Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DPRK's Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Vienna
A Japanese web resource reports the return to Vienna of DPRK Ambassador to Austria, Kim Kwang-sop, following a three-month holiday. Ambassador Kim is currently the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Vienna: February 2010 will […]
Bosworth-Kang Chinese Showdown
The Korea Herald reports today that Beijing has been proposed as the setting for a bi-lateral US-DPRK meeting which the US hopes facilitates the DPRK returning to the Six-Party Talks. According to the report, Special […]
The Harden they come
Despite the missile tests on Monday (the second round could come at any point in the next five days) and the usual editorial bellyaching in the pages of Rodong Sinmun and Korean Central News Agency, […]
Wen, we meet again
Despite having Pyongyang (and perhaps China) watchers glued to the news, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to the DPRK did not produce anything in the way of major diplomatic breakthroughs. And why would it? […]
Table for 7 ?
There are no outward signs that the Six-Party Talks are set to immediately resume. But that has not stopped the intervention of world politics’ favorite busybody, French President Nicholas Sarkozy, from inviting himself to a […]
As everybody knelt to pray, the Premier did escape
China’s Premier Wen Jiabo has departed the DPRK. The midway events of Premier Wen’s visit are covered by KCTV, available here. (This link will redirect you to another site and open MS Media Player, so […]
The morning after the Premier
Have a look at KCTV’s coverage of Premier Wen Jiabao’s arrival in Pyongyang and the related events here.* Also, take a look at Adam Cathcart’s excellent blog, where he will offer some perspective from the […]
