North Korea

Magazine articles on politics and society in North Korea.

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Finance & Development June 2007 Un-Chan Chung	Korea: In Search of a New Compact Although it will take a long process of trial and error to build a well-balanced economy supported by an overarching set of accepted economic and social norms, Korea's political leadership can do a lot to improve things in the meantime.
Parameters Spring 2007 Andrew Scobell	Notional North Korea Researching North Korea is not as difficult as one might think. Here is an assessment of new books about the country.
TIME Asia March 8, 2007 Bill Powell	Washington's Surprising Pyongyang Parley No longer is Washington trying to isolate the dictator's rogue regime. Instead, U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill held talks with the North's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye-gwan as a preliminary step toward normalizing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
TIME Asia February 15, 2007 Bill Powell	North Korea Takes the Bait For the Bush Administration, whose officials had once speculated openly about the possibility of forcing Kim from power by cutting off his regime from aid and trade, the agreement signed on Tuesday represented a victory -- albeit a small one.
TIME Asia February 15, 2007 Han Sung Joo	North Korea: A Deal is Better Than Nothing Now that a deal has been struck with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program, both the South Korean and U.S. governments have embarked on a hard sell.
TIME Asia January 25, 2007 Nicholas Eberstadt	Kim Jong Il's Nuclear Ambitions What's the world's most worrisome nuclear-proliferation hotspot? Answer: the diplomatic table in Beijing where six-party talks are periodically convened to discuss North Korean nuclear disarmament. What matters is that when North Korea pressed, U.S. negotiators squirmed.
Popular Mechanics February 2007 Simon Cooper	North Korea's Biochemical Threat While its nuclear test spurs outrage, North Korea grows a vast biochemical weapons arsenal in secrecy. We investigate Kim Jong Il's deception, his country's human trials and the terror potential of this rogue nation's deadly harvest.
Popular Mechanics February 2007 Simon Cooper	North Korea's Suspected Biochemical Weapons: Breakdown Compared to nukes, biological and chemical agents offer mass destruction "on the cheap," argues Michael Stebbins of the Federation of American Scientists. Below, a sampling of Kim Jong Il's toxic arsenal.
Scientific American December 18, 2006 Graham P. Collins	Kim's Big Fizzle The Physics Behind A Nuclear Dud: The North Koreans produced some kind of a nuclear damp squib. What could have gone wrong depends on the nuclear fuel used.
TIME Asia December 11, 2006 Tim Kindseth	Taking Kim's Toys Away The U.S. announces a list of luxury items banned from export in an attempt to pressure the North Korean regime.
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