Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'North Korea'
2013: First Year for Korean Peace
by Christine Hong, Asia Times, Hong Kong - As the longest war in US history - predating America's ongoing quagmire in Afghanistan by over half a century - the Korean War points to permanent conflict as the discomfiting, long-run truth...
The Ghost of North Korea
by Yuriko Koike, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Despite new leadership, the country is still being run based on principles set out by Kim Jong-Il and his father....
Can Kim Jong-un Be North Korea's Deng Xiaoping?
by Isabel Hilton, Guardian, UK - The death of Kim Jong-il recalls Mao's. But China, unlike paranoid North Korea, opted for the path of reform....
Kim Jong-il's Life and Legacy
by Laura Kyle, Al Jazeera, Qatar - North Korean leader was as revered inside the "Hermit Kingdom" as he was reviled abroad....
Women Tricked, Trafficked into China
by Jae Wan Noh, Radio Free Asia, USA - North Korean women crossing into China as defectors are frequently preyed on by trafficking gangs, with some targeted for abduction before they even leave their homes, according to sources in the...
Freedom Village: Living on the Frontlines
By Yvonne Lee and Lee Haye-ah, Yonhap New Agency, South Korea- On one side of the most heavily militarized border in the world is an abundance of green. Rows and rows of rice stalks stand drenched in water, surrounded by...
It’s Risky, but This Time North Korea Must Pay
by Rosemary Righter, Times Online, UK - Seoul has abandoned hope of taming its neighbour. Its rhetoric and defences are hardening...
How Bad Does Bad Have to Get?
by Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald, USA - Until recently, the rest of the world didn't have much of a reason to care about Burma, except for its concern for an entire nation in chains....
What Were Laura Ling and Euna Lee Looking For in North Korea?
by Ji-Yeon Yuh, Women's Media Center, USA - The trafficking story is a dangerous pursuit—but without more information and world attention, tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls are caught up as victims with no place to turn....
Putting Peace First
by Christine Ahn and Paul Liem, International Herald Tribune, France - For nearly eight years, the Bush administration threatened North Korea with dire consequences for not acquiescing to demands that it disarm its nuclear weapons program before receiving the benefits...
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