The North Korea Food Aid Debate
Coyner’s Comment: The below criteria spelled out by Amb. King, while refreshingly original and seemingly appropriate,is likely to fail given Pyongyang’s neurotic anxiety about opening any review about...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Economic Dependence on China Deepens
Coyner’s Comment: Below are some interesting, updated economic statistics on North Korea. How accurate they may be is anyone’s guess, of course. But the figures may give in aggregate a rough...
View ArticleEngaging North Korea: The Role of Economic Statecraft / North Korea sinks any...
Coyner’s Comment: Today’s headlines underscore the premise made in the monograph* released by Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard just yesterday. Ironically, the monograph’s opening paragraph...
View ArticleStopping the Nuclear North
Coyner’s Comment: It’s difficult to say which is more depressing – the North Korean dilemma or the lack of imagination in government and academia in addressing the problem. Unfortunately, government...
View ArticleDenuclearization: Korea’s Red Herring
The real issue is that the North cannot bring itself to recognize the legitimacy of another government on the Korean Peninsula. by Tom Coyner Korea JoongAng Daily August 08, 2011 During the past couple...
View ArticleCrisis Grips North Korean Rice Bowl
Coyner’s Comment: The economic horror is human terms is likely to be true, but the timing of this latest set of pleas from a government that refuses to take correctional actions is suspicious....
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