ROK Drop: US Says It Can Intercept North Korean Missile
NK Econ Watch: North Korea’s social change, and; DPRK not about to collapse
DPRK Forum: Countdown to the Showtrial in the DPRK
EagleSpeak: North Korea Threatens
War is Boring: Kyle’s Far East Roundup 5/29/09 [see leadership chart]
Notions Capital: North Korea - Alternative Theory
Ogle Earth: North Korea’s 2009 nuclear test: [...]

KQCD-TV: North Dakota Korean War Vet Laid To Rest
Dong-a Ilbo: Nuclear Warheads Likely to Be Left Out of N. Korea’s Report
AP: US State Department official to visit North Korea for nuclear talks
AP: SK to give financial assistance to victims of abduction by NK for first time
Asia Times: North Korea stoic in the face of [...]

AFP: Nuclear scientist says he confessed to ’save’ Pakistan
Asia Times: Renewed urgency to rein in North Korea (Don Kirk)
AFP: SKorea’s Lee calls for better ties, NKorea blasts him as ‘traitor’
Joongang Ilbo: Agency probes alleged spying on politicians
Bloomberg: North Korea Says U.S. Aims to Arm Taiwan With Nuclear Weapons
Daily NK: The Animation, “Megumi” [...]

Chosun Ilbo: U.S. ‘Called N.Korea’s Bluff Over Syria’
Asahi: Syria got N. Korea help for N-facility
VoA: NK Warns SK President of ‘Catastrophic Consequences’
Yonhap: N. Korea’s harsh rhetoric not a concern: Hill
Joongang Ilbo: Korea scrambles jets, but rhetoric sounds familiar
Daily NK: NK Defector Lee Ae Ran: Candidate for SK National Assembly
Reuters: Air China launches flights to [...]

Dong-a Ilbo: No Talks with N.Korea without Public Support: Pres. Lee
AAP: South Korea to press North on POWs
Yonhap: S. Korea starts job training program for N.K. defectors
Dong-a Ilbo: N. Korea Expels Seoul Officials from Gaesong
Bloomberg: North Korea’s Time `Running Out’ on Nuclear Report
Reuters: U.N. renews mandate of North Korea rights monitor
Reuters: Russia removes point [...]

FT: A hardline approach to North Korea will not work (Andrei Lankov)
Asia Times: Pyongyang cashes in on US row (Don Kirk)
Yonhap: N.K. news media call for aggressive outreach to capitalist world
Yonhap: Local firm to use N.K. ship repair yard
AP: SK president has asked NK to consider sending home POWs
NYT: Anonymous Korean War Dead Still [...]

Kyodo: U.S. still believes N. Korea had uranium-based nuke weapons program
Reuters: North Korea must stand on its own feet: Lee
AFP: S Korea President: Ready For Shuttle Diplomacy With North
AP: South Korea to initiate projects in north after nuclear progress
AP: US and North Korea To Talk Nukes
Joongang Ilbo: Vershbow: “Impatience building up” on North
Japan Times: The [...]

Asia Times: Another Korean ‘war’ casualty (Don Kirk)
Yonhap: N. Korea intensifies press oppression
Joongang Ilbo: Group: Official executed over calls
AP: US: N. Korea must declare nuclear plans
Bloomberg: North Korea Blames U.S. for Atomic Accord Delay
AP: U.S. researchers: NK wants energy aid before declaration
Reuters: U.S. envoy on North Korea in Beijing for talks
Kyodo: Photos Of N Korea [...]

Joongang Ilbo:
• Aid for North’s hungry diverted to its military
• You call that intelligence?
• South’s stone gift for North Korea travels rocky road
• Will North lose FIFA game?
Daily NK: North Korea Will Not Be Recognized As a Nuclear State
Japan Times: Chinese views on North Korea [Must Read]
Bloomberg: Ex-U.S. Officials Orchestrate Korea Nuclear Diplomacy
Dong-a Ilbo: Rice [...]

Yonhap: N. Korea appears to divert oil for military training: source
Yonhap: North Korea launching massive anti-corruption drive
Kyodo: Bolton voices opposition to U.S. removal of N. Korea from terror list
Asia Times: A breach in North Korea’s iron curtain (Andrei Lankov)
Asia Times: Pyongyang waiting to pounce (Don Kirk)
Reuters: South Korea to keep ministry on North: media
Reuters: U.S. [...]