HRC in ROK
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped in to Seoul, to meet with and provide a US show of support for ROK President Lee Myung-bak, and South Korea, following the conclusion of the Cheonan […]
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 […]
New NK Diplorep to Iran
Yonhap reports that the DPRK has appointed Jo In Chol as its new ambassador to its close ally Iran. Jo In Chol was recently the country’s ambassador to Thailand and the Phillipines. SPA President Kim […]
Kim Jong Un's Princes' Education
Vanity Fair‘s website offers a short essay on Kim Jong Un’s alma mater. KJU’s few years studying in Switzerland have been the subject of previous media reports. This particular vignette is a weekly online column […]
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: […]
SPA to Meet Again
Another session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly will be held in early June. Reuters reports (thank you, Joe): North Korea has called for a rare second session of its parliament on June 7, its […]
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