North Korea Today

Ten years have passed since Kim Il Sung’s death and his son Kim Jong Il’s rule began. Paradoxically, increasing access to North Korea has produced more confusion than clarification about its internal reality and future direction. Political dueling in Washington, D.C., Seoul and elsewhere over North Korea’s present situation and future direction continues to blur perceptions of reality in North Korea. Supporters of US “engagement, ” or South Korea’s “sunshine diplomacy” collide verbally with those who favor the Bush Administration’s contention that North Korea is a “failed system” on the verge of bankruptcy and collapse

Geography · Political science · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies