Kim Jong-un rejects unification out of fear of South Korea
Why North Korean news media don’t report news
Shouldn’t Kim Ju-ae be in school?
Kim’s saber-rattling looks like a prolonged childish tantrum
With her Mount Paektu bloodline, there is nothing preventing Kim Ju-ae being the next leader
There’s ideology in those blue jeans
My mother, the Iron Lady
Why North Koreans would vote for Trump if they could
Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Fund, “Using the Dead to Exploit the Living”
The Differing Views of North Korean Women on Human Rights Activism
Defectors Prefer a Preemptive Strike to Remove Kim Jong Un but Speaking Softly and Carrying a Big Stick is the Wiser Strategy
One of the options for dealing with North Korea’s military provocations is a preemptive strike, on military targets and/or on Kim Jong Un himself. Given what could go wrong, this is a scary idea, especially for those of us living close by in South Korea. It also appears somehow undemocratic or certainly unpeaceful for a democracy to even consider it. Furthermore, why advocate war in a situation where war has been avoided for 70 years?
North Korea’s Internal War Against South Korean Culture and Market Ideas May Be Unwinnable
As the generation of North Koreans who grew up familiar with the jangmadang market system enters adulthood, the state is cracking down harshly to prevent their “impure” attitudes and tastes – which include a preference for South Korean music and movies – from going mainstream.
Collecting Taxes in the Country of No Taxation
Back in June 2018, after watching news of the summit between Kim Jong Un and then-US President Donald J. Trump on TV, a friend in my hometown had a quirky suggestion.