In this blog, we report on developments in and around North Korea, including the broader security setting and political, economic and social change in the country.

Marcus Noland: Deputy Director & Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics

Stephan Haggard: Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor at the University of California, San Diego Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

Weekly Update

Sep 12 - Rason: Time to Be Contrarian on the Contrarians?

Sep 13 - Escalation: More on the Xiyang Dispute

Sep 14 - Slave to the blog: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead

Sep 15 - Center for North Korean Defectors

Sep 16 - Fitness Fun with Kim Jong Un

Sep 17 - Chinese bling

Sep 18 - Nuclear Update: The August 31 Foreign Ministry “Memorandum”

Sep 18 - Stephan Haggard on Prospects for Reform on Radio 3 Hong Kong

Sep 19 - Abba Eban on the DPRK: The North-South Aid Game

Sep 20 - Noland interview “on prospects for economic reform in North Korea.”

Today’s Post - Slave to the blog: The Chinese are coming!

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Please direct questions to Alex Melton, Research Analyst, Peterson Institute for International Economics amelton@piie.com