Posts Tagged ‘Kim Jong-il’

DPRK Media Review: Deepening Global Fault Lines

By and | April 03, 2026

The main party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on condemnation of the US by China and Russia, and tensions with the EU, amid fractured alliances over Venezuela, Greenland, and Iran.

After Berlin: Assessing UK Foreign Office Talks on Korean Unification in the 1990s

By | December 12, 2025

FCO archive release shows division on reunification discussions between ROK Embassy, and British officials and scholars soon after Soviet collapse.

Diplomatic Review, Oct 2025: First Visit by a Chinese Premier to the DPRK in 16 Years

By | November 07, 2025

Li Qiang’s visit to Pyongyang to mark 80th WPK anniversary continues escalation in high-level diplomacy

Change and Continuity in North Korean Foreign Policy at the Dawn of the Millennium

By | March 10, 2020

Sino-NK’s Yujin Lim bridges the language barrier to provide insight into the view from Seoul over North Korean foreign policy at the turn of the millennium.

Returning to the Courtyard: Rescaling Charismatic Landscapes in North Korea

By | July 27, 2015

Robert Winstanley-Chesters considers how human and critical geographies can be used as vectors for analysis of the viability of North Korea’s political landscapes.