The technical aspects of North Korea’s failed rocket launch
last week are less interesting than the political undercurrents swirling around this event.
Yesterday, the UN announced increased sanctions…
Julia Gillard needs to do more to impress in South Korea.
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AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.
Here, Dr Craig Mark – currently…
It's impossible to separate North Korea's defensive ambitions from its leadership transition.
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In March, North Korea’s external propaganda mouthpiece Korean Central News Agency announced the impending launch of a satellite, the Kwangmyongsong-3, during a four-day launch window timed to correspond…
North Korea’s isolation has seen it rely on criminal activity to earn foreign currency.
The death of Kim Jong-il has refocused the world’s attention on the “Hermit Kingdom”, North Korea. This moniker is an apt description of its isolation from the international community – an isolation that…
A photograph dated 11 October 2010 depicting Kim Jong-il (right) and his putative heir Kim Jung-Un (left).
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Kim Jong-il, the mercurial “Dear Leader” of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), died of heart failure on 17 December 2011, at the age of 69.
One could be excused for not believing in…
Kim Jong-Il has died, leaving son Kim Jong-un in power.
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has died at the official age of 69 (it is believed he was 70). The nation’s “dear leader” was reported by state television to have died on a train trip yesterday morning…
