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Obamarama in Asia

congdongzhixi wrote 2 hours ago: This week’s trip by Barack Obama to Asia was quite a guided tour, taking in Tokyo, Singapore, … more →

Tags: North Asia, South East Asia, The US & Canada, Akhitio, Apec, Barack Obama, Beijing, Burma, east asian tigers

Uncharacteristically Taciturn

nkleadershipwatch wrote 2 days ago: With his arrival today in Seoul, US President Barack Obama’s “Why Can’t We Be Frie … more →

Tags: DPRK External Relations, DPRK-US Relations, Inter-Korean relations, KCTV, Propaganda and Agitation Department

Pantywaist President

loosefemme wrote 2 days ago: Foreign policy?  Don’t bother me when I’m getting my nails done, you know better!   Take … more →

Tags: grooming, Government, Foreign Policy, Feminism, Woman President, female rule, Femme, manicure, camp david

Freedom of Expression, Part II - Kim Jong-Il

nkreality wrote 3 days ago: Kim Jong-Il Kim Jong-Il, the notorious dictator of North Korea.   The one man who can grant civil ri … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Violations, Imprisonment, Freedom, expression, Opinion, Speech

The Kingdom of God

dcrowe wrote 3 days ago: Something to ponder: In its simplest terms, the kingdom of God that Jesus announced and embodied is … more →

Tags: Ahmadinejad, Jesus, Kingdom of God, libération, medvedev, Mugabe, nonviolence, obama, Social Justice

Guidance Train Slowed?

nkleadershipwatch wrote 4 days ago: Kim Jong-il has temporarily shut down the guidance train.  For the last moth, General-Secretary Kim … more →

"Sound of the General's Footsteps"

nkleadershipwatch wrote 4 days ago: Has the Kim Jong-un tribute song been performed under a new title?  On Friday (13 November) a school … more →

Tags: Succession, Leadership Succession, Kim Jong-un

The Women around Kim Jong-il2 comments

nkleadershipwatch wrote 5 days ago: (n.b. This will be the first in a series of occasional postings about the people and personalities c … more →

Tags: Administration Department, Central Committee, Kim Family, KJI Personal Secretariat, Korean Workers' Party (KWP), Leadership Succession, Light Industry Department, Succession

A Visit to North Korea, Part 616 comments

prchovanec wrote 1 week ago: Even though Kim Il-Sung died in 1994, officially he is still the “Eternal President” of North Korea. … more →

Tags: North Korea, Travel, Chongchon River, DPRK, Eighth U.S. Army, gift pavilion, Hyangsan Hotel, International Friendship Exhibition, Kim Il-sung

US - North Korea negotiations: What is really going on?

sanityinjection wrote 1 week ago: Or perhaps better to ask, What is really *not* going on? Korea expert Andrei Lankov, writing in the … more →

Tags: Foreign Affairs, Andrei Lankov, denuclearization, hillary clinton, Negotiations, North Korea, Obama Administration, united states

BETTER THAN A VACATION, MORE THAN A DECISION1 comment

fletchtopher wrote 1 week ago: Achewood is a web-comic I like. You could almost say that it is Summer Carlson’s fault that I … more →

Tags: Achewood, magical realism, speculative fiction, Web Comics, Aestivus Lee, Punishment Side of Tree, Todd Squirrel

Guidance Train Coming Down the Line

nkleadershipwatch wrote 1 week ago: (n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was around 1 November at the Unhung Cooperative Farm … more →

Tags: Korean Workers' Party (KWP), National Defense Commission (NDC), Organization and Guidance Department, Propaganda and Agitation Department, Ministry of Public Security, Korean People's Army (KPA), On the Spot Guidance, Guidance Tours, Jang Song-thaek

A Frenchman in Pyongyang3 comments

adamcathcart wrote 1 week ago: While Anglophone Korea-watchers are checking up on U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth’s itinerary and … more →

Tags: Cultural Politics, French, North Korea, France, Huanqiu Shibao, jack lang

Anita Done

lwdewhirst wrote 1 week ago: Appointed in May of 2009 as white house communications director, Anita Dunn today announced her acce … more →

Tags: Anita Dunn, communism, director of communications, mao, obama, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Bauer, Robert Gibbs

naval war?

myfriendkimjongil wrote 1 week ago: Well, this is why I left Seoul right? Here’s what I was reading today at CFR.org.  I agree wit … more →

Tags: North Korea, South Korea

Drama on the high seas - North & South square off against each other

congdongzhixi wrote 1 week ago: One of my favourite books is Rivals by Bill Emmott, formerly the Editor of the Economist. It’s … more →

Tags: North Asia, Asia, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, China, DPRK, Euna Lee, Flashpoints, hillary clinton

Korean Naval Skirmish: What's the Objective?

B Gourley wrote 1 week ago: RoK Navy Ships Like Those Involved in Skirmish The navies of North and South Korea engaged in a brie … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Current Events, DPRK, International Relations, military, national security, Navy, News, North Korea

GlobalWonk's Video Introduction

Global Wonk wrote 1 week ago: Jim Miller, GlobalWonk Jim Miller has posted the GlobalWonk Introduction video at YouTube. Please cl … more →

Tags: China, Cold War, Global, globalwonk, Foreign Policy, national security, international security, Wage Peace, wonk

Kim Jong-il's Mystery Train

nkleadershipwatch wrote 1 week ago: Chosun Ilbo has a terrific story about the private train on which Kim Jong-il travels for his guidan … more →

Tags: KJI Personal Secretariat, State Security Department, Guard Command, Ministry of Public Security


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