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February 15, 2012

North Korea
After Kim Jong-il: America and the Two Koreas

The February edition of the monthly radio program America Abroad looks in-depth at the Korean peninsula following the death of Kim Jong-il, including a report from South Korea on a generational gap i…

Kims and Military Officers

November 19, 2012

North Korea
What Message Will Kim Jong-un Take from the Obama Visit to Myanmar?

President Obama’s visit to Myanmar only a year after the country has begun to embark on a dramatic but “tenuous” reform path has naturally fed speculation about lessons the leadership in Pyongyang mi…

Obama in Myanmar

December 19, 2011

North Korea
Kim Jong-il in Death as in Life: Sowing Divisions in South Korea

A tearful announcer dressed in black announces the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on North Korean State Television in this still image from video December 19, 2011 (KRT/Courtesy Reuters). …

A tearful announcer dressed in black announces the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on North Korean State Television in this still image from video December 19, 2011

April 11, 2024

South Korea
South Korea’s Opposition Parties’ Win: What It Means

The center-left Democratic Party added to its legislative majority after the recent parliamentary election, which would deal a blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s domestic reform agenda and possibly hi…

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, raises hands with supporters during a campaign rally for the upcoming 22nd parliamentary election in Seoul, South Korea.

October 12, 2010

North Korea
Apparent Heir: Kim Jong Un’s Ascension and The Challenge to South Korea

Having spent the past week in Seoul in the aftermath of the September 28 Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) conference and on the eve of the unprecedented 65th anniversary celebrations of the WPK’s foun…

Apparent Heir: Kim Jong Un’s Ascension and The Challenge to South Korea

January 18, 2012

North Korea
Kim Jong-nam and the Question of North Korea’s Leadership Stability

North Korea’s leadership succession from Kim Jong-il to Kim Jong-un has gone according to script. The Korean Worker’s Party and the Korean People’s Army are supporting Kim Jong-un as North Korea’s ne…

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