Articles

What does Eighth Party Congress of North Korea Reveal?

Introduction

North Korea held the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party (WPK) after a gap of four and half years. It started on 5 January and lasted for unusually prolonged eight days until 12 January. The previous Congresses were held ....

January 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping , sanctions , Kim Jong-un , Ballistic Missiles , Coronavirus , summits , Eighth Party Congress , SLBM , Kim Il-sung , Kim-Jong-Il , Jeo Biden

Revisiting Korean War in its 70th Anniversary

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

June 25, 2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. It was on this day when Communist North Korea invaded the US-backed South triggering a three-year long war that killed millions from both sides. On this occasion, the two al....

June 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Kim Jong-un , Ceasefire , 70th Anniversary , UN , Demilitarised zone , Moon Jae-in , Korean War , Syngman Rhee , 60 Para Field Ambulance , Prisoners of war , Communist , Panmunjom

Tensions Return to the Korean Peninsula

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

At a time when the world attention is focussed in battling the Covid-19, two communist nations – China and North Korea – are engaged in different terrains as if to deflect the focus from containing Covid-19. Both are unfortunate developments and ....

June 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Kim Jong-un , Singapore , Pyongyang , Kaesong , Demilitarised zone , 2018 deal , Blue House , Moon Jae-in , Kim Yo Jong , sanctions relief , summits , Hanoi , dialogue , Roh Moo-hyun , Park Geun-hye , Covid-19 pandemic.

Known and Unknown Facts about North Korea: Is Kim Jong-un still alive?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

One of the most isolated countries in contemporary world, North Korea is never short of news and hogs the limelight in international media outlets. Whether it is its withdrawal from the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty ....

April 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Nuclear Weapons , Missiles , Kim Jong-un , succession , military , NPT , Coronavirus , Kim yo-jong , scenarios , regime instability , President Donald Trump , power transition , instability , regime collapse , dynasty , collective leadership , Baektu Bloodline

Working to a Game Plan: Kim Jong-un

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

One has got to give it to Kim Jong-un, or more appropriately, the neo international statesman, who now with a ‘winner’ lapel on his coat is already in the mop up mode of consolidating and furthering the gains of his Singapore Summit. In just a w....

July 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Kim Jong-un , North Korea’s economic re-construction