Six Party Talks
"Grand Bargain" Endorsed by Obama: LMB; The Bozz to Pyongyang 8 December
This is a breaking development, but ROK President Lee Myung-bak has said US President Barack Obama has signed onto the “grand bargain.” It remains to be seen whether this is an actual endorsement, or if […]
POTUS on DPRK's "better future"
At a joint news conference in Tokyo with Japan PM Yukio Hatoyama, US President Barack Obama said that the DPRK “can open the door to a better future” should it decide to table it nuclear […]
The Bozz's Post-Turkey Day Pyongyang Foray and POTUS to Asia
Yonhap cites an anonymous source that says US Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth will travel to the DPRK after the US Thanksgiving holiday, the week of 25-29 November. Ambassador Bosworth’s supposed arrival will be preceded by […]
The Bozz to Pyongyang (Part II)
US Special Envoy to the DPRK (and Tufts Fletcher School Dean) Stephen Bosworth said in remarks Thursday that he will visit the DPRK by the end of the year, possibly in his words “in a […]
International Crisis Group Report (or, DPRK-PRC BFF's in a Nuclear Age?)
The Australian newspaper The Age covers a brand new report from International Crisis Group. The Brussels-based International Crisis Group puts out a wide variety of excellent analytic products. They are stationed around the world conducting […]
The Bozz to Pyongyang, KJI Invited to Beijing
Reuters reported earlier today of a possible trip by DPRK Special Envoy (and Fletcher School Dean) Stephen Bosworth to Pyongyang. Yomiuri Shimbun has a more detailed report about Ambassador Bosworth’s trip, which is likely to […]
Guidance Train Kept a-Rollin' & When RG Met SK
1.) MOFA Director-General for North American Affairs, Ri Gun, met with Six-Party Talks Envoy, Sung Kim, for an hour in New York on Saturday (24 October). The substance of the meeting was not disclosed, and […]
