SEOUL, South Korea — In the classic Korean mystery film JSA: Joint Security Area (2000), a South Korean soldier strays north of the demilitarized zone at the border between North and South Korea and unexpectedly befriends a handful of North Korean enemies.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
May 3, 2013
Editor’s update: The US government on Monday urged North Korea to free US citizen Kenneth Bae on “humanitarian grounds” as it sought to pin down the charges against him.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 29, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — The few remaining South Korean workers will be removed from the Kaesong industrial complex, a joint venture with the North, ending hope the standoff between the two sides will be resolved.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 26, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — I’m now reading an advance copy of Andrei Lankov’s upcoming book, “The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia,” due out from Oxford University Press on May 8.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 24, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — April 25 is something of a holy day for the North Korean leadership. It marks the founding of the guerrilla army in 1932 that they — often romantically — claim valiantly fought off Japanese colonials and saved the Korean race from slavery. (In reality, the army played a minor role.)
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 24, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — China has uncomfortably backed North Korea since the 1950s, at times treating South Korea as a direct enemy and, more recently, a wary and reserved trading partner.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 19, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — Last month, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) — the Pentagon’s intelligence arm — reported “with moderate confidence” in an intelligence assessment that North Korea had mastered a startling technology: the ability to shrink a nuclear warhead and place it on a crude missile.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 18, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — We’ve heard a lot of talk in recent weeks about the military side of the North Korea threat. Today, the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency is reporting that North Korea could have the capabilities to build a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a missile — even though there’s a lot of disagreement over that part.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 12, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — Well, we don’t really know the answer. Last time there was a Korean War from 1950 to 1953, some historians say it nearly did go nuclear — although there’s disagreement over the extent President Harry Truman was willing to consider the Bomb based on vague public statements.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 11, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — Today is April 10, the date of the fake apocalyptic ultimatum that North Korea gave to foreign embassies in Pyongyang and expatriates in South Korea. The regime essentially advised them to pack up and leave, or else they can’t be protected regardless of whatever happens after today.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 10, 2013
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