The Diminishing Returns of China’s North Korea Policy
North Korea’s economic dependence on China may have reached an all-time high, but Kim Jong Un …
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North Korea in Focus: New Power Struggle or Intelligence Failure
Has the North Korean power struggle reached a point of crisis? Are we on the eve of convulsions …
Budget Blanks and Blues
Last time I wrote in these pages, in late April, “Party Time in Pyongyang,” I promised a Part …
China’s Embrace of North Korea: The Curious Case of the Hwanggumpyong Island Economic Zone
Background In early June 2011, China and the DPRK announced an agreement to establish a free …