June 3, 2016 Time for Intensified Dialogue on the Korean Peninsula Ambassador Thomas Hubbard On May 6, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea kicked off the historic Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, marking the first such official gathering of the regime’s senior leadership since Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung […]
February 23, 2016 North Korea: The End of “Patience”? Ambassador Thomas Hubbard North Korea’s detonation of a nuclear device on January 6 followed by a satellite launch on February 7, while widely predicted, have led to a sharp rise in tensions on the Korean Peninsula and called into question the “strategic […]
February 7, 2016 Intl Reaction to North Korea’s Missile Launch Stephen E. Noerper A month and a day after conducting its fourth nuclear test, North Korea launched a multi-stage rocket carrying a 440-pound satellite. The launch of the Taepodong missile from the Tongchang-ri site, near the North’s border with China, on […]
January 6, 2016 North Korea Nuclear TestStephen E. Noerper On January 6, the DPRK tested what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb and a 5.1 seismic event was detected along the northeast coast, some thirty miles from the site of previous nuclear tests. Earlier, on December 10, Kim Jong Un bragged of […]
On March 28, 2014, Korean President Park Geun-hye delivered a historic address on Korean unification at the Dresden University of Technology in Dresden, Germany. Friday, March 28, 2014 Park’s Historic Dresden Address on Unification
On February 12, 2013, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test in a show of defiance to the international community and the nuclear non-proliferation regime. President of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), David Albright; Executive Director of the Ploughshares Fund, Phillip Yun; and the Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at […]
The Korea Society continues its Knowing North Korea series covering economy and investment; nuclear and other security issues; refugees; NGOs and humanitarian affairs; energy, agriculture, and infrastructure development; and the roles of the international community. This 2012 installment begins with lessons in humanitarian affairs and suggestions for more constructive international involvement by Stanford University Pantech […]
Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, and Alexandra Toma, founder and co-chair of the Fissile Materials Working Group, examine the issues surrounding the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit to take place in Seoul in March. What does the summit mean for international efforts to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists? What […]
Dr. Colin Bradford, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and the Centre for Global Governance Innovation, addresses “hub” Korea’s recent success in hosting the G20 summit and offers insights into Korea’s growing global leadership role and the challenges still facing institutional and global governance. Dr. Colin Bradford and Dr. Stephen Noerper, senior vice president of […]
