DPRK-US Relations
ROK Defines NK as "Main Enemy," NK Severs All Inter-Korean Contact
Kim So-hyun reports in Korea Herald that ROK officials plan to revive and define the DPRK as “the main enemy” as part of its military response to the sinking of the Cheonan. Another presidential aide […]
ROK "To Immediately Exercise Right of Self Defense"
The full English text of ROK President Lee Myung-bak’s remarks is available here. In a nationally televised address on the March 2010 sinking of ROK naval corvette Cheonan, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak declared his […]
Official Reaction on the Cheonan
The official reactions to the findings of the investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan continue. An executive summary of the official, international investigation can be read here. Yonhap provides a chronology of related events. […]
Official Word on the Cheonan
The ROK’s international investigation team has issued its official finding that the March 2010 sinking of the Cheonan was caused by a North Korean torpedo. Yoon Duk-yong said the torpedo was likely fired from DPRK […]
Serial Numbers and Diplorep Briefings In Seoul
Chosun Ilbo reports that torpedo propellers and a serial number with a North Korean font were discovered in the Cheonan wreckage. Northeast Asia Matters translated the CI‘s front page story from which I excerpted below: […]
ROK Wants NK to Pay the Price for Cheonan
Yonhap reported late last week that investigators found “traces of gunpowder” in the wreckage of the ROK naval corvette Cheonan. Choe Sang-hun reports in the IHT/NYT: Forensic experts investigating the wreckage of a South Korean […]
KJI Visits KPA Unit Involved in Hwang Plot
Kim So-hyun reports in the Korea Herald that Kim Jong Il inspected the KPA unit that directed the failed assassination plot on NK defector Hwang Jang Yop and is widely believed in South Korea to […]
