This is a must read by the recently retired senior Korean interpreter at the U.S. Department of State, Tong Kim, who is now a research professor at Korea University in Seoul. He touches on and explains several points that are important in understanding the process of negotiating with North Korea.
His article is, ‘You Say Okjeryok, I Say Deterrent: No Wonder We Don’t Agree.’
A bit dated, but Yoelchae's write up on his trip to Kaesong in October is well worth the read.
- #New additions are: Andrei Lankov's blog (translated version via DPRK Forum); Saber Fencer; The Grand Narrative; Korea in Focus; KoreaArticle, and; Information Dissemination.
- #Via CNN: "An Iranian woman, blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face, has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself under Islamic law demanding an eye for an eye... Her attacker... admitted throwing acid in her face in November 2004."
- #In an article at the Asia Times, Riddles and enigmas from North Korea, Andrei Lankov speculates on how governments get intelligence from inside North Korea, and lists some of the other valuable sources of information from the country.
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