Korean Unification StudiesKorean Unification StudiesA site for discussion and debate regarding issues relating to the unification of South and North Korea. The site brings together policy makers and academics from both Asia and the West to teach and to learn about Korean unification. Articles
Strategic change on the Korean peninsula and structures for peace
2007-09-16 01:14:00 There are certain major powers that have historically played a key role on the Korean peninsula - and, if you think about it objectively, it has not always been an overwhelmingly positive role. China and Japan have duelled over the peninsula since time immemorial. Russia and the United States joined the fray in the 19th century and in ... More About: Peace , Change , Peninsula , Strategic
Korean unification and economics
2007-09-15 07:41:00 Is the driving force behind contemporary South Kore an visions of unification really just ‘cheap labor’? The Christian Science Monitor asks this question in a recent article by our good friend Hans Schattle. Check it out! Share This More About: Economics
Reading Material: KINU White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2006
2007-09-14 02:18:00 The Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) recently released White Paper on Human Rights 2006 is an important read for anyone interested in unification. Share This More About: Reading , North Korea
North Korean nuclear fire sale! Last days! Hurry now!
2007-09-14 00:50:00 Well, more is slowly coming out, but sources remain a little dubious. The WaPO is reporting that Israel has satellite imagery of some kind of nuclear facility. From the WaPo report: The new information, particularly images received in the past 30 days, has been restricted to a few senior officials under the instructions of national security adviser ... More About: Nuclear , Sale , North , Korean , Fire
North Korean nuclear fire sale (discount for Axis of evil card holders)!
2007-09-13 00:57:00 This is not going to go down well… WASHINGTON (AFP) ? Israel recently carried out reconnaissance flights over Syria, taking pictures of possible nuclear installations that Israeli officials believed might have been supplied with material from North Korea, The New York Times reported Thursday. A US administration official said Israeli officials believed that North Korea might be ... More About: Card , Nuclear , Sale , Korean
Korean War peace treaty or nuclear disarmament?
2007-09-12 01:52:00 Which should be first, ending the Korean War with a Peace Treaty or disarming North Korea’s nuclear programs? Ask anyone from the US and they will more than likely say that disarming North Korea should be first. North Korea’s nuclear programs are potentially a threat to their interests. Ask a South Korean and you may well get a different answer. ... More About: Nuclear , Disarmament , Korean War
George Bush to meet Kim Jong-Il???
2007-09-11 00:59:00 The Korea Times is running with an article ‘Bush would meet with NK leader’ by Jung Sung-Ki that explores the possibility of George W. Bush meeting Kim Jong-Il before the end of his presidential term. The source for the article is an ‘unidentified US diplomat’ in Washington interviewed by the Kyunghyang Shinmun. The article gives examples of the progress being made ... More About: George Bush , Meet , Kim Jong-il
South Korea and the US
2007-09-10 14:29:00 Over the last 5 years there has been a lot said about a rise in anti-Americanism in South Kore a . Some commentators have gone so far to view it as the end of an era, as South Korea cuts the final threads of an alliance that has lasted more than 50 years. But is it really ending? One blogger that ...
APEC what??? It was a Roh-Bush meeting!
2007-09-10 00:31:00 As if anyone in the Korean studies world needed confirmation, the Australian newspaper has it large print: For South Korea, nothing else matters (Mark Dodd, 9 September 2007) NO offence to APEC host Australia, but only one issue counted for the South Korean delegation - talks between US President George W Bush and his counterpart Roh Moo-hyun on ... More About: Meeting
ROK-US relations and Korean unification
2007-09-07 14:08:00 With Presidents Roh and Bush having a very public misunderstanding at the APEC Leaders Summit, it’s a good time to address the question of ROK-US relations in the context of Kore an unification. First, the misunderstanding. It is hard to think of two more ineffectual national spokespersons - and for all you Bush supporters out there, c’mon ... More About: Relations
Defense Minister Kim Jang-Soo to accompany Roh for Summit
2007-09-07 09:22:00 Defense Minister Kim Jang-Soo will accompany Roh to North Korea for the second inter-Korean Leaders Summit on 2-4 October according to the Ministry of Unification. This is a significant step, spreading the engagement process beyond the Presidential office and intelligence agencies gives other areas of government a much greater stake in the Summit. But does it mean the ... More About: Defense , Inter-Korean Summit
Pschological aspects of Korean unification
2007-09-06 03:45:00 Asia Times online has an interesting article regarding the problems that North Kore an defectors have adapting to life in South Korea. The article by, Sunny Lee, is based on a telephone interview with Jeon Woo-Taek, a psychiatrist at Yonsei University Medical School. Lee writes that Jeon has been responsible for a study of North Korean defectors’ mental ... More About: Aspects , Logical , Logi
East Asian integration website established
2007-09-06 01:22:00 A new website on East Asian integration has been established by the Seoul ASEM Institute for International Relations and Hanns Seidel Foundation. The site focuses on the process of economic integration in East Asia and hosts a discussion forum, open to scholars and practitioners. The website also contains news articles, book reviews, as well as links to important organizations ... More About: Website , Integration
Foreign spies arrested in North Korea!
2007-09-05 12:54:00 Xinhua has reported that North Korea has arrested several foreigners for spying on North Korea ’s military and for trying to spread democratic ideals. According to AFP: A spokesman for North Korea’s National Security Service told reporters in Pyongyang that the unspecified number of foreigners were caught as they were conducting espionage activities, according to Xinhua. Several North Korean nationals ... More About: Arrested , Foreign
US long-term strategy on Korean peninsula
2007-09-05 00:29:00 Is there a long-term US strategy on the Korean peninsula? Sometimes it seems that there is not. Amidst the weak reactions to North Korean provocations, the willingness to put up with South Korean behavior, and the inability to curtail Chinese influence… one has to wonder. But then you hear things like this… Share This More About: Strategy , Long , Peninsula , Rate
Japan pissed off with the US re NKorea negotiations, in a polite sort of wa
2007-09-04 11:01:00 The Associated Press reports that Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill issued the first official denial that the United States had not agreed to take North Korea off the state sponsors of terrorism list. Qualifying the denial Hill stated: ”Getting off the list will depend on further denuclearization…They know what these steps are”. Well, this just seems like a less than amateur diplomatic stuff-up by ... More About: Japan , Sort , Pissed , Negotiations , Poli
Taking Pyongyang off the terrorism list or adding Japan to the pissed-off l
2007-09-03 14:37:00 It has been reported widely in the press and in several blogs, that after weekend talks in Geneva, North Korea stated publicly that the United States has agreed to remove it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and to lift sanctions applied under the Trading with the Enemy Act, which according to Reuters, was ... More About: Terrorism , Japan , List , Pyongyang , Pissed
Inter-Korean Summit and North Korean survival
2007-09-03 14:00:00 There is a new article at KINU on North Korea’s strategy of survival and its reasons for the upcoming inter-Korean Summit . The article, ‘North Korea?s Strategy of Survival and the Inter -Korean Summit Meeting’ by Suh Jae-Jean, paints a picture of North Korea on the brink of collapse. Suh considers that the poor economic situation has brought about a growth in economic autonomy, resulting ...
Personalities in Korean unification: Lee Jae-Jeong
2007-09-03 02:52:00 Lee Jae-Jeong rose to prominence as an academic and theologian, assuming several related positions in the field of human rights before turning to politics. As the current Minister for Unification, he is a member of the National Security Council, broadly responsible for South Kore an engagement with North Korea, and importantly, responsible for the implementation of the ... More About: Personalities , Sona , N Korea
Unification jokes (Continued?)
2007-09-01 05:57:00 Five reasons why Roh Moo-Hyun wants to go North for a Summit: His approval rating in the North has sky-rocketed to 16.5 percent; Property speculation during the term of his Presidency has priced him out of the Seoul’s housing market; It’s an exploratory trip to learn more about North Korea’s fantastic media regulations; Standing next to Kim Jong-Il actually makes him ... More About: Jokes , Conti
New rules for inter-Korean exchanges
2007-08-31 08:33:00 The Roh administration is seeking to change the law for inter-Korean exchanges, removing the requirement for South Korean citizens to report contact with North Korean residents. The Chosun-Ilbo reports: The revision keeps the stipulation of Para. 2, Article 9 of the old law — “South Korean residents must report to the Unification Minister beforehand if they want to ... More About: Inter , Rules , Rule , Chang
Japan and North Korea may resume relations
2007-08-29 03:38:00 Japan - North Korea relations have never been great. But relations have recently been even worse due to a failure to make progress on the kidnapping issue. For those that don’t know, in 2002, North Korea admitted that it had abducted 13 Japanese nationals. It has since repatriated 5 Japanese nationals, but insists the other 8 are ... More About: Japan , Resume
Kim Jong-Nam to succeed Kim Jong-Il?
2007-08-28 00:26:00 The most common reason given why Kim Jong -Nam is not favorite to succeed Kim Jong-Il is because of a botched 2001 trip to Disneyland, Japan on a faked Dominican passport. It is argued that this put Kim Jong-Nam out of favor with his father and resulted in a family fracture and Kim Jong-Nam’s exile to ... More About: Kim Jong-il
North Korean ?Arirang? mass games postponed
2007-08-27 13:15:00 North Kore a has postponed the Arirang mass games according to Reuters. Apparently it is impossible to hold the mass spectacular under such conditions. Reuters reports the KCNA state broadcaster as stating: “It has now become hard to continue the performance as working people in different parts of the country are all out to recover from the flood ... More About: Games , North , Korean , Mass
Return of Kim Jong-Nam to North Korea
2007-08-27 07:29:00 Several papers are reporting that Kim Jong-Nam has apparently returned to North Korea . The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper states that Kim Jong-Nam has returned to ‘proceed to the next step’ in his role, according to an unnamed source from America… “Kim Jong Nam, 36, travelled from China to Pyongyang in late June, and his return “has ... More About: North Korea , Return , Inter-Korean Summit
North Korean floods: Double or nothing in insurance?
More articles from this author:2007-08-27 01:25:00 The reported death toll from the North Korean floods has doubled to around 600 people, according to the North Korean official news agency, KCNA. Thousands more are reported to be injured. The material losses include more than 20 percent of rice paddies and 15 percent of corn-growing areas, according to the UN Office for Coordination of ... More About: Insurance , Double , Floods 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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