Media Fugue: Rounding Up the Rocket Op-Eds
Media Fugue: Rounding Up the Rocket Op-Eds by Adam Cathcart The news cycles as regards North Korea seem to be doubling and redoubling their speed lately, the way that certain German Baroque composers can still surprise you with a huge burst of post-fantasia imitative counterpoint. Fortunately, a foray onto the Twitterwebs (where @Sino_NK has an […]
Spotlight on Kim Myung-chol: KCNA File No. 14
Click here to view KNCA File No. 14 (March 14 – March 17) in its entirety. Feeling the need to brush up on some Juche or Songun philosophy? The North American Juche-Songun Ideas Study Group provides material that may be of use at their WordPress blog, operative since March 2012. Of course, actually joining the group, […]
The Cruelest Month: Chinese Media Commentary on the Missile Launch Preparations
The Cruelest Month: Chinese Media Commentary on the Missile Launch Preparations by Adam Cathcart The New York Times, in a fascinating look at the outlook for another nuclear test in the DPRK, would have us believe that Xinhua was mainly obfuscating about the pending launch, but the truth is somewhat more complicated. The following Chinese […]
Acuto, Strategic Distrust and the Pivot: Weekly Digest
When it comes to North Korea and Northeast Asian security issues, analysis spilling from the pens of Western academics tends to focus on American decision makers and United States grand strategy in the region. In this weekly digest installment, SinoNK focuses on three recent publications that deal with, in in some form or another, a […]
Turmoil in the Inner Circle: Zhou Yongkang and North Korea
One of the working assumptions in looking at North Korea as it interacts with China is that the PRC, more or less, is wealthier, more powerful, more modern, and more open to the West — and thus better — than North Korea. But is it more stable? Are questions about “regime stability” in northeast Asia […]
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