...Nan Kim Recent events on the Korean Peninsula have heightened tensions to what may be their most dangerous level since the 1950–53 Korean War. The breakdown of the 2018 Comprehensive Military Agreement and North Korea’s abandonment of its longstanding unification policy have marked significant...

...Bruce Cumings For all his bluster, Donald Trump may have recognized what US strategy long refused to acknowledge: North Korea is ready to discuss denuclearization in exchange for recognition and respect. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University...

... to Abolish Nuclear Weapons for its efforts to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear arms, which helped build momentum for the ban treaty. In the same year, however, North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb and steadily advanced its program to develop missiles capable...

... South Korea North Korea Kim Jong-un nuclear weapons missiles chaebol business conglomerates corruption Donald Trump China Japan 217 The reality is that powerful business and political clans are deeply embedded in Korean society and unlikely to disappear anytime soon. A New President...

...Susan Landau Why did the Obama administration treat threats against a Hollywood studio over a movie mocking North Korea as a matter of national security? It was sending a message to deter others. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California...

... rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Charles Armstrong North Korea South Korea Park Geun-hye Kim Jong-un Lee Myung-bak Park Chung-hee Kim Il-sung Kim Jong-il Kim Dae-jung dialogue 242 PERSPECTIVE History looms large in Northeast Asia today...

...Dmitri Trenin Even as the Obama administration has pivoted toward the Asia-Pacific region, so has the Kremlin.… © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Dmitri Trenin Russia Asia-Pacific China Japan North Korea Vladimir Putin...

...Bruce Cumings The North's philosophy of rule bears close resemblance to what Koreans traditionally said about their kings—or what Hegel said about the German monarch.… © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Bruce Cumings North Korea...

... South Korea presidential election Lee Myung-bak Park Geun-hye Roh Moo-hyun Ahn Cheol-soo inequality welfare North Korea Sunshine Policy 223 Electing a new Korean president . . . will have far-reaching political and policy ram- ifications, both domestic and foreign, perhaps greater...

...William W. Finan, Jr. A new book about a fugitive from North Korea casts chilling light on the world's last remaining national system of concentration camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West , by Blaine Harden . Viking , 2012...

... Asia China North Korea Asian Development Bank Japan South Korea Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement Vietman Taiwan 223 At the end of the day, it is not clear that economic ties will act as a significant constraint on state behavior when high-stakes issues are on the table. Does...

...Charles K. Armstrong It has become apparent that a policy of isolation, sanctions, lack of dialogue, and ‘strategic patience’ has not worked to weaken North Korea or alter its behavior, much less bring the regime down. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents...

... for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2010 Current History North Korea Christoph Bluth South Korea Kim Jong-il Cheonan Kim Il-sung...

...Kongdan Oh; Ralph C. Hassig Blessed with enormous military and economic power, Americans expect to find quick and effective solutions to whatever crises they encounter. For North Korea's Kim Jong-il, however, generating one crisis after another may be the best way to stay in power. © 2004 Current...

... Current History. All rights reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California Japan United States North Korea George Bush Bill Clinton Kim Jong-il Junichiro Koizumi Taepodong China South Korea 280 The key issue confronting US-Japan relationsis how much Japan can and should...

... reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California United States China Taiwan ASEAN India Australia Russia Japan North Korea Asia 284 America s strengths in Asia remain formidable. . . . Chinese leaders seem to understand this in their acceptance of US leadership in Asian...

... Abdul Qadeer Khan Pervez Musharraf China North Korea Zia ul-Haq Bill Clinton George Bush In November 2003, shortly after Libya offered toopen its nuclear facilities to internationalinspection, it became public knowledge that Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the Pakistani bomb, had been...

... prevention, still maintains enough credibility to prevent rogue states from sharing nuclear weapons with terrorists. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California United States Al Qaeda terrorism Iraq nuclear WMD Iran North Korea Hezbollah...

... George Bush Taiwan September WTO Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Iraq North Korea In the immediate aftermath of his election inNovember 2000, President George W. Bushproclaimed China a strategic competitor and asserted that US policy in Asia should be reoriented toward American allies in the region...

... of California United States South Korea North Korea George Bush Kim Dae Jung axis evil Roh Moo-hyun Korean War anti-Americanism sunshine policy 279 If South Korean resentment of America s military presence is less clear-cut than many would suggest, so, too, are the policy differences...