North Korea

AsiaSociety.org articles, op-eds, videos and blog posts on North Korea.

For the North Korean team, losing all three games in South Africa resulted in a formal reprimand from the government.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces new sanctions during trip to Seoul.

North Korea on the Brink?

Barbara Demick's latest dispatch from North Korea describes life after the disastrous 2009 currency devaluation.

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2010 - Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses Asia-Pacific regional security issues and...

The official transcript of Admiral Mullen's speech on China and the military to Asia Society's Washington Annual Dinner.

Asia Society multimedia feature explains how a North Korean torpedo complicates Sec. Clinton's visit to Beijing.

The Chinese Road to Pyongyang

How western coverage of Kim Jong Il's recent visit to China was marked by major misconceptions.

Korea Briefing

A new Asia Society publication examines the social, political, and regional issues facing the peninsula.

If you want to understand how North Koreans perceive themselves, says B.R. Myers, study their propaganda.

'Strangers in the Homeland'

NEW YORK, January 7, 2010 - Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, on the difficulties North Korean...

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