From Yonhap News:
The U.S. administration announced Wednesday it is freezing the assets of entities linked to the spread of weapons of mass destruction, including… three North Korean-related firms — the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation, Tanchon Commercial Bank, and the Korea Ryonbong General Corporation. The annex also names four connected to Iran and one to [...]

A major justification of South Korea’s unification policy is that by continuing to help North Korea, through the “Sunshine Policy,” they are facilitating both an atmosphere conducive to good relations and a way to help North Korea rebuild itself. The idea is that if North Korea is more prosperous, it will be able to rebuild [...]

Today’s Washington Post has the story, “U.S. Says China Should Prod N. Korea on Talks,” which does report the president’s position, even if trying to blame him at the same time;
The Bush administration blamed China yesterday for not doing enough to cajole North Korea back to nuclear talks… Undersecretary of State Robert Joseph, who [...]

I recently watched “Team America: World Police,” which although was full of needless vulgarity (another point they were trying to make, I think), make some very good, and funny, observations. I do wonder why it take a satirical comedy with dolls to drive home the point about the UN. As a Korea-watcher, this is a [...]

Kwon Ho-ung, the chief North Korean delegate in Seoul for Cabinet-level talks,
today echoed comments made by Kim Jong-il to South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young, on 17 June, concerning North Korea’s willingness to return to talks, and ultimately to give up nuclear weapons. A South Korean spokesman quoted the Northern delegation as having stated:
“If [...]

From a short article in todays Washington Post:
Army deserter Charles Jenkins said Monday that he regrets leaving his post for North Korea, where he spent nearly 40 years, and called the communist country’s leader, Kim Jong Il, “an evil man.”
CNN also had an article with more background. I have no doubt that he is [...]

From the statement page of the Axis to Grind website:
Axis to Grind exposes the clash of cultures of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and North America… our status quo misrepresentation of north Korea actually stands as an obstacle to peace and reunification for the Korean peninsula… My first rapid unlearning of my attitudes [...]

The online newspaper Daily NK carries a fair amount of North Korea focused news and commentary, including an entire page of articles by Hwan Jang-yop. The section with analysis of Kim Jong-il, however, carries information on everything from Kim’s eating habits, his use of elevator shoes, where he sleeps, to his love and flowers, [...]

Since its inception with former President Kim Dae-jung, the Sunshine Policy has evolved to complicate U.S. Policy efforts in North Korea, but also to hurt the North Korean people. At first the unprecedented policy was acclaimed on all sides, since it had never actually been tried, and resulted in the historic June 2000 summit (which [...]

Once again South Korean hopes have been raised that the Six-Party Talks will soon re-start, again. On 17 June, Kim Jong-il told South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young that – if the U.S. “recognizes and respects” North Korea — talks could begin by July.
I am not sure how many times we have been down this [...]