A joint SK/NK bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
According to the DailyNK: South Korea, who previously hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2002, is bidding to host the 2022 games. The South has modern facility, world class telecommunications infrastructure,...
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Wikileaks: China wouldn’t mind a unified Korea under Seoul
Yet another Wikileaked cable regarding North Korean diplomacy, this one details China’s relationship with the reclusive DPRK. Turns out the relationship isn’t as rosy as many observers might believe,...
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Lee Myung-bak: "Reunification is drawing near”
South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak, on a trip to Malaysia to discuss a possible free trade agreement between the two countries, denounced North Korea as “one of the most belligerent nations in the...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s reunification tax revisited
A new step forward has been taken regarding South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak’s proposal for a reunification tax. Lawmakers on the Grand National Party and opposition sides tabled a draft bill to...
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Why North Korea isn’t going to overthrow its dictatorship anytime soon
I’m going to share a somewhat longwinded rant that I posted on the news aggregation website Reddit. A number of popular posts were excitedly discussing the possibility of revolution in North Korea,...
View ArticleSK President offering conditional nuke summit invitation to Kim Jong-Il.
On a short stop in Gemany, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak had an interesting proposal for the North. From The Korea Herald: President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that he was willing to invite North...
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Table tennis, anyone? North and South Korea invited to form joint team for...
Inter-Korean table tennis cooperation? Hard to imagine in this high tension period, but it’s happened before… from Yonhap: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and the Monaco-based Peace...
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North Korea–a (brief) month in review. Regular updates to resume!
How quickly times gets away from you.. the labourious process of buying, packing up and getting ready to move into a new house has consumed much of my free time that might otherwise be spent...
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Mt. Kumgang resort negotiations break down as North refuses to deal with SK...
In July 2008, a 53 year old South Korean woman, on one of Hyundai Asan’s tours in the Mt. Kumgang resort jointly run by North and South Korea, was shot dead by North Korean soldiers for allegedly...
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The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, SK, and how inter-Korean relations...
PyeongChang, South Korea was recently awarded the Winter Olympics in a landslide vote from the International Olympic Committee. As has happened in the past for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, the...
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