Yuriko Koike
North Korea’s Blackmail Missile
TOKYO – The Unha-3 rocket launched from Sohae in North Korea on the morning of December 12 passed through Japanese air space over the island…
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North Korea's successful rocket launch this month was aimed at boosting Kim Jong-un’s status at home and abroad, while South Korean voters elected conservative candidate Park Geun-hye as their next president amid growing economic anxiety and security concerns. With tensions rising throughout East Asia, can the threat of instability on the Korean Peninsula be defused?
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Christopher R. Hill
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Han Seung-soo
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Yuriko Koike
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Lee Byong-chul
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Katharine H. Moon
Love and Marriage in North Korea
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Yuriko Koike
South Korea’s Budding Femocracy
TOKYO – This is a year of presidential elections worldwide, and the last to take place – on December 19 – will be in South Korea. That ballo…
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Yoon Young-kwan
Asia’s Next Axis
SEOUL – Last month, the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea agreed to begin negotiations later this year on a trilateral free-trade agr…
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Yuriko Koike
The Ghost of North Korea
TOKYO – At 7:39 a.m. on April 13, North Korea fired a missile (which it called a satellite launch) in the face of opposition from almost the…
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