Samsung’s Troubles Demonstrates How Different North and South Korea Really Are
By Troy Stangarone North Korea and South Korea are different, but sometimes it takes a crisis in each country to draw those differences out. In many ways, the flooding in North Korea in September and...
View ArticleDeepening South Korea’s Relations with the Middle East
The active relationship between South Korea and the Middle East Area is relatively young.
View ArticleDrought in North Korea — What Should Be the Response?
Just a few days ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a report that North Korea is facing its worst drought in 16 years.
View ArticleThe Dilemma of Humanitarian Work in North Korea
A dilemma long faced by humanitarian organizations in North Korea: does the the assistance outweigh the burden of the conditions imposed? The post The Dilemma of Humanitarian Work in North Korea...
View ArticleHold Your Dollars! The Right, and Wrong, Ways to Engage North Korea
To break the cycle with North Korea, our reengagement needs to work to simultaneously end the weapons program and end the failed economic system. The post Hold Your Dollars! The Right, and Wrong, Ways...
View ArticleKim’s post-Singapore Economy—Something from Nothing Isn’t Working
Pyongyang's promise of prosperity runs up against hard realities that even the Worker's Party cannot deny. With little changes to the broken economic structure, time may not be on Kim Jong-un's side....
View ArticleEngaging the Koreas on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs are ambitious and aspirational, and there is plenty of branding, bluster and propaganda by governments, but both Koreas take them seriously. The post Engaging the Koreas on the UN’s...
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