Chairman Kim Jong Il’s Visit to China and Its Implications
A convoy of vehicles allegedly carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and entourage drives along Changan Avenue in downtown Beijing…
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Don’t Sink Diplomacy
In 1998, I led a team of American government experts to an underground installation to determine if North Korea was…
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 the Chinese Studies…
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…