Kim Jong-nam and Power Succession

2010-10-15

According to the source identified as an aide to Kim Jong-nam in China: -Kim Jong-nam told his father not to silently approve of Kim Jong-un’s ...

Third Generation Power Succession in North Korea

2010-10-15

Drop in Unemployment Sharpest in OECD

2010-10-14

Not only did South Korea post the sharpest fall in unemployment rate, but its rate itself was also the lowest among the 24 surveyed OECD nations. ◆Aug. ...

Contingency Plan for Inflow of NK Escapees

2010-10-13

The government’s contingency plan on dealing with a possible inflow of North Koreans comes amid calls for the government to devise preparations ...

Kim Jong-nam

2010-10-12

Kim Jong-nam was born in 1971 as the first child of Kim Jong-il and Kim’s first wife, Song Hye-rim. He studied at an international school in Geneva ...

Hwang Jang-yop

2010-10-11

Although Hwang is considered the main architect of one of North Korea’s ruling ideologies, the former high-ranking Pyongyang official was a sharp ...

TOPIK

2010-10-08

The Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) is aimed at assessing the skill levels of nonnative speakers of Korean and Koreans who live or have lived ...

Signing of Korea-EU FTA; Its Meaning and Future Prospects

2010-10-08

Effects of EU FTA

2010-10-07

Ten state-run think tanks jointly announced on Wednesday forecasts for the economic effects of the FTA with EU. The deal is expected to raise South ...

S.Korea-EU FTA

2010-10-06

South Korea and the EU have succeeded in reaching an agreement on adopting a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) after having launched preliminary ...