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Kim Jong-un, the Mystery Man

Kim Jong-il had been buried or toppled at least four times The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is still closed to the progressive media and remains in the crosshairs of Western propaganda that frequently seeks to amuse the global audience in exaggerated representations of the reality. Just remember reporting on the shootout in the ...

20.10.2014

The Korean Peninsula: Threats and Opportunities

Interview with Alexander Vorontsov Interview While the situation around the People’s Republic of North Korea remains in a state of stalemate, South Korea has become one of the most rapidly growing centres in Asia which cooperates with Russia. The uncertain future of Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and its economic relations with South Korea have ...

20.05.2014

The US and the Buildup of World Crises: Fiscal Reasons

... started to become real, the US political leadership and, first and foremost US President Barack Obama, were quick to “phase down” the conflict situation with their statements of a serious threat to international security emanating from the North Korean nuclear programme or the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Throughout March, the Pentagon effectively waged war on two fronts: it expanded the US military presence on the Korean Peninsula, on the one hand, and “bombarded” US Congress ...

06.02.2014

China’s Stance on the Korean Issue

... China’s strategy. The topical relevance of a historically shaped maxim on the indivisible security of China and Korea (the “lips and teeth” analogy) has gained importance recently. Beijing and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) are linked by the Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty of 1961, and its military clause is still in force, however according to China it has recently been adjusted – China’s commitments regarding the provision of direct ...

11.10.2013

Inter-Korean Dialogue and Reconciliation Prospects

... even practical cooperation to crises and mutual recriminations, sometimes turning into armed clashes. The party usually responsible for the choice between cooperation and fighting appears to be the North. However, changes in Seoul’s approaches to North Korea have been notable, called forth by the change of administration or foreign policy considerations that are triggering these turns in the policy of the North. Mirror.co.uk Richard Weitz: Pyongyang’s Mood Swings However, the essence of ...

16.07.2013

Pyongyang’s Mood Swings

... Dr. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute Interview In March-April Pyongyang sharply increased its combative rhetoric, declaring a new state of war with South Korea and threatening its enemies with the thermonuclear catastrophe. Recently North Korea have toned down its verbal threats and indicated that it wants peace treaty with South Korea. In this interview Dr. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, who recently traveled to the region, offers his insights on the sudden change ...

03.07.2013

South Korea’s New Northern Policy

... Evgeny Kanaev. The Korean delegation was headed by Director General for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime at the ROK MFA Noh Kyu-duk and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia Wi Son Lak. Korean diplomats presented the new Seoul policy toward North Korea based on two pillars. Number one is peacekeeping implying adequate response to Pyongyang's actions, containment of its military capabilities and forcing the regime to cooperate by sanctions. The second pillar is peacebuilding, which means ...

02.07.2013

A Global Campaign to Call for a Peace Treaty: No to War on Korean Peninsula and in the whole Northeast Asian Region

Drafted by Prof. Kiyul Chung. On July 27, 1953, Korean War hostilities were ended only temporarily by introducing the fragile Armistice Agreement which was signed by DRPK, China and USA/UN. However, that “temporary cessation” of the deadly military conflicts has not put an end to all hostilities as it was supposed to and as was clearly stated as its intent in the 1953 document. Instead, a situation has continued of the peaceful reunification of Korean peninsula being serially obstructed...

13.05.2013

North Korean Duck

In recent days North Korea has gone much further in its rhetoric and provocations than ever before. Early March Pyongyang threatened to exercise its "right to a pre-emptive nuclear attack", then it promised to strike the United States with “smaller and ...

03.04.2013

The Human Dimension of North Korea

North Korea is notorious for its human rights’ violations, labor camps, bizarre provocations of the United States and a blind worship of its leaders. And these topics, of course, catch attention of Western media that usually portrays North Korea ...

18.03.2013
 

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