Search results for: Seonhwa Kim
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The New Mood of Peace in Korea
…Dorasan Railway Station. Rebuilt in 2002 under Kim Dae-jung as part of a project to reconnect the long moribund railway lines between North and South, inside its modern interior carries…
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North Korea Delivers a Reality Check
…this has been achieved – a position seen in Pyongyang as tantamount to unilateral capitulation. The statement is thus a clear reminder that Kim does not subscribe to the CVID…
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New Year’s Thaw on the Korean Peninsula: Will It Last?
…address, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un devoted considerable attention to his willingness to improve relations with the South, while reserving strong criticism of the United States. For some observers…
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“Mean China” Turns the Screws on North Korea
…Jong Un’s elder brother, Kim Jong Nam, was allegedly assassinated (though this remains vehemently denied by Pyongyang) at Kuala Lumpur airport. Just a week later, on February 19, China announced…
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Ildo Hwang
Former Visiting Fellow
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
…strategy document went on underline the importance of maintaining pressure on the Kim Jong-un regime of North Korea by enforcement of the sanction regime. On the security front, this is…
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The Legacies of Gorbachev: East Asia and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
…expectedly enraged North Korea, particularly given how after inviting Kim Il Sung to the Kremlin in October 1986, the Soviet leader highlighted how bilateral cooperation had reached “a new high”….
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The Ukraine War is a Prelude for Vladimir Putin and its Climax in Asia
Vladimir Putin has his own rhythm of war that lingers in his ears but the rhythm of the combat he expected in Ukraine has reduced its speed…
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Why China Fears K-pop Fandoms
…of his birthday last year. A year prior, a fan group of bandmate Kim Taehyung managed to collect 7 million yuan ($1 million) which was used to build an elementary…
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GSOMIA and The Regional Implications of Worsening ROK-Japan Relations
…ways to reconcile, it would be a development that unfortunately could coincide with a return to a more aggressive policy on the part of North Korea. Kim Jong-un has repeatedly…