North Korea after Kim Jong Il: The Risks of Improvisation
Kim Jong Il’s death was announced less than three weeks ago. But the world is surprisingly …
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South Korea’s Big Dilemma
With the death of Kim Jong Il the hopes of many people—Koreans in both the North and South as …
Off To the Races
“Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant,” Frank Sinatra used to sing. The day after the …
North Korea After Kim Jong Il
The death of Kim Jong Il marks a watershed moment between distinct epochs in the history of …