16 April 2012
North Korea recently held a series of meetings to formalize leadership positions in the new regime. Kim Jong-il was named the Eternal Secretary General, while Kim Jong-un became the party’s First Secretary. Here is an updated Workers Party of Korea leadership chart.
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13 April 2012
Why North Korea's failed missile launch could make life harder for China and lead to a 3rd nuclear test by North Korea.
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12 April 2012
The New Frontier Party secured a slim majority in the Korea's National Assembly elections, but much could change between now and the presidential elections in December.
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11 April 2012
Kim Jong-il is named the Eternal Secretary General and other promotions in North Korea.
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06 April 2012
How might the upcoming National Assembly elections impact U.S.-Korea relations?
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04 April 2012
A look at what went right, what went wrong, and the next steps from the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
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03 April 2012
Chad O'Carroll takes a look at the high level of malware on South Korean news sites and possible links to North Korea.
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27 March 2012
On the day before South Korean President Lee Myung-bak hosted numerous leaders and heads-of-state for the Nuclear Security Summit, he met bilaterally with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India to discuss enhancing the two countries strategic partnership.
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26 March 2012
By Sarah K. Yun Immediately after the Leap Day Agreement between the U.S. and North Korea, people-to-people exchanges increased significantly with the Track II dialogues in New York and the North Korean orchestra Unhasu’s performance in Paris. However, North Korea recently announced its plan to launch a “satellite” which threatens future of the nutritional assistance [...]
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22 March 2012
By Nicholas Hamisevicz Next week, President Lee Myung-bak and South Korea will host numerous leaders and heads-of-state from around the world for the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit. On the sidelines of the summit, President Lee will host approximately 27 bilateral meetings with various counterparts, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India. After a year dedicated [...]
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By Ken Gause The death of Kim Chong-il does not only mean a transition in leadership as can be seen with the apparent coronation of Kim ...
By Nicholas Hamisevicz After Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke in 2008, the transition process appeared to quicken the pace to prepare for a North Korea after ...
By Jack Pritchard I am not sure why, but I was listening to a radio psychic for a few minutes last night. She started off by ...
by Sarah K. Yun For the first time in Korean politics, two women are leading the ruling and opposition parties. Two other women became the chairpersons ...
By Luke Herman Updated January 11, 2012. With the passing of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leadership transition is being formally put into place. Here is a quick ...
by Sarah K. Yun For the first time in Korean politics, two women are leading the ruling and opposition parties. Two other women became the chairpersons ...
By Chad O’Carroll Rewind to April 1995, just one year after the death of Kim Il Sung, a nuclear crisis that nearly brought about war, and ...
by Chad O'Carroll Kim Jong-nam made headlines last week with reports suggesting he was not comfortable with the third generation succession to his brother, Kim Jong-un. ...
By Sarah K. Yun Although Korea established diplomatic relations with many African countries in the early 1960s, it was not until recently that these relations were ...
