Hu Jintao, Deng Xiaoping or Another Mao Zedong? Power Restructuring in North Korea
“Finally,” one is tempted to say. The years of speculation and half-baked news from dubious …
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An Act of Open Insubordination? Implications of the Cheonan Incident for Domestic Politics in North Korea
A few years ago, when tensions were escalating between China and Taiwan, I met a colleague from …
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 …