Law, Order, and Heroin in Dandong
The border city of Dandong maintains an important position for the Chinese Communist Party in its relations with the Kim Jong-un regime. Adam Cathcart investigates the latest sources.
New Values and Old Orders: Where do North Koreans Fit in the New South Korea?
A new report by Steven Denney, Christopher Green, and Peter Ward explores native South Koreans’ attitudes towards defector-migrants and other prospective immigrants. A launch event with Leiden Asia Centre follows on Thursday 16 May.
Minority Affairs in the Xi Jinping Era: Hardened Cadre on the Periphery
What does the increasingly harsh tone of Chinese Communist Party’s policy toward ethnic minorities mean for Koreans in the northeast? Adam Cathcart looks at officials and the new Xi environment.
The ROK-US Alliance and Great Power Tensions
Anthony Rinna looks at the future for Seoul in a challenging century: reliant on China for its economic wellbeing and the US for its security, the DPRK may end up being the least of its problems.
Small but Indispensable: South Korea as “Jungjaeja”
Does South Korea have much room to manoeuvre in the aftermath of the failed Hanoi talks? Yujin Lim looks at the small power as mediator.
North Korean Markets and the High Seas: A Review of Justin Hastings’ “A Most Enterprising Country”
Is North Korea ready to radically expand its interactions with the international trading system? According to one scholar, it already has.
The Mango Mousse Incident: the Flexible Nature of the Dokdo/Takeshima Conflict in Inter-Korean Engagements
Dokdo is a returning theme in North-South Korea relations, one that reveals the long-standing dance of attraction and repulsion between the two Koreas. In a new essay for Sino-NK, Ifang Bremer looks at the evidence.
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Yongusil 102: Borderland Readings of Note
Adam Cathcart | September 10, 2021 -
The Manchurian Myth: History and Power in North Korea
Adam Cathcart | June 17, 2020 -
Yongusil 94: Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands
Adam Cathcart | July 9, 2018
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Change and Continuity in North Korean Foreign Policy at the Dawn of the Millennium
Yujin Lim | March 10, 2020 -
Understanding North Korea: Foreign Relations of North Korea in 2000
Yujin Lim | November 4, 2019 -
North Korean Citizens in Changbai: Social Insurance, Residency Rights, and Chinese Informants
Adam Cathcart | January 21, 2019
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Yongusil 102: Borderland Readings of Note
Adam Cathcart | September 10, 2021 -
Yongusil 101: South Korea between Russia-US Great Power Tensions
Sino-NK | October 30, 2020 -
Yongusil 100: Mongolia and the Korean Security Crisis
Sino-NK | June 29, 2020
