No Longer the Lips and the Teeth: James Person on Long Frayed Beijing-Pyongyang Ties Conventional wisdom might say that China and North Korea have more reason to embrace one another than not, owing to a history of wartime alliance, shared ideology, aid, and China’s role as international diplomatic protector. But closer inspection tells a different story--one of near-continual resentment on the part of the North.. (May 14, 2009 05:43 PM) Confronting the Past and Future of Korea-US Relations: William Drennan In posing the question of whether the Korea-US Alliance was a "Relic of the Past, or Key to the Future," William Drennan, a Korean Peninsula peace and security consultant, found plenty of evidence on both sides. Speaking at the Korean Embassy’s KORUS House on April 23, Drennan’s answer to his title question might have been 'a .. (Apr 23, 2009 06:37 PM) Active Archaeology in Korea: Much to Discover in East Asia’s Cultural Crossroads In 1946, about a year after Korea gained its independence at the close of World War II, a group of archaeologists from the National Museum of Korea set out to explore a tomb in the Southeastern area of Gyeongju from the time of the Silla Kingdom, which grew to dominate the peninsula more than 14 centuries ago. They were the firs.. (Feb 12, 2009 04:05 PM) Not Too Hot to Handle: Working Human Rights into Talks with North Korea Political and economic engagement with reclusive North Korea has been tried, and so has pushing for human rights improvements—but not together, says David Hawk, an expert on human rights issues around the world. Hawk says that there are tactful ways to work human rights—often seen in the past as a shortcut to deraili.. (Feb 11, 2009 05:23 PM) Refugees Offer a Rare Window into North Korea, and Themselves North Koreans who make the perilous journey as refugees abroad offer a rare window into their closed home country, and their own motivations. Marcus Noland, an expert on North Korean statistics and human rights, draws insights from their words. Drawing on two surveys he helped design—one from 2004/5 of North Korean re.. (Feb 05, 2009 05:28 PM)

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