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Changing Course - A review of systemic corruption in Korea and its origins, The Deal Magazine, April 30, 2009 10 Tactics to Retain Foreign Investor - A summary of issues and countermeasures pertaining to FDI flight from from Korea, Korea Times, August 5, 2008 FSC's Position Does Not Block LS from Selling Their Shares by Richard Wacker, CEO, Korea Exchange Bank, July 4, 2008, followed by There are No Legal Barriers to KEB Sale, Maeil Economic Daily, week of June 23, 2008 Stalled in Seoul: How protests have humbled South Korea's "Bulldozer" - An encompassing analysis of Korea's current political crisis, Financial Times, July 3, 2008 South Koreans Loyal to Samsung Despite Scandals December 3, 2007 Corporate Korea Corks the Bottle as Women Rise - Female employees are challenging Korea's corporate drinking culture, The New York Times, June 10, 2007 From Peace Corps Volunteer to Top Business Executive Advisor - Interview of Tom Coyner, Korea Times. April 2, 2007 Korean Business Feels the Pinch between China and Japan- Four articles from the International Herald Tribune, Chosun Ilbo, and Financial Times, March 19~28, 2007 Korea-US Trade Deal Bogged Down as Clock Ticks - In Korea, debate rages over merits of free trade pact with US, South China Morning Post, December 20, 2006 US-ROK FTA – A Lost Opportunity in the Making? by Tom Coyner - Why the recent US elections place the current FTA negotiations in peril at Korea's expense, Nov. 15, 2006 Published Articles on Doing Business in Korea - practical tips and perspectives, updated almost weekly, by Tom Coyner Slowly, the Chaebol Heed Shareholders Champions of prosperity, when it comes to creating and maintaining shareholder wealth the chaebol continue to get poor marks from local investors despite 10 years of government-led changes What Could Go Wrong With China? - Idealism and nationalism jostle daily with rapacity and naked self-aggrandizement, as do political stability and potentially explosive unrest. That's what makes China so unpredictable, Barrons, July 31, 2006 Myths & Realities of Corporate Sales by Tom Coyner - Moving from order taking to selling in Korea can be a challenge, Korea Times, May 9, 2006 10 + 1 Commandments for Doing Business - Stick to these 11 cardinal rules and you will do just fine in Korea, Korea Times, March 27, 2006 Consultant Offers Advice for Making Soft Landing in Korea - Tom Coyner, president of Soft Landing Korea, believes South Korea is the best spot for foreign firms wanting to break into Northeast Asia, Korea Times, Jan. 10, 2006; The Chill Wind of Korean Xenophobia - For the ROK to maintain the momentum toward globalization, it's government must show strong leadership in demonstrating the benefits of an open and market-driven economy, and educate and enlighten the public, Far East Economic Review, December 2005 The Making of Korean Brands - Korean brands within less than a decade have muscled their way into the big league of global names, Asia Times, Aug. 18, 2005 Longtime Expats Finding a Niche in Selling Advice to Foreign Firms - Mr. Coyner is one of a handful of expatriates who are marketing their knowledge of Korea to international companies with their sights on this market, JoongAng Daily, March 28, 2005 Selling Through Korean Distributors by Tom Coyner - Indirect selling can be one of the least expensive and lowest risk strategies. This approach offers obvious advantages, but also contains many hidden pitfalls, Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, 2-part article in the January-February and March-April 2005 editions Samsung style or Daewoo dull? - Can Korea drop the chaebol straitjacket to ensure that it build more Samsung-type brands? Media, June 4, 2004 Casualties of Debt Bubble Seek Lifeline - Defaulters tell woes to credit counselors, apply for 'bad bank' programs, Korea Herald, April 7, 2004 In South Korea, being 'too old, too experienced' can pose problems finding work - Unemployment profiles in courage, International Herald Tribune, October 25, 2003 Giving Credit Card Firms a Run for the Money - Credit Card companies are now recruiting repo men as they struggle to keep from being completely swamped by the recent tides of delinquent accounts, JoongAng Daily, June 18, 2003 South Korea's Bane, in One Word: Plastic, New York Times, Dec 3, 2002 - countered by Rising credit card delinquencies no cause for concern, Fitch says,Korea Herald, Dec. 4, 2003 'Wired Korea' a Target of Anti-Spam Ire - Many U.S. ISPs still say Korea accounts for a major part of their spam load, JoongAng Daily, Nov 27, 2002, Analysts of Korean Firms Face Increasing Difficulties on Job - Ability to handle criticism hasn't quite caught up with Korea's new market strength, The Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2002 Samsung Aims to Get Stronger With New British Executive - A 35-year-old Briton was recently named to the highest executive post ever held by a foreigner at Samsung Electronics Co., The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2002 Holding Off the Wal-Marts of the World - So far, E-Mart has bested rivals in Korea's new discount niche, BusinessWeek, January 21, 2002 Korea's Workweek Revolution - The national debate over a five-day standard has raised questions about wages, productivity and economic growth., LA Times, November 18, 2001 Banking: Raising the Bar Can Hurt -Korea First's CEO ushered in accountability. Now, he's out, BusinessWeek online, November 19, 2001 Banking on Korea: Face to Face with Wilfred Horie - President and CEO, Korea First Bank talks about turning the bank around, handling government, media and labor relations, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea Journal, September-October 2001 Thin Is Beautiful - Global investors are pressuring companies to be lean and mean. So why do the chaebol refuse to go on a diet? Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2001 Smashing the Six Shibboleths of Korean Sales - A consultant focuses her sights on outmoded thinking among Korea's sales forces - and what changes they need to implement if they are to remain competitive, Yeri Choi Coyner, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, May-June 2001 Daewoo Chief Begs a Thousand Pardons Following Massive Layoffs at Auto Maker - The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2001 CEOs: Know Your Company - Korea's hands-off managing system makes for a big difference in doing international business, Korea Herald, June 21, 2001 South Korea: Headed for Economic Shock - Facing nationwide strikes, debt troubles and drought, Pres. Kim's falling popularity has left him unable to push through needed economic reforms, Stratfor.com, June 12, 2001 South Korea Braces for Wave Of Maturing Corporate Debt - Crunch time is approaching for South Korea, threatening a liquidity shortage, The Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2001 Auditor's Investigation Finds 70% of Sales at Lernout & Hauspie Unit Were Fake - The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2001 Six Korean Sales Myths that Have to be Broken -by Yeri Choi Coyner, April 2001 Knowledge-Based Society e-Korea Project Launched - Korea is fast becoming one of the most Internet-savvy countries in the world, Korea Times, Feb. 27, 2001 Internet power play in S. Korea - The old-style conglomerates call the tune as new ventures struggle, AP, Feb. 24, 200 Korea risks tag of global money laundering refuge - a global supervisory body may soon brand Korea as a money laundering haven, Korea Herald, Feb. 12, 2001 Fast Country - When it comes to the New Economy, South Korea, with an old economy one-tenth the size of Japan's, is leaving its former colonial master in the dust, J@pan Inc Magazine December 2000 issue, How High-Tech Dream Shattered in Scandal at Lernout & Hauspie - A bizarre scene in Korea is just the latest strange twist in the growing financial scandal at L&H, Wall St. Journal, Dec. 7, 2000, Korea's Winter of Discontent - Pressure is rising to push indebted companies to the wall. Strong unions threaten more unrest while foreign investors are losing patience, Far East Economic Review, Dec. 7, 2000 Why Are The Koreans Going Online - Asian Banker Interactive, November 21, 2000 South Korea Dumps the Past, at Last - Daewoo Motor is bust. That could be good news for the country, and for Asia, Nov 11th 2000, The Economist Inchon's Flight of Fancy - There are doubts about Korea's mammoth new airport at Inchon becoming an Asian cargo and passenger hub, dated Far East Economic Review, October 19, 2000 Pushing Plastic -A government campaign to stop tax evasion is shaking up the way Korea thinks about money, Far East Economic Review, October 12, 2000 Korea Is Leaving Japan in the Digital-Age Dust - Japanese should heed their neighbor's example, BusinessWeek, August 8, 2000 Belgian Giant Used Burgers, Humor To Win Its Korean Staff's Support - The Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2000 Traditional Business Practices Changing in South Korea - USA Today, July 25, 2000 'PC bang' helps Koreans embrace Net -Los Angeles Times Service, July 21, 2000 Successful Korean Summit Bodes Well For Southern Firms Weighing Chances - Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2000 South Korea's Day-trading Mania - Online, off course, The Economist, June 10, 2000 Finance, Internet Firms Push for Cyber Cash Project - a summary of the current state of e-cash and smart cards in Korea, Korea Times, May 25, 2000 Reviewing President Kim's First Two Years Building A New Economy - by Peter M. Beck, Korea Economic Institute of America, Feb. 24, 2000, Korea Times The Latest Chaebol Game Plan: Stalking Cyber Startups - late to join Korea's New Economy, the conglomerates are quickly buying in, Businessweek, April 3, 2000 Powering Ahead - Economic Monitor: South Korea, Far East Economic Review, April 6, 2000, Korean Reform: a job half done?- Despite improved conditions, structural weaknesses continue to undermine the recovery of the Korean economy, asiamoney, Dec. 1999/Jan. 2000 Chaebol chairmen's absolute power still unchallenged despite reform drive - Korea Herald, Jan. 22, 2000 Net service to be 1,000 times faster by 2004 - Korea Herald, Jan. 17, 2000 Dreams Come True - South Korea's sizable animation industry, Far East Economic Review, Jan. 13, 2000 South Korea's Economy Has Put Crisis Behind It - San Jose Mercury News, December 1, 1999 Korea's Chance with Labor - Far East Economic Review, Nov. 4, 1999 Government Crackdown on the Hanjin Group and Other Chaebols - 2 articles from the Korea Times and the Korea Herald, 10/5~6/99 Samsung Electronics Chip Wars - The Far East Economic Review, September 23, 1999 Battle of Wills - Pres. Kim vs. the Chaebols, The Far East Economic Review, August 26, 1999 The Death of Daewoo - The Economist, August 21, 1999 How Korean Pride Rallied to Save a Software Maker- New York Times, August 15, 1999 Scholar Sparks Heated Debate Over Korea's Reforms - Kenichi Ohmae touches some nerves in Korea - Aug. 12, 1999, The Korea Times S. Korea's Alarming Recovery - from the July 31, 1999 The Economist Dark Side to Korea Recovery?- EE Times review of the chaebols, July 5, 1999 Saintly or Self-Serving? - S. Koreans Rate President Kim - Washington Post Foreign Service, June 10, 1999 South Korea Gets New Lease on Economic Life- LA Times report, June 5, 1999 report, June 5, 1999 Scourage of the Chaebol-The chaebol are not used to being bossed around by private citizens such as Jang Hasung, Economist, Mar. 27, 1999 Goldman Sachs Sees 4% S Korea Growth- as reported by Reuters on March 18, 1999 Korea Takes on Family Groups-Update on chaebol reform from Mar. 11, 1999, Washington Post Size Doesn't Matter- in Korea's new economy, from Mar. 4, 1999 Far East Economic Review Samsung, Hyundai Battle to be No. 1- from Feb. 22, 1999 Korea Inc. Now the Hard Part- Korea Government's challenge to steady the course - Far East Economic Review, Feb. 25, 1999 IMF says S Korea in Full Recovery- Reuters, Feb. 3, 199 Feb. 3, 1999 Seoul Survivors - after the overhaul, Korean banks and their managers face a brave new world from Jan. 30, 1999, The Economist The Chaebol that Ate Korea - update one year after the crisis from the 11/14/98 Economist Same Old Story- Korea needs a better skilled press to explain its challenges - Far East Economic Review, 11/5/98 South Korea Democracy Lacks Courage-Los Angeles Times interview with Kim Donggil, 10/5/98 Nem con? A political update from the 9/28/98 Economist The Real Asian Miracle;The World's Biggest Going-Out-of-Business Sale - Controversial report from the May 31, 1998 New York Times Second Founding of the ROK - transcript of Dr. You, Jong-keun, Cholla Bukdo Governor and Economic Advisor to the President at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Tokyo, 91/1/98 Recovery May Still Be Far Off For South Korea's Economy - By Michael Schuman of The Wall Street Journal, September 3, 1998 Going For Broke- Far East Economic Review, June 11, 1998 editorial on what's broken Crisis in the Korean Market Today - Lessons for Japan Tomorrow? - Coyner's presentation to the AEA A Business Traveler's Korean Notes - some observations of Seoul from my mid January 1998 trip
China puppet-play a plus for Koreas
by Andrei Lankov -
A compelling argument why reunification of the two Koreas has become
unlikely, Asia Times, Feb. 21, 2008 The Mirage of A United Korea - The unification drive of the two Koreas resembles a Taoist paradox: Doing less and less is really achieving more and more. To hold together different parts of a whole, one must first let them go their separate ways, Far East Economic Review, November 2006 Korean Brothers as Different as North and South - One a spy for the North in the South; the other a refugee from the North, International Herald Tribune, March 10, 2006 N Korea’s Bogus Breakthrough - Unless there is significant progress in November's fifth round, the Statement of Principles will prove as useless as the Agreed Framework of 1994, Far East Economic Review, September 2005 Dumb and Dumber: The Bush administration thinks negotiating with North Korea is appeasement. South Korea thinks negotiating requires appeasement, Washington Monthly, July-August, 2005 You Say Okjeryok, I Say Deterrent - No Wonder We Don't Agree - The N Korean accord is a linguistic minefield, Washington Post, September 25, 2005 For many, two Koreas may be better than one - Strong arguments are heard that continued division, or at least delayed union, might serve, well, everyone's interests, International Herald Tribune, July 1, 2005 N Korean Refugees - The Beginning of a Flood? - The causes and surrounding multi governmental hypocrisies of the first mass exodus of N Korean refugees since the Korean War, Asian Times Online, July 29, 2004 Goguryeo - a cause that unites the two Koreas versus China's long-term designs, South China Morning Post, February 28, 2004 For North Koreans, working in South can be a challenge - The South's freewheeling economic system can be just as hard as life in the North, JoongAng Daily, December 25, 2003 Asymmetric Threats and Implications for the U.S.-ROK Alliance - By Stephen Bradner, For Presentation to the Council on Korea-U.S. Security Studies, 14 October 2002, Seoul Pyongyang's
Tough Talk May Unite Its Adversaries
- N Korea's
tough tactics may be backfiring, Wall St Journal, Sept. 2, 2003
North
Korea's Trojan Horse - Pyongyang's
real purpose in seeking a non-aggression pact is to use it as a Trojan
horse to rupture the already strained U.S.-South Korean military
alliance, Wall St Journal, August 21, 2003
North
Korea's Bid for Security Pledge Could Be a Trap -
The real problem with a
security guarantee is that the quid would not match the quo, LA Times,
Aug. 17, 2003 The
United States, North Korea, and the End of the Agreed Framework
- With stunning rapidity,
Washington and Pyongyang have unraveled close to a decade of painfully
crafted diplomatic arrangements designed to prevent full-scale nuclear
weapons development on the Korean Peninsula, Naval War College
Review, Summer 2003 Upping the Ante for Kim Jong Il - Pentagon Plan 5030, a new blueprint for facing down North Korea, US News and World Report, July 21, 2003 Pyongyang: keep the gloves on for now - Tempting as it may be, at this stage adopting the hard line may not be the right one to take, Japan Times, July 2, 2003 Home the Hard Way - Hundreds of South Koreans have been abducted by the North over the decades, and only a handful have ever escaped. For those that do return, Seoul is providing less than a hero's welcome, TIMEAsia.com, June 7, 2003 U.S. Options in South Korea - A drive to compel the United States to withdraw its military forces from South Korea is picking up steam from the left and the right, The Japan Times, Jan. 7, 2003 Anti-Americanization of South Korea- The anti-Americanization of S Korea has reached such a degree that it gives the North subtle leverage over the South, The Korea Herald, October 23, 2002 Dealing With Dictators - Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il have something in common: not the so-called axis of evil, but the fact that neither can take yes for an answer, New York Times, July 18, 2002 See Ya, Suckers - Dozens of South Korean companies responded to President Kim’s call to go North, only to get fleeced and retreat with heavy losses, Newsweek International, September 3, 2001 A Road Through Seoul - By Henry Kissinger, The Washington Post, March 6, 2001 The South Korean Spy Chief Who Paved the Way for Thaw With North -Point man's worries - will hard-liners retaliate? International Herald Tribune, Jan. 31, 2001 Korean Security - The Millennial Moment - The Bush administration would do well to construct more realistic, less romantic, policies than its predecessor, The Asian Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2001 To Hyundai's Chagrin, Few Want to Tour North Korea - International Herald Tribune, Jan. 17, 2001 The Korea Challenge - Kim Dae Jung worries that his rapprochement with N Korea may be undone because of misjudgments by the new Bush administration, Washington Post, Jan. 7, 2001 Seoul to Make Its Case for 'Sunshine' Policy - Kim Dae Jung Wants Bush Team's Support, International Herald Tribune, Jan. 6, 2001 The Moral Cost Of Engagement - S Korea is paying a price for reconciliation with the North: Any criticism of Pyongyang is actively discouraged, Far East Economic Review, Dec. 28, 2000 N. Koreans Put Pride Before Poverty in Reunions With the South - Not having much, N. Korea does have its pride as amply demonstrated in three days of inter-Korean family reunions, LA Times, Dec. 2, 2000 Threat From North Korea Rising, U.S. Army Warns - International Herald Tribune, Paris, Friday, September 8, 2000 Ham Sok-Hon's Advice for Today: "Put your sword down and think hard!"- Speculation on what Teacher Ham may have advised as Korea faces North-South rapprochement, by Tom Coyner. 'Put your sword down and think hard!'- an abridged version of the above "Ham Sok-Hon's Advice for Today," published in the September 6, 2000 Korea Herald. A Prize, but Not Yet Peace - Kim Dae Jung's mission to bring peace to the divided Korean peninsula remains far from complete, Oct 19th 2000, The Economist Kim Dae-Jung's Nobel Peace Prize - Three perspectives from Oct. 13~15, 2000 papers. Garrison Town Wary of Korea Peace Steps - Southerners Fear the Economic Cost, New York Times, October 2, 2000 How Much For One Korea? - Prospects for the eventual reunification of North and South Korea appear bright. Yet it is premature to assume reunification will occur smoothly, Asian Wall St. Journal, October 2, 2000 'Why the Inter-Korean Rail Link Will Be Important - Two articles - American and Korean - analyzing why the proposed inter-Korean rail link will have major international economic importance, Stratfor.com and Korea Times, early August 2000 Pro-North Korean Ex-Prisoners Assume Role Playing for Unification - Korea Times, July 3, 2000 Korea’s Family Fortunes - After the exciting meeting of the leaders of the two Koreas, the cold and costly realities begin to dawn, The Economist, July 1, 2000 New, Improved Dictator - Who knew Kim Jong Il had a kinder, gentler side? The sourpuss- turned-showman stole the summit, TIME, June 26, 2000 Two Koreas Need to Slow Down Border Opening Even After Unification - German Ambassador Vollers, Korea Times, June 22, 2000 Don't Expect the Korean Wall to Come Crashing Down - Considerable progress has been made in bringing North and South closer, but full reunification could take decades, BusinessWeek, June 16, 2000 Korea Herald correspondent gives account of Pyongyang summit - Korea Herald, June, 19, 2000 For the South, a TV Stunner; in the North, Fanfare Is Lacking - New York Times, June 15, 2000 Why the North-South Summit Matters - First steps of friendship? BBC, by Aidan Foster-Carter, Friday, 9 June, 2000 Inter-Korean Summit Draws Concern - Global Intelligence Update, May 9, 2000, North Korea Eyeing Hong Kong Reintegration Plan - STRATFOR.COM Global Intelligence Update -October 13, 1999 The Road From Berlin - Nicholas Eberstadt comments on the U.S.-NK talks in Berlin, Chosun Ilbo, Sept. 14, 1999 Time to Force an Endgame - Robt. Manning on N Korea in July 11, 1999 LA Times Perry's Progress - US envoy breaks the ice in N Korea, Far East Economic Review, June 10, 1999 S. Korea's Kim Defends Policy Toward North - President Says Engagement, Not Cold War, Is Best Way to Change Relations, Washington Post, June 24, 1999
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Pyongyang's True Ideology - North Korea is no communist state, by B.R. Myers, Wall Street Journal Asia, June 30, 2009 Giving Until It Hurts - Stephen Linton has been battling an epidemic of tuberculosis in N Korea, Washington Post, March 9, 2008 Staying Alive by Andrei Lankov N Korean government is doing its best to maintain the domestic status quo, but change is coming in very slow motion, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2008 A Softened U.S. Stance Toward North Korea? - A plausible explanation of the Israeli airstrike on N Korean material in Syria and the mum world reaction, Stratfor, September 27, 2007 In Kim's North Korea, Cars Are Scarce Symbols of Power, Wealth - A survey of the automobile in the DPRK,Deciphering the North Korea Deal - a clause-by-clause analysis of the agreement followed by a review of the type of oil being given to N Korea, Washington Post and SLATE, Feb. 17, 2007 Kim Jong Il's Nuclear Ambitions by Nicholas Eberstadt - world's most worrisome nuclear-proliferation hotspot is the Six Parties table in Beijing, Time (Asia), January 25, 2007 United Nations Dictator's Program - UNDP in North Korea "has for years operated in blatant violation of U.N. rules," Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2007 While the rest of the world watches Kim Jong Il, fearful of North Korea's nuclear threat, the dictator often can't take his eyes off ... the NBA - San Diego Union-Tribune, October 29, 2006 'Concerted Front' B.R. Myers - The premise of the six-party talks betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the the two Koreas, Wall St. Journal, December 22, 2006 Stop Pyongyang's Autogenocide - We owe it to the people of North Korea to try following the recommendations of the Havel-Bondevik-Wiesel report, Far East Economic Review, November 2006 Ethics of Sunshine - Pres. Roh's sunshine policy should have been discredited -- not just because of N Korea's behavior, but also because of his own government's willingness to allow drug running to go unpunished, Korea Times, October 27, 2006 The Plight of North Koreans in China and Beyond - The primary responsibility for the mounting humanitarian tragedy lies with North Korea but the international community has failed to find an effective means of dealing with the situation, International Crisis Group, October 26, 2006 Pyongyang Phooey by Nicholas Eberstadt - Pyongyang sends a signal of confidence in its improbable contest against the inept American colossus, Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2006 North Korea enjoys Southern makeover - Among the Korean educated youth it is trendy to be an anti-American. In a decade or so the readers of this and many other similar books will begin to vote, and it is not too difficult to imagine what they will think about the United States and its role in Korea, Asia Times Online, Aug. 11, 2006 Why China is reluctant to apply pressure on Pyongyang - China is opposed to N Korea gaining nuclear weapons, but its other interests on the peninsula is to maintain the status quo and avoid instability on its borders, Financial Times, July 24, 2006 No Ordinary Counterfeit - In-depth review of N Korea's supernotes, New York Times Magazine, July 23, 2006 West mounts 'secret war' to keep nuclear North Korea in check - A programme of covert action against nuclear and missile traffic to North Korea and Iran is to be intensified after last week’s missile tests by the North Korean regime, The Sunday Times, July 09, 2006 N Korea's Missile Salvo to World - A summary of the missile tests and the world's reaction, The Christian Science Monitor, July 06, 2006 Long Walk to Freedom - With the aid of Christian activists, North Koreans brave unspeakable horrors to reach safety, TIME Asia, Monday, April 24, 2006 'Les Miserables' of North Korea - “Yoduk Story,” a musical set in the North Korean concentration camp, LA Times, February 22, 2006 Trading With the Enemy - A few foreigner firms are doing business in North Korea; what are they thinking? Forbes, February 27, 2006 Looking for Mr. X: North Korea's Successor - Most of the reports on North Korea's successor are 99% wrong, The JoongAng Daily, Dec. 30, 2005 Minerals, Railways Draw China to N Korea - Pyongyang is hoping that Chinese investment will come to its rescue, while China sees the North as a convenient source of minerals, Asia Times, Nov. 18, 2005 North Korea Hungry for Control - N Korea's decision to resurrect its stalled public food distribution system may be a return to the good old days, Asia Times, September 10, 2005 Interpreting North Korean History - Every "progressive" intellectual in South Korea is still supposed to believe in the authentically Korean regime that once flourished north of the 38th parallel, Asia Times, Aug. 18, 2005 KIMWORLD - A review of books on the North Korean slave state, The New Yorker, Aug. 22, 2005 North Korea needs real change, not charades - Adept at militant mendicancy, the Dear :Leader is happy to take Seoul's cash - and use it to shore up his rule; Southern dollars may have helped the North develop nuclear weapons, Financial Times, June 14, 2005 Five years ago, says Pyongyang, Seoul saw the light - Pyongyang's official media are now looking back fondly on the North-South Joint Declaration of June 15, 2000, which, to hear them tell it, has succeeded in uniting the Korean people against America, JoongAng Daily, June 16, 2005 S Korean TV Show Invents Friendly Rivalry With North - The hottest Saturday-night TV program in South Korea this season has featured a quiz pitting elementary-school students from North Korea against kids from the South, The Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2005 Seeing Through Kim’s Korea - A primer of myths about Kim’s Korea that could help the statesmen see reality more clearly, Far East Economic Review, Jan/Feb 2005 Wild, Wild Speculation(?) - Could China take matters into its own hands to solve the "North Korea problem?" by Tom Coyner, Dec. 9, 2004; Followed by coincidental prediction by the Hudson Institute on Dec. 23 Joyful Dancing - The people of North Korea are not as submissive as they appear to be. Unnoticed by the outside world, strong opposition to the regime of dictator Kim Jong Il is beginning to appear, Der Spiegel, carried in The New York Times, November 8, 2004 Opening Up North Korea? Dream On - The flaw in the "change-through-normalization" theory, OneFreeKorea.com, June 30, 2004; Mother of All Mothers - The leadership secrets of Kim Jong Il, The Atlantic Monthly, September 2004 Four Decades in North Korea - Forty years later Sgt. Charles Jenkins has resurfaced. In his first interview since leaving North Korea, he tells his story, Far East Economic Review, September 01, 2004 Liberation Day in North Korea - A tourist's view in mid August 2004, Korea Times, Aug. 31, 2004 Turning Up the Heat on N Korea - A growing U.S. focus on North Korea's human-rights record will complicate the six-nation talks, TIME Asia.com, August 30, 2004 N Korea's Kim's Great Game - The U.S. can't seem to stop him. Asia doesn't know if it loves or hates him. So the position of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il looks stronger than ever, TIME Asia.com, June 21, 2004 edition How Good Are North Korean Forces? Not very good and not so dangerous as North Korea would have the rest of the world believe, Korea Herald, June 28, 2004 North Korea Causes Its Own Trade Ills - internal conditions and practices, not legal restrictions, impede trade, JoongAng Daily, April 26, 2004 Rift seen in S. Korean and US intelligence sharing - Seoul is protective of defectors like Hwang Jang Yop, Christian Science Monitor, March 11, 2004 To Understand North Korea, Toss Out Old Assumptions - The key to any confrontation is to know your adversary, LA Times, Feb. 2, 2004 Brownback Bill Will Not Solve North Korea's Problems - Proposals in the USA's Brownback bill to improve human rights in North Korea do not address the country's real needs, Jane's Intelligence Review, February 2004 N. Korean Evidence Called Uncertain - Scientist describes show and tell at nuclear plant tour, Washington Post, January 22, 2004 Chiding America Over the North Korean Uproar - New York Times book review of Bruce Cumings' North Korea: Another Country, January 24, 2004 New Deal for North Korea - A call for regime change on moral grounds via practical diplomacy, New Republic, December 22, 2003 U.S. Has a Shifting Script on N. Korea - Administration split as new talks near, Washington Post, December 7, 2003 Bush's North Korea Policy Still A Shambles - A review of US foreign policy towards Pyongyang, PacNet , November 17, 2003 Activist’s Uncomfortable Message - Norbert Vollertsen delivers a message unpopular in S Korea, JoongAng Daily, October 21, 2003 Capitalist Experiments Seen Expanding in North - Capitalist experiments are in full swing in North Korea’s capital, JoongAng Daily, October 19, 2003 Stephen W. Linton before US Senate Subcommitte on East Asian & Pacific Affairs - Some of insights on life in North Korea, June 5, 2003 Alone In The Dark - Kim Jong Il plays a canny game with South Korea and the U.S., The New Yorker, September 8, 2003 North Korea's Dictatorship and Its Role in the World - A discussion about the unparalleled cult of personality around N Korea's Kim Jong Il, and the threat that the country poses to international peace, The New Yorker, Sept. 8, 2003 South Korea's Spoilers - Dr Norbert Vollertsen discovers the most difficult part of creating an awareness of human rights abuses in N Korea is to raise a voice in S Korea, Wall St Journal, August 28, 2003 Deal With North Korea? Dream On by Nicholas Eberstad - Optimism about the 6-nation talks is little more than diplomatic wishful thinking; N Korea is entirely unlikely to be talked out of its nuclear weapons, Washington Post, August 26, 2003 N. Korea's Brides of Despair - Thousands of women are fleeing to China and secretly 'marrying' to escape starvation, LA Times, Aug 18, 2003 N Korean movies' propaganda role - The message of much of North Korean cinema is that the country's people live in the best country in the world; South Korea is poor and backward; and America is the axis of evil, BBC News, August 18, 2003 The Nuclear Frame-up of North Korea - A N Korean apologist's account of the history leading up to the current stalemate, www.globalresearch.ca, July 4, 2003 North Korea's School for Hackers - Pyongyang may have marshaled a world-class offensive infowar capability, Wired News, June 2, 2003 A Defector's Story - A North Korean defector's call for a safe harbor for defectors and the end of S Korea's "sunshine policy," Wall St Journal, June 5, 2003 The Hostage Situation: Is It For Real? by Brent Choi - A word of advice - don't get too hung up on the nuclear program. After all it's likely the North is bluffing this time as well, The Joong-ang Daily, April 29, 2003 No Good Way Out of This Crisis - It has been believed for several years that N Korea has nuclear weapons. It feels scary, because this really is N Korea's last chance to join the world. And it seems to be saying, no thanks, JoongAng Daily, April 25, 2003 Next War, North Korea? - Why the US may eventually be compelled to attack North Korea, National Review Online, March 3 & 5, 2003 How U.S., North Korea Turned Broken Deals Into a Standoff - Diplomacy Has Faltered While Each Side Blames the Other for Bad Faith, Aggression, The Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2003 Dear Leader - An attempt to explain the origins and meanings of North Korean titles and national names, New York Times, Feb. 2, 2003 Pentagon Targets in North Korea - Some of the most secret and scariest work under way in the Pentagon these days is the planning for a possible military strike against nuclear sites in North Korea, New York Times/International Herald Tribune, March 1, 2003 A Visit to North Korea - The New York Review of Books, February 13, 2003 Games Nations Play by Paul Krugman - Bush administration's Korean non-policy is actually giving N Korea incentives to build nuclear weapons and become even more dangerous to the world, The New York Times, Jan. 3, 2003 Misinformation on North Korea - Who is really at fault? The Nation/Asia News Network, January 16, 2003 DearLeader.com - Kim Jong-il's fanboy home page, Slate.com, Jan. 13, 2003 Pyongyang Is the Real Victim - A defense of Pyongyang's position by Gregory Clark, Japan Times, Jan 10, 2003 Northern Exposure - N Korea is a monolithic black box, but stress cracks can be seen, TIMEasia.com, Jan. 9, 2003 'The Greatest of Great Men' - Dealing with Kim Jong-Il in the current crisis, The New York Times, January 7, 2003, Kim Jong Il: Unfit Even For Dictatorship? Point and Counter-point,. Wall St Journal and reader's comment, October 21 & 22, 2002 North Korea Relaxes Economy, Reaches Out to U.S. and Japan - Is Kim Jong Il turning from warmonger to peacemaker? The Wall Street Journal, Aug 2, 2002 Stitch by stitch to a different world - Something extraordinary seems to be happening in North Korea: the first stirrings of a proper market, The Economist, July 25, 2002 Kim's "Son" Tried Japan's Soaplands - Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of N Korea's ruler Kim Jong Il, was caught attempting to enter Japan illegally. The possible heir apparent to N Korea's dynasty spent a good part of his time sloshing around inside a soapland in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district, Japantoday.com, July 15, 2002 Gong Ro-myung Criticizes President Kim's Foreign Policy - An informal summary translation of an interview with a retired career diplomat who served as ROK foreign minister for two years under Kim Young Sam (Dec '94-Nov '96), and is now a chair professor at Dongguk University, Wolgan Chosun, June 2002 Korea's Dirty Dozen - S Korea's attempt to assassinate Kim Il Sung, Time Asian Edition, May 20, 2002 Pair of North Korean Defectors Find They Are Now Being Muted in Seoul - In 1997, when Hwang Jang Yop and Kim Dok Hong defected from N Korea, they were celebrated as heroes here in the South, but by 2000, things were very different, The Wall St. Journal, May 8, 2002 No Voice, No Choice - Two outspoken North Korean defectors have gone quiet about the tyranny of Kim Jong Il and ended a decades-old friendship, Far East Economic Review, May 16, 2002 Behind the Tyrant's Mask - As Pyongyang and Seoul resume their troubled courtship, secret documents from the communist North show Kim Jong Il set in his hatred of the West and determined to preserve his ruinous regime, Far East Economic Review, May 02, 2002
Defector
given asylum in South after 14 years
-
Kim Young-Hwa's 14-year
odyssey finally ended Friday as the South Korean government recognized
him as a North Korean defector and granted him asylum, JoongAng
Ilbo, March 01, 2002
The
Supremo in His Labyrinth
-
Kim
Jong Il lives in decadent luxury and total secrecy, a longtime bodyguard
reports, Time Asia, February 18, 2002 issue Geumgang
Tourism: A Complicated Dish
- An analysis of the current state of North Korean tourism
by the South by Brent (Won-ki) Choi of the JoongAng Ilbo staff,
January 22, 2002
Don't Shoot! We're Only Shopping
-
Japanese recycling laws raising disposal
costs have tripled Japan's exports to North Korea in used goods, New
York Times, January 2, 2002 Welcome to The
War
- With President Bush's chilling statements suggesting
North Korea could be a target in the war on terrorism, the U.S. may
have actually lost ground in the quest to find out just what weapons
Pyongyang ha , Far East Economic Review, December 13, 2001 Human
Rights in North and South Korea: Let the Sun Shine In
- Dennis
P. Halpin, The ICAS Lectures, October 11, 2001
N.
Korea: Another Outcropping Of Terrorism
- New evidence suggests North Korea has circumvented an agreement with
the U.S. government to stop development of nuclear weapons, Forbes.com,
September 18, 2001 I Made
Pizza for Kim Jong-il - Asia Times
Online, August 4/11/18, 2001
China
Ferrets Out North Korean Refugees
-
Chinese government has opened
the most severe crackdown on North Korean refugees ever undertaken,
July 30, 2001, The New York Times DPRK State
Security Department Arrests Party Secretary Kim Yong-sun Last March
- Conservative-
reformist conflict over South Korea policy corning to surface,
Aug. 1, 20 01, Seoul Wolgan Chungang
Worst
of the Worst: Why North Korea is No. 1
-
The hermit kingdom combines despotism
with state failure, Newsweek International, July 9, 2001
North
Korea: The Silence of the Damned
- Kim Jong Il loves to surf the Web, while his people can barely stay
afloat, Newsweek International, July 9, 2001 N. Korea's
Negotiating Behavior - Negotiation
is N. Korea's means of obtaining benefits its system cannot provide,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Downs, May 23, 2001
Great
Vituperator:
North
Korea's insult lexicon, Asia Times, May 2001
The
Son Also Surprises
-
Reclusive
Kim Jong Il's even more reclusive eldest child makes an unexpected public
appearance, Newsweek, May 14, 2001
North
Korea's Foreign Exchange Speculation
-
Despite its economy being closed to
the outside world, North Korea has performed well in foreign exchange
transactions, Chosun Ilbo, May 21, 2001 N.
Korean Won Stretches Definition Of 'Currency'
- N. Korea's currency bears little
relation to economic fundamentals, Dow Jones, May 14,
2001 U.S.
Agricultural Cooperation with North Korea
- American Friends Service Committee
responds to Korea Herald article, May 3, 2001
North
Korea Runs Into The Arms of Western Ads
at
the Pyongyang International Marathon, Washington Post,
April 12, 2001 Great
Bulldozer -
a disastrous agricultural policy steered
by Kim Jong Il, Far East Economic Review, April 19, 2001
North
Korea, TV Nation
-
A
glimpse of "what's on" on Pyongyang television, New York
Times, March 26, 2001
North
Korea's Homegrown Web for Elite Only
-
N. Korea, believed to be the only
country on earth without the Internet, has built a national intranet
network used by more than 1,000 people each day, Reuters, March
24, 2001
North
Korea's Strategy
-
Based
on a paper presented at the third Nonproliferation Policy Education
Center (NPEC)/Institute for National Security Studies/Army War College-sponsored
Workshop on Competitive Strategies, held 12-14 June 2000, Aug.
1, 2000,
Riding
the Seoul Train -
An underground railroad leads North Korean refugees to the South, Newsweek
International, March 5, 2001
Six
Myths About Dealing With Pyongyang
-
Essay is by Leon V. Sigal, Director
of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science
Research Council and a reply by Aidan Foster-Carter, Feb. 27, 2001 Pyongyang
Memo:
North Koreans, Belts Tight, Cobble Up a Future, International Herald
Tribune, Feb. 27, 2001 From
Sinatra to Dylan: Kim Jong-il's new groove
- an analysis of N Korea's shift in
ideology, Asia Times Online, Feb. 8, 2001 Where
Has the Aid Gone?
- Not to save lives, says a German
doctor who worked in the N. Korea, since aid agencies are afraid to
stand up to Pyongyang, Far East Economic Review, Jan.
25, 2001 To let: large slice of North
Korea -
The 'hermit' state is opening up with plans for
a huge business complex aided by the south, Guardian, Nov. 14,
2000
Foreign
Lender Gambles On Change for North Korea
- A British banker
lives on the edge in the universe of finance, commercial banking in
North Korea, Wall St. Journal, November 2, 2000
Letters
from North Korea
-
Totalitarian communism is alive and well.
George Orwell couldn't have dreamed up this kind of totalitarian
nightmare on his best day, NEWSWEEK, October 23, 2000
Silence
on Rights in North Korea Talks Rankles in South -
Persistent
reports of worsening oppression in North Korea when South Korea
is pursuing reconciliation, International Herald Tribune,
October 27, 2000
Marching
to Kim's Tune -The world's superpower, the United States,
was until recently working toward Kim Jong Il's demise; now it seems
to be guaranteeing his survival. Far East Economic Review, November
2, 2000 North Korea's Overtures
Will Do Little to Allay Its Vast Problems - Now that the
political thaw has begun, will North Korea's economic revival follow?
The Wall St. Journal, October 27, 2000
Airport
Incident Indicative of Syndrome in U.S.-North Korean Relations
- Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network, September 8,
2000
View From the
Bridge - North Korea through a Chinese looking glass, The
New Yorker, August 7, 2000
US Gov't
Hands Out Do's/Don'ts for Exporting to North Korea
-
Yonhap,
July 07, 2000 Bouffant.com
-
North Korea's Kim Jong Il needs to
get in fast, TIME/Asia Buzz, June 15, 2000
N. Korea gets
China's cooperation on refugee returns -
Before Kim Jong
Il's visit last week, China had begun a crackdown on North Koreans,
The Christian Science Monitor, June 10, 2000
Korea
Famine Sends Human Flow Into China
- New York Times,
June 9, 2000
Murder
Shines a Light on the Lives of Koreans in Japan
- A critic
of the North Korean regime found with a bloody kitchen knife beside
his corpse has left a murder mystery for the Japanese police: Was it
a lovers' quarrel or the cloak-and-dagger work of a North Korean agent?
Washington Post, June 1, 2000
Beijing Steps Up Effort to Expel Illegal North Korean Immigrants
-The New York Times,
May 31, 2000
NK
Escapees Committed to Saving Refugees in China,
Korea
Times,
May 22, 2000
Satellite
Night Image of Korea
-The dark north and the illuminated
south, The Chosun Ilbo, May 4, 2000,
North
Korea Shyly Courts Capitalism -
The New York Times,
April
30, 2000
China
Returns Refugees to N. Korea After Riot -Washington Post,
April 29, 2000
Life in South Hard for North Koreans
-
The New York
Times, April 24, 2000
Avoiding Unification
-
by Michael Breen, The Asian Wall Street Journal, April
18, 2000,
Opportunities
and Challenges
-
by Scalapino, Korea Times, April 26, 2000
Mood-Dimming
Question in Seoul
- immediate reaction to the N-S summit
announcement, The New York Times, April 11, 2000
Sunshine
Policy Bearing Fruit - Reviewing President Kim's 2 Years,
Feb. 16, 2000, The Korea Times
North
Korea Today: An Analysis
- by Won-ki Choi at Ritsumeikan
University's Second Symposium on "The Search for Peace in Northeast
Asia", Dec. 15-17, 1999 The Ten Thousand
-
Suppose you want to sell luxury
items to North Korea. How big is your initial market? Asia Times,
Dec. 21, 1999
Squeeze the
Little Guy - N Korea is suspected of plundering Japanese
credit unions, Time magazine, December 6, 1999
Russia's
Hands Tied over N. Korea
-
Georgy Kunadze, The Daily Yomiuri, Dec. 2, 1999
N. Korea cardiologists
consult with U.S. doctors - AFSC Quaker Service Bulletin,
Fall 1999
Escape From
the Gulag - Survivors of North Korea's labour camps reveal
a dark world of horror, death and utter privation, Far East Economic
Review, Nov. 25, 1999
Chinese
Influence on the Rise in Pyongyang
- following riots in
North Hamgyong, Nov. 5, 1999, STRATFOR.COM Global Intelligence
Update
Why we
can't stand still on N. Korea
- William J. Perry, The
Washington Post, October 23, 1999
Washington
was on brink of war with North Korea 5 years ago - CNN,
10/4/99
A Good
Deal with North Korea - Japan Times, 9/27/99
Diplomatic
Update - Tokyo and Pyongyang - Far East Economic Review,
9/17/99
N. K. 'food refugees'
in northern China suffer abuses without legal protection -Korea
Herald, 9/7/99
Easing of U.S.
Sanctions Could Defuse Missile Crisis -
Los Angeles
Times, August 21, 1999, by Leonard V. Sigal
US Must Produce
Policy to End Impasse on Korean Peninsula
-
By Hwal Woong
Lee, 8/19/99, Los Angeles Times
N.
Korea Keeps Everyone Guessing -
Asia, U.S. Await Decision
On Test-Firing of Missile, Washington Post, August 12, 1999
N. Koreans Face Potato Revolution
- Los Angeles Times, August
9, 1999 Rockets Overhead
- N. Korea and global missile proliferation - July 31, 1999 The Economist
Echoes
from the hermit kingdom -
The Economist,
May 22, 1999
Flight of
the Flower-swallows - N. Korea's starving children
in China, The Independent, May 16, 1999 N. Korea Rejects Help
on Y2K Problem, Raising Fears of Accidental Missile Launch-
Wall St. Journal, April 28, 1999
N. Korea's
Conduit for Crime -
Washington Post,
April
25, 1999
North Korea:
A Crack in The Wall -Far East Economic Review,
April 29, 1999 Buying Time
-
a US-North Korean deal, Far East Economic Review, April 1,
1999
U.S.
Wrestles With Policy On N. Korea-Washington
Post, March 13, 1999
Divided We Stand
- The biggest threat to Asia-Pacific security is North
Korea, Far East Economic Review, March 18, 1999
Death Rules
the Land the World Forgot
- Update on the North
Koreans from the London Times, Feb. 4, 1999
North
Korea Throws a Party -
Feb 20, 1999 Economist's
description of Kim Chong-Il's birthday celebration CIA Sees a North
Korean Missile Threat- New York
Times, Feb. 3, 1999 Feb. 3, 1999 Feb.
3, 1999
North Korean's
hoop dreams a tall order- Ri Myung-hun,7 feet, 8 1/2 inches
(2.34 meters) tall, dreams of the NBA, from CNN
Visit
the DPRK (North Korea) -one of the best web
sites on the topic.
Videos
Show Starvation in N Korea
- report on street orphans
from the 12/19/98 Daily Yomiuri
North Korea's
First Astronaut is Reluctant to Best John Glenn -
a
bit of humor from the Richmond Times-Dispatch; 11/01/98
In North Korea, Leaders
Limos Steer Past Ills-
Asian Wall
St. Journal,Oct. 16~17, 1998
A Failed
N. Korea Policy -
Running
Against History-Far East Economic Review
interview with N Korean defector Hwang Jang Yop, 10/15/98
Keeping North Korea
Engaged- a proposal for peace with N. Korea
by a former US ambassador
Kirk Report-
US House of Representatives findings from the Aug. 1998 trip to North
Korea to investigate famine A Hermit's Debut-
-
Kim Jong Il is now ready to step into the light,Time,9/7/98
NORTH KOREA:
The Unthinkable May Turn Into Reality -
Robert A. Manning's 9/13/98 LA Times warning
Missile
Launch Is a Shot Over U.S. Bow -By Prof. Bruce
Cumings, a guess at why N Korea is testing its long-range missiles
North
Korea From the Inside Out- A June 1998 Washington
Post article
Political
Rumbling in Pyongyang -from August
5, 1998 Yomiuri Shimbun Coping with North Korea-
a political analysis from the 1998 winter issue of
The Washington Quarterly | Understanding the Korea-U.S. Alliance - by Tom Coyner - Many here believe the Korean army is forced to participate in U.S. military activities. This is simply not the case, JoongAng Daily, April 6 & 13, 2009 Korea - A Nation of Immigrants? - Korean nationalism not withstanding, the Koreans may well be a japtang occupying the Korean peninsula, Marmot's Hole Blog, August 22, 2007
What Dear
Leader wants -
The election is what this second summit is all about. The next
summit may best be summed up in just three syllables: Lee Myung-bak,
JoongAng Daily, August 16, 2007
Media Should See Press Room Closure As An Opportunity
- A Truth Commission Should Be Truthful - The Truth Commission has no right to intervene in this process and forgive Korean war criminals. That is for their victims to do, Korea Times, Nov. 16, 2006 China Shock for South Korea - The Sino-Korean imbroglio over ancient Koguryo dramatically underscores the extent to which concerns with history currently dominate events on the Korean Peninsula, Asia Times, September 11, 2006 North Korea enjoys Southern makeover -by Andrei Lankov, Among the Korean educated youth it is trendy to be an anti-American. In a decade or so the readers of this and many other similar books will begin to vote, and it is not too difficult to imagine what they will think about the United States and its role in Korea, Asia Times Online, Aug. 11, 2006 Resisting Korea's New Multiculturalism - Blood-based ethnic national identity has hindered cultural and social diversity in Korea, The Korea Herald, August 02, 2006 Why Did Roh Head-Butt Japan? - Michael Breen's assessment of S Korea attacking Japan as a result of the N Korean missile tests, Korea Times, July 13, 2006 South Korea's 'New Right' - South Korea has given birth to a new, conservative free-market force at a time when it most needs it, Wall St Journal, June 7, 2006 In South Korea, Protesting Is An Occupation - While dismissed by many Koreans as being harmless pranksters in search of action, they are also widely admired for their persistence, International Herald Tribune, March 2, 2006 World Standard Time and Korean Time in 2006 - Success or failure will be determined by development in lockstep with 21st century standard time, resisting the forces who would return Koreans to a historical backwater, Chosun Ilbo Editorial, January 1, 2006 S Korean President Battles Lame Duck Status - Pres. Roh entered the second half of his five-year presidency struggling to reverse his dwindling political influence and overcome growing perceptions that he has become a "lame duck" president, Nautilus Institute, September 27, 2005 Whither the Alliance? - 2 articles by Dr. Steven Linton on the causes of anti-Americanism in South Korea, Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, September/October 2005 The Logic behind South Korea's Big Embrace of North Korea Nukes - Not only does South Korea not fear the North Korean nukes; it seemingly welcomes them with open arms, The Christian Science Monitor, August 10, 2005 Wide gap between U.S., Korea - Relations between their two nations are worse than at any time since the Korean War that ended in 1953, JoongAng Daily, June 3, 2005 A desolate rock - and a focus of Korean pride - An update and overview of the Dokto island controversy, The New York Times, May 6, 2005 Korea's Protest Culture - Koreans engaging in a time-honored practice designed to get their point across in the most dramatic way possible, Invest Korea Journal, Nov-Dec 2004 A Social Revolution Shakes South Korea - Northeast Asia's security depends on how South Korea and the second Bush administration deal with fundamental challenges to the 50-year security alliance between Seoul and Washington, International Herald Tribune, Nov. 10, 2004 Politicians' Hypocrisy and Double Standards - Korea's politicians would be quite wrong if they believed they could fool all the people with their hypocritical lies all the time, Korea Herald, Aug. 24, 2004 Is Korea Destined to Rejoin the Chinese Empire? Tom Coyner muses the future of Korea given the ROK government's policy and political trends, August 13, 2004 Searching for Korea's Japanese Collaborators - An alternative opinion by Tom Coyner to "Examining the Occupation" by Ahn Byung-jik,, JoongAng Daily, July 20, 2004 Youth Changing Korean Politics - A generational review of current political trends, Korea Herald, July 5, 2003 Why Korea Is Really in Trouble - Tom Coyner's rebuttal to Cho Hee-yeon's "Right Way for Anger to Go" printed in the Korea Times, July 6, 2004 The Comeback Kid - With a new parliamentary majority, Roh Moo-hyun awaits a second chance, The Economist, April 22, 2004 A Clash of Generations in South Korean Race - with an extended commentary by Tom Coyner, The New York Times, April 13, 2004 The Generations Aren't at War - National Legislature elections indicate a worrisome perception by S Korean society, JoongAng Daily, April 8, 2004 If Roh is to go, now is the time - S. Korea, at a critical point in its history, is led by a man who confesses he does not feel up to the job, Financial Times, October 13, 2003 Flawed Logic of Anti-Americanism in Korea - The Anti-American activism of Korea today represents the mores of slaves, lacking the sense of a master; Korea Times, August 12, 2003 SOFA Discussion - Review of the Status of Forces Agreement on "In Focus" weekly news interview, Arirang Television (Seoul), May 2003 [한국어 version] U.S.-South Korea Spat Isn't a Split - If the US has to recognize Korea as adult, then Korea for her part has to grow up and recognize that words and actions have consequences, Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Page, January 21, 2003 Two Kinds of Anti-Americanism -The distinction between political anti-Americanism and hostile anti-Americanism is critical, JoongAng Daily, Jan. 14, 2003 Too Bad For The Next President - One look at the horrific loss of W150 trillion in public funds and one begins to feel sorry for the next president, Chosun Ilbo, December 1, 2001 The Wrong Way to Build a Free Press - Kim's tax probe of three top papers looks like a vendetta not a crackdown on evasion, BusinessWeek, August 13, 2001 Six Root Causes of the 'Korean Diseases' - Korean American Science and Technology News (KASTN), August 1, 2001 issue Kim Dae Jung Comes Up Short - Disillusioned voters, who expected democratic advances and a remodeled economy, are showing their displeasure, Far East Economic Review, May 24, 2001 Park Geun Hye - South Korea's rising political star - Park Chung Hee's daughter is a potential candidate for the next presidential election, Far East Economic Review, May 24, 2001 Roots of Anti-Americanism - Korea Herald, August 7, 2000 Facing anti-American Sentiment in Korea - San Antonio Express-News, July 22, 2000 Criticism of Korean Leader Mounts For His Crackdown on Nation's Media - Is one of Asia's most celebrated democrats, South Korean President and Nobel laureate Kim Dae Jung, stifling his nation's press? The Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2001 Anarchy in the UK, Solidarity in the ROK: Punk Rock Comes to Korea - Acta Koreana, March 2000, Textbook controversy: Analysis of Korea's requests to Japan - In-depth analysis of the major historical discrepancies, The Korea Herald, May 9, 2001 Seoul Searching: No Comfort - Sex slaves used by Japanese soldiers during wartime now have a new enemy -- America, TIME Asia, May. 16, 2001 Anti-U.S. Demos in S. Korea Highlight the Korean Form of Protests - AP, July 4, 2000 U.S. in Ongoing Battle Over S. Korean Bombing Range -Villagers, allies face off against riot police as sentiment rises against American troop presence, LA Times, June 29, 2000. Time to Grow up and Stop Blaming the US - Editorial by Michael Breen, Korea Times, May 18, 2000 Heavenly Generals on Guard - An overview of jangseung or "devil posts," JoongAng Daily, July 9, 2007 In the age of the Internet, Korean shamans regain popularity Folk beliefs are alive and kicking in South Korea, International Herald Tribune, July 6, 2007 Overview of Korean Buddhism - In-depth overview followed by New York Times article on temple stay programs, Tour2Korea.com/New York Times, July 2003 & Dec. 2006 Korea's Mountain Spirit Man - An American expatriate champions wider recognition of Korea's shamanist tradition, Morning Calm, July 2006 Did Confucius Get It Wrong? - While unjustly blamed for many of Korea's ills, the great man's philosophical underpinnings may; have been a little off base, Invest Korea Journal, May-June 2005 Quest for perfect grave keeps Korean feud alive - Geomancy continues to determine gravesites and influence politics, International Herald Tribune, July 19, 2006 Chondogyo: East Asian philosophy meets economic theory - Korea's nationalist religion marks a milestone, JoongAng Daily, December 01, 2005 Dutifully Yours - Filial Piety in Korea - It is no exaggeration to say that Korean social organization, following Confucian precepts, is centered on duties and obligations, Invest Korea Journal, Nov.-Dec. 2005 Moon Over Washington - Moonie founder crowns himself as Messiah in US Capitol, Wall St Journal, July 2, 2004; Survey of Korean Buddhism and Temples - An extensive review by Brian Barry, Korean Herald, June 15, 2002 'Green' Movement Sets Up New School - Green values of love, cooperation and coexistence are being taught in sarangbang to create a "communal feeling" to counteract an overemphasis on individualism, Korea Herald, April 5, 2002, Myeongdong Cathedral Fighting Image of Protest Haven - Catholics in Korea have survived religious oppression, persecution and dictator governments, but the biggest challenge to them now are unionists and activists, Korea Herald, March 22, 2002 Conscientious Objectors Fight War Against War - A few refuse a two-year obligation for all able-bodied Korean men once they finish their education on moral and religious grounds, Korea Herald, January 11, 2002 Pastor Keeps Wife's Corpse at Church for 'Resurrection', Korea Herald, Aug. 3, 2001 Underground Christians Keep Faith in a Hostile North Korea - Washington Post, April 12, 2001 The Elusive Concept of 'Inyon'- by Gary Rector, Korea Herald, April 12, 2001 Witch Mountain - Hidden on a Seoul mountain side, lies a living remnant of Korea's pagan past, Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, Jan - Feb 2001 Why Ham Sok-Hon Now? - An essay on the current relevance of Korea's 20th century spiritual leader for democracy by Tom Coyner Retreating to a Retreat - For a steadily increasing number of more discipline-minded people, summer means a very different kind of "fun," by Brian Barry Christians from North allowed to visit South - April 27, 2000, South China Morning Post Mountain Spirits Still Watching over Korea - Korea Herald, Dec. 10, 1999 T'ongdosa--New Gems from an Ancient Jewel - Asiana Inflight Magazine, December 1999, by Brian Barry Shamanic Traditions Archived in Text - shaman traditions of the central region of the Korea, Korea Herald, November 2, 1999 Crane, a Pine, and a Jewel - Korean Buddhism's rich Zen tradition continues to flow from Songgwangsa Monastery by Brian Barry Do As I Preach, and Not As I Do - family woes bedevil the Unification Church's founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon TIME, Asian Edition September 28, 1998 Raid on TV station places religious sects in spotlight- The Korea Herald, May 13, 1999 Ham Sok Hon Resource Site -a web site dedicated to the legacy of Korea's moral leader of the non-violent, democratic movement War is the Most Extreme Luxury - Interview with Korean philosopher Ham Sok Hon Police Overpower Dissident Chogye Monks - As if life wasn't weird enough, Korea Times, December 23, 1998 Ham, Sok-Hon-Korea's moral voice for democracy and truth through non-violence. Often called "Korea's Gandhi" and the "Voice of the Korean Quakerism." Help Save the Life of Kim Yong Hwa - an appeal with extensive material on this N Korean man's escape to freedom - only to end up in jail. Now with a happy update. Vandalized Temples Reveal Religious Intolerance; Local Buddhist leaders condemn acts of discrimination by Christian extremists, Korea Herald, July 30, 1998 Prisoners Won't Shed Convictions-LA Times report on prisoners of conscious in S Korea, September 18, 1998
A Financial Prophet Online Is Vilified in Reality - Korea's free-for-all cyber society clashes with Confucian offline reality; International Herald Tribune, May 16, 2009; The Peculiar Power of a Small Mind by Tom Coyner - Concept of janmeori is shorthand for the strengths and weaknesses of Korean society, JoongAng Daily, May 4, 2009 Please Don't Call Me That! - by J. Scott Burgeson - original manuscript submitted to Newsweek (Korean-language version), March 31, 2009
Fire Destroys Historic Namdaemun Gate Building - At least the top story of Korea's National Treasure No. 1 was destroyed by flames, Sunday evening, Feb. 9th, Chosun Ilbo, Korea Times, Coyner's Comment, Feb. 10, 2008 Display of Products First Made in Korea - "Made In Korea, First" exhibition of the first major brand of a home appliance or were brands that have disappeared from today's shops, JoongAng Daily, November 24, 2006 War of Details - Korea's claims of being more of a victim of wars and invasions compared to other countries is greatly exaggerated, Korea Times, August 31, 2006 From Mobile Sex to Group Sex - Korean sex industry thrives despite or because of Special Law, Marmot's Hole blog, April 2006 For Koreans, Boilermakers Are a Shot in the Heart - A simple guide to poktanju ("bombshots," known elsewhere as "boilermakers"), JoongAng Daily, April 24, 2006 From an Ostracized Class, a Hero for Koreans - While most Amerasians in South Korea are treated as outcasts. International Herald Tribune, February 22, 2006 Painfully Proper, Culturally Clueless - A useful primer on Korean etiquette as it continues to evolve, JoongAng Daily, January 6, 2006 After Unsmiling Centuries, Koreans Need Lessons to Learn to Laugh - International Herald Tribune, December 30, 2005 Gift Money: the Evil Tax Koreans Hate - From weddings to funerals, a protocol Koreans dread, JoongAng Daily, November 19, 2005 Moving Beyond the Green Blur: a History of Soju - The nation's ultimate social unifier is poised for an upscale makeover, JoongAng Daily, October 21, 2005 A Farewell to Bad Habits - 5 Bad Habits of Koreans, Korea Herald, September 28, 2005 Banning 'The Bomb' - Opposition now asserts that this particular drink has come to do South Korea more harm than good - International Herald Tribune, Saturday, August 27, 2005 "We Want Government to Recognize Sex Trade" - A sex worker's vivid story on what they need, The Seoul Times, October 16, 2004 Korea's Lexicon of Love Adapts to Times - Korean vocabulary to describe the complexities and variations of modern courtship, JoongAng Daily, May 19, 2003 Don't know how long you've been in Korea? Take this quiz - JoongAng Daily Staff, February 12, 2004 Behind the scenes of Korean adult films - For actors, it isn't much fun, but a female manager enjoys her work ― with her clothes on, JoongAng Daily, February 4, 2004 Seoul's Splash of the Past - The Cheonggye stream, buried under concrete in the city's rush to rebuild itself, is set to flow again, Far East Economic Review, January 08, 2004 Divorce in South Korea Striking a New Attitude - The majority of divorces are initiated by women, and personality conflict is the reason cited most often, New York Times, Sept. 21, 2003 Changing Patients' Sexes, and Korean Mores - Korea is beginning to acknowledge sexual diversity in its society, New York Times, June 21, 2003 High Spirits - Tracing Korea's ancient zeal for heavy-duty drinking, Korea Herald, February 24, 2001 The Godfather - Tales of a senior Korean gangster, JoongAng Daily, November 1, 2002 Korea's Imbibing is a Definite Art - A description of ranks within the Korean "Way of Wine" by Tom Coyner, Korea Herald, June 9, 1979 Man Dies After Playing Computer Games Nonstop - Korean dies after playing computer games nonstop for 86 hours, AP, October 10 2002 Life of Korean gangsters: From reel to real - An overview of Korea's organized crime, Korea Herald, August 9, 2002 Base Instincts - Filipina and Russian women are being sold into sexual slavery in the seedy bars and nightclubs that serve U.S. military bases in S Korea, Time Asia, August 12, 2002 Background on US Tank Accident in Korea - An analysis of a tragedy resulting in the death of two young girls, Korea Watch, July 2002 "You will never beat us South Koreans" - an Irish journalist's empathetic view of the Koreans, The Irish Times, June 2002 "Eating Dog Meat Is a Sign of Advanced Culture" - "Dr. Dog Meat" has studied dog meat's nutritional aspects and is its greatest booster, Chugan Tonga, June 6, 2002 The Baby Registry of Choice - Thousands of pregnant S. Koreans travel to the U.S. to give birth to American citizens, LA Times, May 25, 2002 South Korea's 'Love Hotels' Put Out the Welcome Mat for World Cup Fans - When soccer enthusiasts check into their motel rooms for the World Cup games that begin next week, many will find beds with round mattresses, LA Times, May 19 2002 What Soccer Hath Joined: The Rockiest Match - After more than two millennia of tightly intertwined history, Korea and Japan still stand out as Asia's pre-eminent odd couple - New York Times, May 12, 2002 Dog Meat Booths at World Cup Stadium? No Way! - The Association of Dog Meat Restaurant Owners puts forth a proposal to incite even the most apathetic and reticent passerby to rise up in arms, Korea Herald Weekender, May 3, 2002 Showgirls - A humorous yet informative look at the doumi, Korea's promotion girls, JoongAng Ilbo English Edition, May 01, 2002 A Snip of the Tongue and English is Yours! - Korean children undergo fad surgery, Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2002 Wok the Dog - What's wrong with eating man's best friend? Slate.com, January 16, 2002 Across a Crowded Room in Korea, Girl Meets Boy, Kicking and Shouting - "Booking clubs" in the ritzy districts of southern Seoul cater to young professionals and the children of the well-to-do, The Wall St. Journal, January 9, 2002 Seeking Comfort - A group of wartime comfort women who battle against old age to tell a younger generation of their hardships, Far East Economic Review, January 10, 2002 On Arirang Road and Sad Remembering - A search for the elusive Arirang, The Korea Herald, January 4, 2002 Horse Year Panic - Korean mothers hesitate to have female babies during a "White Horse Year," such as 2002, Korea Herald, January 1, 2002 Dumbing Down of Korean Education - the "zeal for education" is really a zeal for educational attainment as measured by degrees given from specific institutions, rather than a zeal for learning, The Korea Herald, November 14, 2001 Trapped in Modern Slavery: Sex trafficking turns Russian women into Korean pawns, Korea Herald, November 12, 2001 A Thousand Frogs in a Little Well called Koreatown - The Korea Times Bi-Lingual Monthly in LA For Korean Kids, a Long Trip to School - Why parents are enrolling kids abroad, BusinessWeek, August 27, 2001 Stinky Korean Dish Seeks Smell Of Success and a Global Market - "Kimchi doctors" are competing to turn their country's stinky national dish into a global one, The Wall Street Journal, August 17, 200 Freak Death Echoes Half a World Away - S. Korean press hints that woman's fall from cab in Va. was no accident, Washington Post, May 12, 2001 You Might be Married to a Korean if.... - Foreigners' humorous views of their better halfs Han Myung-sook : The Minister of Gender Equality - "Discriminatory policies have been revoked - but discriminatory practices still remain. " AmCham Korea Journal, May/April 2001 Dung gets its due at Seoul Land Exhibition - Eight exhibit halls display "Another Look at Ddong," Korea Herald, April 13, 2001 What's in a Name?- An overview of Korean family names, Korea Now, April 7, 2001 Confucian Management at Hyundai - Every behavior and attitude of the late Chung can be explained from a Confucian perspective, Korea Times, March 28, 2001 South Korea's Hard Labour - Attempts to improve life for the vast army of illegal workers are meeting tough resistance, Far East Economic Review, March 29, 2001 Japanese Guide in Korea Shares Dark Truths About Her Homeland - Revealing the colonial past, The Washington Post, March 19, 2001 Some Korean Women Are Taking Great Strides to Show a Little Leg - The lengths Korean women will go for new beauty, The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 21, 2001 Haggling Over the World Cup - Japan and S. Korea haggle in advance of hosting World Cup, Washington Post, Feb. 14, 2001 'Ajumma' find liberation, forgotten dreams on Net - Korean housewives are using the Net to upgrade their lives, Korea Herald, February 2, 2001 In Korea, old corporate ways fade as new generation asserts itself - Associated Press, Jan. 21, 2001 Brit Saw Yangban as 'Licensed Vampires' - If Isabella Bird Bishop, who traveled in Korea more than 100 years ago , were still alive and would revisit this country today, would she be able to detect any big differences? Probably not. Korea Herald, Jan. 12, 2001 Wired For Life - S. Korea has become one of the world's most connected countries and Koreans are doing just about everything on the Internet, Time, Dec. 11, 2000 Outcast - In a conservative society, actor Hong Seok Chon has broken taboos by declaring he's gay, Far East Economic Review, November 2, 2000 Korean Bathhouses - Once a necessity, a trip to the bathhouse now offers a chance to relax in luxurious surrounding, Far East Economic Review, dated October 19, 2000 Korea: The Land that PC Forgot - The Korea Herald, September 22, 2000 South Korean Makes Capital of Hip Northern Face - Though even rotary phones are scarce in North Korea, its leader, Kim Jong Il, boldly advertises a touch-tone model. Or is it an impersonator? New York Times, August 23, 2000 Gap in education among the rich and poor widens - Those who can afford 'hagwon' and high-priced 'kwawoe' lessons more apt to get into top universities, Korea Herald, May 29, 2000 Mobile Communications Changing Lifestyles - Korea Times, May 30, 2000 33 Reasons You Know You're an Expat Kid in Asia or Have Been When... Korea's PC 'Bangs' are the New Place to Socialize - Game rooms help S Korea experience Asia's fastest and most enthusiastic explosion on the Internet, Christian Science Monitor, May 5, 2000 Korean City Proud of its Toilets - AP/The Vancouver Sun, April 25, 2000 The 15 Cardinal Korean Rules for Driving in Seoul, Korea, Koreans Demand Democracy, One Protest at a Time - commentary on the national elections, Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 2000 Kimchi Wars - Growing Dispute in the Japan-Korea Cabbage Patch, New York Times, Feb. 5, 2000 Looking For Love - young Koreans now are relying on computerized dating services to find their perfect partner, Far East Economic Review, Jan. 20, 2000 'Ugly Korean Women' in Eyes of Japanese Writer -January 9, 2000, Korea Times Korean Bull Fighting- The 1999 Ch'ongdo Bull Fighting Festival by Brian Barry "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - Korean insam (Ginseng): The Perennial Favorite, by Brian Barry Like Father, Like Son - Kim Young-sam and son Hyon-chol, The Korea Times, July 30, 1999 Dog Meat Issue Again a Hot Potato - Korea Herald, June 2, 1999 Crisis Causes More Women to Get Involved in Business - New York Times, May 13, 1999 Beyond Bean Paste vs. Miniskirts, Generation Gap Grows- New York Times, May 5, 1999 How Koreans Look Through the Eyes of a Foreigner - The Korea Timesinterviews Michael Breen, author of the best selling The Koreans. Letter From Pusan: the party's over-the decadent dream world of expats in South Korea has turned into an economic nightmare, from Slate net mag. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History- by Bruce Cumings, Chapter One, a good introduction to Korea Business Etiquette in South Korea - from Asia Pulse The Art of Tanchong- illustrated review of traditional painted brilliant colors on the ceilings, walls, columns and eaves of Buddhist temples, ancient government buildings and statues. Chests of Korea's Chosun Dynasty- a good illustrated introduction Debate still rages on the origins, significance of the Korean War - An analysis and translation of Weekly Chosun's article on the interpretations of the Korean War's origins over the years, Marmot's Hole blog, June 29, 2006 China, North Korea no longer close as 'lips and teeth' - 50 years later the two nations are further apart than ever, The Christian Science Monitor, July 25, 2003 Soviet documents show Kim wanted truce - Russia's Foreign Ministry declassified documents who that Kim Il Sung wanted an armistice ending the Korean War more than any of the leaders, JoongAng Daily, July 25, 2003 Unearthing an Atrocity in South Korea - A series of massacres on Mount Halla, which rises over Jeju Island, between October 1948 and February of the following year are estimated to have killed 30,000 people, New York Times Service, International Herald Tribune, October 25, 2001 Response to 'Real culprits of Nogun-ri' - a letter to the editor, Korea Herald .Feb. 2, 2001, Chinese Question Role in Korean War - Fifty years after the eruption of the Korean War, a sensitive and significant debate is beginning in China, Washington Post Foreign Service, October 29, 2000 The Korean War US Massacre - A Personal View - a personal perspective of a Korean Doubts about a Korean "massacre" - No Gun Ri Investigation, U.S. News and World Report, May 12, 2000; followed by statement issued by AP,No Gun Ri Investigation, U.S. News and World Report, May 12, 2000; followed by statement issued by AP Shoot Them All - The 7th Cavalry Regiment having to account for what happened at No Gun Ri, The Washington Post, Feb. 6, 2000; (see also Doubts about a Korean "massacre" ) Ex-GIs Tell of Korea Killing - Alleged massacre of civilians by US troops in July 1950, AP, Sept. 29, 1999 (illustrated) The Korean War Revisited - Analysis of North Korea today from the perspective of the Korean War - from the June 1997; Wolgan Choson The Inchon Landing 50 Years On - How Mao Nearly Outwitted MacArthur, Harvey Stockwin's "Reflections in Asia, " Sept. 2000 |
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