Jang Sung-taek: Chopped Off at the Knees
The purge of Jang Sung-taek has provided the world with a fresh layer of Korean peninsula intrigue, and yet more questions about the nature of Kimist dominance in the era of Jong-un. As the Twittersphere flutters, Nick Miller weighs in. Additional content from Christopher Green.
Is North Korea a Rational Actor? The Wrong and Right Questions to Ask
Is North Korea “Bad or Mad?” In her critique of the securitization paradigm, Morgan Potts claims this is the wrong questions to ask. She suggests different, more empathetic questions that aim at “knowing” rather than “othering.”
Kim Jong-un and the Songun Retrenchment: A Quintessential Equation
Sino-NK is a 2013-2014 grantee of the Seoul-based Academy of Korean Studies. In this, the first part of an expansive funded research project, the research team looks at the ideological framework of North Korean statecraft: Songun.
Yongusil 20: Guinness and Kimchi: EURKOREA 2013 at Trinity College Dublin
Sino-NK’s first Junior Fellow Byul Ryan-im describes a recent encounter between a former Celtic tiger and the potentialities offered by the Korean Peninsula at Trinity College Dublin’s EURKOREA 2013 event.
Economic Development on the KCNA Track
It barely made a splash back home, but a recent SPA decree establishing economic development zones nationwide attracted great international attention. Should it have been so? Chosun Ilbo takes a firm stance, and Christopher Green watches on.
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