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Six Party Talks

The Significance of Russia’s Frustration with North Korea
By Stephen Blank

‘Strategic Patience’ with North Korea
The U.S. needs to rethink its current position on reopening negotiations with Pyongyang.

Iran Is Not North Korea, But If It Was…
The history of nuclear diplomacy with North Korea shows engagement can work but sanctions do not.

Park Geun-hye: Japan Summit ‘Pointless’ Without Apology
Japan-South Korea diplomatic relations remain frosty over “comfort women” issue.

China and North Korea: New Thinking, Old Policies
With a tougher posture on recent provocations, have China’s policies on North Korea really changed?

Does Syria Hold Lessons for North Korea?
Of course there are differences, but could a Syria-like trade work on the peninsula?

Is North Korea Restarting Its Yongbyon Reactor?
Satellite imagery suggests it is, which would be a reversal of Pyongyang’s recent conciliatory path.

North Korea: To Talk or To Provoke?
By Duyeon Kim

Forget Smartphones: N. Korea has a Designer Clothes Industry
Plus, Kim il-Sung’s grandson will attend the same university as the French president. DPRK links.

US-North Korea to Hold Bilateral Talks
At China’s urging Washington has agreed to meet a North Korean, according to a Japanese newspaper.

S. Korean FM To Meet With Japan, Not N. Korea
Seoul and Tokyo will meet at the ASEAN Regional Forum. No inter-Korea talks are expected.

North Korea Proposes Talks with US
The latest development in Pyongyang’s diplomatic turnaround. Will it last?