.

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