Every time I think about shuttering the blog for good, someone is always kind enough to write or say something that reminds me why I started the infernal thing in the first place. Today’s lesson: This image shows a North…
South Korean government sources tell Japanese NHK that satellite images and other data reveal increased activity “at a missile base in Musudanri, North Hamgyeong Province, in the northeastern part of North Korea.” Check out the english language news segment. Kyodo…
Chris Nelson has a depressing Nelson Report today. Apparently no one in the Bush Administration believes that Six Party Talks can succeed: Recently, we heard a very highly informed Asia policy player, on background, explain and confirm that the basic…
Barbara Demick swaps her column inches as ace international reporter for the Los Angeles Times for a turn as theater critic … sort of: Perhaps not since Mel Brooks conceived “Springtime for Hitler” in the comedy “The Producers” has there…
Go ahead and press play (Or view it here if you have browser trouble). The clip is real—it is taken from a real 2003 BBC Documentary called The Real Dr. Evil (You can download the entire documentary). Chosun Ilbo even…
It kills me that The Onion has a better grasp on nuclear dipomacy with North Korea than just about anyone else. Report: North Korea Just Enjoys Nuclear Talks November 16, 2005 | Issue 41•46 WASHINGTON, DC—The Bulletin Of The Atomic…
The fifth round of the Six Party Talks (9-11 November 2005) ended a few days ago, with little or no progress. Talks foundered over myriad issues, complicated by distractions such as the President’s description of Kim Jong-Il as a “tyrant”…
In earlier posts, I wondered if the Bush Administration was capable of reaching an agreement with North Korea. It might just be that any agreement is going to take a little, um, initiative on the part of US Assistant Secretary…
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan announced that Six Party Talks will resume in November 9. Paul has a must read summary of the issues facing the talks in Arms Control Today. ACT makes an art of “burying the lede”…
David Sanger in the New York Times reports “a previously undisclosed incident in June” involving trade between Iran and North Korea: … American satellites tracked an Iranian cargo plane landing in North Korea. The two countries have a history of…
