U.S.-ROK missile pact revision – 5 Implications
1) What has been revised in the joint military pact between Korea and the U.S.? (in terms of the country’s missile capabilities?) The recent missile range pact between the U.S. and ROK allows for the...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Nuclear Test – predictably unpredictable (4 Impacts)
1) North Korea’s motivation for the nuclear test North Korea’s objective with today’s nuclear missile test is to put the international community on edge vis-a-vis its predictably unpredictable acts....
View ArticlePRC v. DPRK? – Will the China-NK alliance remain stable?
Will the China-NK alliance remain stable? Global Times | 2013-2-17 By Jasper Kim Given the recent bilateral and UN-based diplomatic discourse between North Korea and China on North Korea’s...
View ArticleKorean War 2?: Heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula push to the edge
Is the Korean peninsula on the verge of a Korean War part 2? According to Asia-Pacific Global Research Group founder (and professor at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea), the risks of this are...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s “war” declaration: made for domestic consumption but potential...
North Korea has just declared “war” on South Korea. This is the latest in a streaming series of increasingly bellicose statements from the DPRK and its 20-something leader, Kim Jong-Un. While many...
View ArticleFinancial hedging strategies in an unlikely Korean conflict: Q&A with Jasper Kim
Below is an English-version interview excerpt with Yonhap News and Jasper Kim (Asia-Pacific Global Research Group; Director, Center for Conflict Management, Ewha University in Seoul) released on April...
View ArticleThe Kaesong Negotiations: Why the two Koreas succeeded in getting to yes (and...
This blog post is based on an earlier version of a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) post and video interview that can be viewed here. After seven rounds of meetings and 133 days, the ongoing Kaesong...
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