North Korea

  • Dec 10, 2013
  • 7 min read

Public purge in Pyongyang puts stability in question

Pyongyang on December 9 dramatically confirmed reports from Seoul that Jang Song-thaek,...

North Korea
  • Dec 3, 2013
  • 2 min read

Purge reveals scope for instability in Pyongyang

South Korea's intelligence service today reported that Jang, Kim Jong-un's uncle, may have been...

North Korea
  • Nov 29, 2013
  • 2 min read

Good harvest in North Korea bodes well for stability

North Korea's food output has risen 5% from a year ago, according to a joint study published...

North Korea
  • Nov 18, 2013
  • 7 min read

Prospects for North and South Korea in 2014

With a parliamentary majority and no national elections until 2016, South Korean President Park...

North Korea
  • Nov 14, 2013
  • 2 min read

Russia-South Korea rail deal warrants pessimism

President Vladimir Putin met President Park Geun-hye in Seoul yesterday.

North Korea
  • Nov 4, 2013
  • 6 min read

China will not allow North Korea regime collapse

A recent Rand study put the issue of regime collapse in North Korea back into the headlines,...

North Korea
  • Oct 28, 2013
  • 5 min read

Military purges may bode well for North Korean regime

It became known earlier this month that North Korea has replaced the head of the General Staff of...

North Korea
  • Oct 17, 2013
  • 2 min read

Moscow-Seoul pipeline talks warrant scepticism

Moscow and Seoul yesterday revived stalled talks on a gas pipeline from Russia to South Korea via...

Russia