DPRK-Japan Relations
Official Word on the Cheonan
The ROK’s international investigation team has issued its official finding that the March 2010 sinking of the Cheonan was caused by a North Korean torpedo. Yoon Duk-yong said the torpedo was likely fired from DPRK […]
Serial Numbers and Diplorep Briefings In Seoul
Chosun Ilbo reports that torpedo propellers and a serial number with a North Korean font were discovered in the Cheonan wreckage. Northeast Asia Matters translated the CI‘s front page story from which I excerpted below: […]
ROK Military Will Identify NK as Cheonan Assailant
Kim So-hyun reports in Korea Herald that the South Korean military will issue a statement this Thursday that identifies the DPRK as responsible for the March sinking of the Cheonan. The South Korean military is […]
New NK Diploreps in Beijing
JoongAng Daily reports that the DPRK is replacing its ambassador and deputy chief of mission in Beijing imminently. Cho Jin-su, who has been the NK ambassador in China for ten years will be replaced by […]
DPRK's Guerilla Monsoon & Six Party Talk Buzzkill?
Update PRC Premier Wen Jiabao and the Chinese government, according to Yonhap, “welcomed Lee’s ‘grand bargain’ dubbing it ‘the great exchange’ in Chinese ” after a meeting between China, South Korea and Japan. And yet […]
