Naive or Clever? Good or Evil? Yes or No? The Easy and the Hard Way of Understanding North Korea
After German unification, the West finally had access to the secret archives of its former enemy. East Germany’s Ministry of…
After German unification, the West finally had access to the secret archives of its former enemy. East Germany’s Ministry of…
After the flood devastation of the mid-1990s, I was one of the two Americans the North Koreans requested to help them seek humanitarian assistance to their country. Thus began a long journey of discovery of the DPRK humanitarian space filled with uncertainties and challenges. In delivering aid, I got to know the North’s rural communities and townships for the first time even though I had been visiting the country since 1988. I gained precious insights and perspectives about North Korea not available to occasional or casual visitors.
Washington sometimes forgets that it’s more difficult to move forward when it’s looking back. Preoccupied with base realignment in Japan,…
At a recent private meeting in London, a former senior United Nations’ official, drawing on experience relating to a wide…