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Breaking the deadlock on the Korean peninsula
Author: Sangsoo Lee, ISDP With the Six Party Talks — the main multilateral mechanism to negotiate North Korea’s denuclearisation — moribund since December 2008, the North Korean nuclear issue appears...
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South Korea’s secret weapon against the North
Author: Sangsoo Lee, ISDP On 25 August 2015, top-level negotiators from the North and South Korea reached a six-point agreement in the aftermath of a period of high military tension, which began when a...
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Time to rethink North Korea strategy
Authors: Sangsoo Lee and Alec Forss, ISDP North Korea’s recent nuclear test and ostensible satellite launch puts the spotlight on the failure of the international community to tame Pyongyang. Led by...
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Pyongyang’s ‘weapons first, negotiations later’ strategy
Author: Sangsoo Lee, ISDP On 9 September 2016, the US Geological Survey detected a 5.3-magnitude earthquake in the area of North Korea’s Punggye-ri underground test site. Four hours later, North Korean...
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What does denuclearisation really mean?
Author: Sangsoo Lee, ISDP In full view of the international media, the destruction of North Korea’s nuclear testing ground at Punggye-ri went ahead on 24 May. Yet hours later, US President Donald Trump...
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North Korea’s economy is recentralised and China-reliant
Author: Sangsoo Lee, ISDP In North Korea, many enjoy making money for themselves by selling products in private markets. Under Kim Jong-un, expanding these markets became a source of tax revenue for...
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