Most Popular posts of North Korea
What North Korea Really Wants
by
Don Sutherland
Conventional geopolitical thinking has long assumed that North Korea has pursued an unrelenting campaign of provocations, its illicit nuclear program, and even a nuclear weapons test with the objective of assuring the survival of its current regime. Regime survival has little to do with North Korea's recent provocative behavior. North Korea's aims are far more ambitious. As a result, North Korea is not likely to alter its present course and security guarantees or economic inducements will likely prove ineffective.
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-North-Korea-Really-Wants
id=326066 - Oct 12, 2006
Calling North Korea's Bluff Will Force China to Crack Down
by
Collin Spears
If the United States and its allies want to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, and not just temporarily allay tensions, they must call Kim Jong-Il's bluff by escalating the situation. As North Korea's primary benefactor, China is the only nation that can force the North to dismantle its nuclear arsenal and return to 6-Party Talks.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Calling-North-Koreas-Bluff-Will-Force-China-to-Crack-Down
id=2414137 - May 31, 2009
North Korea: Little Prospect for a Diplomatic Breakthough Through the Medium-Term
by
Don Sutherland
North Korea views Kim Jong-il's "immortal" contribution as his "Songun" principle. Songun entails a powerful army-centered state. Nuclear weapons are at the heart of such a state. As a result, diplomatic breakthroughs with respect to North Korea's nuclear arsenal and advancing missile delivery systems are not likely at least through the medium-term.
http://ezinearticles.com/?North-Korea:-Little-Prospect-for-a-Diplomatic-Breakthough-Through-the-Medium-Term
id=237574 - Jul 06, 2006
North Korea Stretching Its Muscles
by
Ran Porat
Though North Korea's nuclear explosion had a low yield, its reverberations are clearly heard in the Middle-East. The failure of the United States' policy in the Asian Crisis, was highlighted in this last experiment. A status report
http://ezinearticles.com/?North-Korea-Stretching-Its-Muscles
id=350055 - Nov 07, 2006
Travelling Into North Korea - With Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours
by
Elizabeth Shim
North Korea is a perennial news highlight, but in 2012 the isolated country seems to stand at a crossroads. The death of Kim Jong-il and the ascendance of the former leader's heir apparent have pundits around the globe speculating the isolated country's next move. Will the change in leadership make the North Korean government more reactionary? Or will it provide an opportunity for the country to open up to new reforms? These are the questions of the day for most of us who have little to no contact with North Korea on a daily basis, but for Simon Cockerell, General Manager of China-based Koryo Tours, there's no real concern of disruptions to business as usual. A British national, Cockerell has served as a tour guide into North Korea since 2002, and has worked closely with North Korean counterparts to bring an increasing number of visitors to the DPRK.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Travelling-Into-North-Korea---With-Simon-Cockerell-of-Koryo-Tours
id=6859884 - Feb 03, 2012
North Korea - Yes, You Have Our Attention
by
Richard Stoyeck
North Korea's big bang shakes the world.
http://ezinearticles.com/?North-Korea---Yes,-You-Have-Our-Attention
id=325070 - Oct 11, 2006
Navigating Through North Korea and China With Simon Cockerell and Katharina Hesse
by
Elizabeth Shim
There's more to North Korea than what headlines would indicate, at least for Simon Cockerell and Katharina Hesse, two Beijing-based expatriate professionals whose projects often center around the isolated country, and bring them into contact with North Korean nationals. Hesse and Cockerell's experience with North Korea are in some ways a study of contrasts. Through his work with Koryo Tours, Cockerell's understanding of North Korea is one deepened by sympathy for long-time friends with whom he has worked together for years. Hesse's work with North Korean refugees meanwhile brings a more somber perspective to the food shortage problems that are facing the DPRK.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Navigating-Through-North-Korea-and-China-With-Simon-Cockerell-and-Katharina-Hesse
id=6874599 - Feb 10, 2012
North Korea and U.N. Security Council Resolution 1718: Are We Safer ?
by
Robert Crutchfield
Compares the threats outlined by the House Select Committee on Intelligence's September report with the sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council on October 14, 2006. The aim is to briefly determine if we are truly safer after passage of the resolution.
http://ezinearticles.com/?North-Korea-and-U.N.-Security-Council-Resolution-1718:-Are-We-Safer-?
id=337950 - Oct 25, 2006
North Korea Casinos
by
Adel Awwad
An informative article about the casinos in North Korea. The very fact that there are any North Korea casinos will probably come as something of a surprise to most people. The Hermit Kingdom, as it is sometimes known ...
http://ezinearticles.com/?North-Korea-Casinos
id=471638 - Feb 28, 2007
The Age of Nuclear Terrorism may be upon Us sooner than we think - North Korea Goes Nuclear
by
Tim Morrison
Scientists in the former Soviet Union have confirmed that North Korea not only detonated a nuclear weapon, but that it could be as much as 15,000 tonnes of TNT explosive force - equivalent to Hiroshima. While the US government is not accepting this and is seeking independant verification - all signs point to North Korea having proven that it has gone nuclear.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Age-of-Nuclear-Terrorism-may-be-upon-Us-sooner-than-we-think---North-Korea-Goes-Nuclear