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Mike Chinoy
Mike Chinoy is a Senior Fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California, and Managing Director for Asia for NewsCertified Exchange, a media training company. He is the author of "Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis."Dateline Pyongyang?
For journalists, North Korea remains one of the toughest countries in the world to cover—secretive, opaque, and, above all, almost inaccessible. Even when a visit is permitted, the activities of visiting correspondents are tightly controlled, with most of their schedule devoted to visiting monuments, statues, and model units such as the Mansudae [...]
Six Party Talks: The Least Bad Alternative
Christopher Hill, the Bush administration’s point man for negotiating with North Korea, recently told an audience at Stanford University that because the North had lied about its uranium enrichment capability –to him and others–“there was absolutely no value” in restarting the six-party talks in the absence of any North Korean [...]
Bush on North Korea: Wrong Again
“The pressure worked.” In his memoir Decision Points, that was former President George W. Bush’s conclusion about his administration’s approach to North Korea. In particular, Bush’s brief account of what happened after Pyongyang staged its first nuclear test in October 2006 creates the impression that American resolve and [...]
No Hostile Intent: A Look Back at Kim Jong Il’s Dramatic Overture to the Clinton Administration
North Korea announced last week the death of Marshal Jo Myong Rok, a powerful figure in the North Korean armed forces, and for many years one of Kim Jong Il’s closest associates. Jo will probably be best remembered for his historic trip to Washington in October, 2000, when he became the only North Korean official to visit the White House and [...]
Is the South Korean Tail Wagging the American Dog?
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrapped up their visit to South Korea, the intended message was, in Clinton’s words, one of “real solidarity”—two allies united in their determination to deter North Korea from any further attacks like the one that sank the South Korean naval vessel Cheonan in [...]
