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Of the three correspondents, Andrei Lankov, writing in the Korea Times, has the greatest depth of experience. Lankov focuses on the aspect of North Korea’s reforms–unstoppable if you believe Brooke and abortive if you believe Macintyre–that interests me most, the psychological impact on the North Korean people. Lankov finds that materially, things have changed not at all or gone backwards, but that psychologically, North Koreans are much more open than in the past. He begins near his alma mater, Kim...

James Brooke has the goods. Japan sees stress cracks in the regime’s control. Add this drop to the steady trickle of not-so-trustworthy reports (although this does seem pretty conclusive). Not sure where Brooke had been recently, but his coverage of North Korea puts The Washington Post to shame. Rebecca has more. I like her new, bloggier writing style. She writes persuasively that all the talk of a newfound unity among the five nations dealing with North Korea is just that,...

James Brooke has the goods. Japan sees stress cracks in the regime’s control. Add this drop to the steady trickle of not-so-trustworthy reports (although this does seem pretty conclusive). Not sure where Brooke had been recently, but his coverage of North Korea puts The Washington Post to shame. Rebecca has more. I like her new, bloggier writing style. She writes persuasively that all the talk of a newfound unity among the five nations dealing with North Korea is just that,...

James Brooke has the goods. Japan sees stress cracks in the regime’s control. Add this drop to the steady trickle of not-so-trustworthy reports (although this does seem pretty conclusive). Not sure where Brooke had been recently, but his coverage of North Korea puts The Washington Post to shame. Rebecca has more. I like her new, bloggier writing style. She writes persuasively that all the talk of a newfound unity among the five nations dealing with North Korea is just that,...

The NKHRA Makes Waves Korean press reaction to Bush’s signing of the NKHRA here, and the Unification Minister’s futile two cents’ worth of regret here. Now, the GNP (Grand National Party, South Korea’s “conservative” opposition) wants to get into the act. So they finally found their voice, now that the song is half over. And it’s a dirge. Meanwhile, the spigot on North Korean emigration has loosened another half-turn with only the second known successful defection by sea: Two North...

The NKHRA Makes Waves Korean press reaction to Bush’s signing of the NKHRA here, and the Unification Minister’s futile two cents’ worth of regret here. Now, the GNP (Grand National Party, South Korea’s “conservative” opposition) wants to get into the act. So they finally found their voice, now that the song is half over. And it’s a dirge. Meanwhile, the spigot on North Korean emigration has loosened another half-turn with only the second known successful defection by sea: Two North...

20th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL ON U.S.-KOREA SECURITY STUDIES Changing Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for the U.S.-ROK Alliance October 7, 2005 The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE Washington, DC Paper: The Trojan Horse: Pyongyang’s Successful Propaganda Campaign to Win the Hearts of South Koreans and Undermine the U.S.-ROK Alliance by Dennis P. Halpin Professional Staff, House International Relations Committee This paper reflects my own views and not necessarily, except where explicitly stated, the views of Chairman...

Excerpts from The American Enterprise, July/August 2005 To read the articles in full, buy your own here. Just seven bucks. If you found this article interesting, consider that it caused South Korea to pull its funding for AEI (scroll down). I’m renewing my AEI membership as a small token of my disapproval of any foreign government trying to control what I read, especially this one, and also because the magazine is always interesting reading and well worth a hundred bucks...