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We Need to Broaden Our Focus on North Korea

Linda Constant | Posted 05.02.2012

Linda Constant

There is no logical reason why we cannot address the regime's nuclear energy goals simultaneously with the country's appalling human rights conditions, which violate every imaginable facet of basic human liberties.

Americans Stand Up to Europe's Last Dictator. Will Europe?

Sohrab Ahmari | Posted 02.20.2012

Sohrab Ahmari

By supporting the Belarusian people, the EU can help ensure that the continent becomes a "dictator-free zone."

The Prophet Is Dead: Juche and the Future of North Korea

Amarnath Amarasingam | Posted 02.18.2012

Amarnath Amarasingam

Little has been written about North Korea's driving state ideology - the "Juche idea" - and the clues it may hold for predicting the nature of post-Kim Jong Il North Korea

North Korea's Economy Is a Disaster, But the Family Business Is Thriving

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Sheldon Filger

As nation builders, the Kim dynasty is a train wreck. But as the managers of a very lucrative family business, they are obviously brilliant. Maybe there is something after all to their title, "Great Leader."

The Mind of Kim Jong-Il II

Richard C. Bush III | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard C. Bush III

The current crisis reminds me of one of Mao Zedong's favorite sayings, "There is great chaos under heaven and the situation is excellent."

Punishing Policymakers For Economic Disasters, North Korea Style

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Sheldon Filger

In our enlightened Western, capitalist, free enterprise democratic world, we have a most liberal and benign way of punishing those responsible for mas...

After the Nuke Test, the US and North Korea Should Keep Talking

Michael Roston | Posted 06.02.2011

Michael Roston

History is not on North Korea's side, and ensnaring the hermit state in negotiations establishes some possibility of reining in its behaviors.

The Mind of Kim Jong Il

Richard C. Bush III | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard C. Bush III

I have done it again. I have provoked the international community to take North Korea. The American imperialists are worried about our preparations for a satellite launch, despite its other crises.

Laura Ling, Euna Lee, US Journalists Captured In North Korea, Will Be Tried For Illegal Entry

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists detained at North Korea's border with China two weeks ago will be indicted and tried, "their suspe...