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Camp 22 and Camp 14: Barbed Signposts for the New Kim Era

Satellite Image of Camp 22, dated 2002 | Image via NK Now The topic of political prison camps in North Korea, though not a novel topic, has only recently started to garner the attention it has long de… more →

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Camp 22 and Camp 14: Barbed Signposts for the New Kim Era — 1 comment

Christopher Green wrote 4 months ago: Satellite Image of Camp 22, dated 2002 | Image via NK Now The topic of political prison camps in Nor … more →

Tags: Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-Il, military, Refugees, Defectors, North Korean reform, Chongjin, 북한 정치범수용소, 회령 정치범수용소

Clinging to North Korea: A Chinese Traditionalist View — 9 comments

rogercavazos 金大健 wrote 4 months ago: North Korea and China in better, pre-Nixonian, times. | Image courtesy Stephan Landsberger Positive … more →

Tags: Korean War, military, Sino-DPRK Relations, Afghanistan, Appeasement, China, 绥靖政策, Deng Xiaoping, DPRK

Considering a Reset of China's 'Special Relationship' with North Korea: Huffington Post Live — 1 comment

rogercavazos 金大健 wrote 6 months ago: Abby Huntsman, pictured with SinoNK’s Adam Cathcart, leads a conversation about the past, pres … more →

Tags: chinese capitalism, Chinese Communist Party, Cross-border business ties, cultural relations, Diplomacy, DPRK–ROK Relations, Economic Reform, Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-un

A Progressive Perspective: Moon Chung-in on North Korea — 4 comments

Steven Denney wrote 1 year ago: Manager of International Affairs for the DailyNK, blogger and occasional contributor to SinoNK, Chri … more →

Tags: Kim Jong-un, Sino-DPRK Relations, Chris Green, detente with North Korea, economic development in North Korea, John Delury, Kim Jong-Il, Korean War, Mitt Romney

The Memory of Kim — 4 comments

Contributor wrote 1 year ago: How would a unified Korea come to terms with the legacy of regime founder and “Eternal Preside … more →

Tags: Inter-Korean Relations, Germany, Historical Memory, Jennifer Lind, Kim Il-sung, korean unification, personality cults, Truth and Reconciliation, Unified Korea

China’s Headache: Pressure Points on North Korea — 2 comments

Contributor wrote 1 year ago: Analysts are not cartoonists, nor are they plaintive photographers who can stun us into insight in a … more →

Tags: Chinese Communist Party, denuclearization, Diplomacy, Kim Jong-un, Korean War, Refugees, China, Chinese missile tests, Heritage Foundation

China’s Pragmatic Approach to the North Korean Problem: Andrei Lankov on What China Wants — 13 comments

Steven Denney wrote 1 year ago: Andrei Lankov | Photo Courtesy of NKnet. For North Korea watchers and close followers of China … more →

Tags: Andrei Lankov, Kim Jong-un, Rodong Sinmun, China, Korea, regime collapse, Royal Asiatic Society, social revolution, Steven Denney

China’s War Plans for Pyongyang — 3 comments

Contributor wrote 1 year ago: SinoNK’s Analyst for Chinese Geostrategy, Nick Miller, arrives with “three doubts” … more →

Tags: denuclearization, Environmental Issues, Kim Jong-un, military, Nuclear Issues, Academy of Military Sciences, chick plan, Democratic people's republic of Korea, DPRK collapse scenarios

Refoulement et l'Espionnage: Recent European Reportage and Analysis on the Refugee Issue — 3 comments

Adam Cathcart wrote 1 year ago: Germany’s media market is particularly good at covering certain East Asian issues.  Der Tagess … more →

Tags: Kim Jong-un, Refugees, Daily NK, north korean refugees, German intelligence, intelligence from within North Korea, South Korean espionage, North Korean security services, Courriel International

Conflicting Signals on the Refugee Issue, and a KCNA-Xinhua Pastiche — 3 comments

Adam Cathcart wrote 1 year ago: While the refugee issue metasizes in Seoul and curiously grows on the Chinese internet, life continu … more →

Tags: Cross-border business ties, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-Il, cultural relations, Art and Performance, KCNA, north korean refugees, Xinhua, weibo

Kim Jong Nam: Prodigal Son or Chinese Ally? — 7 comments

Contributor wrote 1 year ago: The righteously false storm of Kim Jong Un death rumors which passed over the Chinese Internet yeste … more →

Tags: Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-un, publications, Chinese media and Kim Jong Nam, factions in Pyongyang, Jang Song Taek, kim brothers, Kim Jong Nam assassination rumors, Kim Jong Nam in Beijing

Beyond OPLAN 5027: Chinese Planning for Disaster Scenarios on the North Korean Frontier — 3 comments

Contributor wrote 1 year ago: One of Japan’s great regional security muckrackers, Keiji Minemura, elaborates at length in th … more →

Tags: military, Sino-North Korean relations, north korean refugees, Jende Huang, nuclear scenarios, North Korean Nukes, Bruno de Paiva, China's miltiary relations with North Korea, Chinese troops in Pyongyang

DPRK Nuclear Safety: China’s Paramount Concern on the Frontier? — 1 comment

Contributor wrote 1 year ago: Chico Harlan, the Washington Post correspondent in Seoul, spent some time this past November in a … more →

Tags: Environmental Issues, Yanbian, yanji, Sinuiju, Chico Harlan, North Korean nuclear security, border security, Yongbyon, North Korean Nuclear Test

Two Chinese Visions of Post-Kim Jong Il North Korea: Translations — 2 comments

Adam Cathcart wrote 1 year ago: A much more extensive Sino-NK Document Dossier is in the works, gathering up a number of sources in … more →

Tags: Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-Il, Huanqiu Shibao, Global Times, North Korea, Hu Xijin, Chinese opinion on North Korea, Sino-North Korean realtions, China and North Korea

Kim Jong Il Supine, the Opining Commences: Two Doomsday Op-Eds — 2 comments

Adam Cathcart wrote 1 year ago: Given that, according to Chinese reporters, the mad dash to build apartments in Pyongyang in time fo … more →

Tags: Victor Cha, Adrian Hong, Link, North Korean Collapse, regime change in North Korea, media critique, Victor Cha in New York Times


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