North Korea

While Indonesia’s ratification has given a boost to the CTBT, the positions of the other hold-out countries do not show any promise of forward movement.

• Ch. Viyyanna Sastry
• January 09, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The demise of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on December 17, 2011 has introduced a new dimension to the security situation in Northeast Asia. The future of East Asian security would largely be shaped by developments that unfold in the Korean peninsula.

• Rajaram Panda , Victoria Tuke
• January 02, 2012
• Issue Brief

Kim Jong-Il’s death on December 17, 2011 has not only provoked concerns regarding security and stability on the Korean peninsula, but has also raised hopes of improved engagement with North Korea’s new leadership.

• Preeti Nalwa
• December 21, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The people of Yeonpyeong Island remember with trepidation the devastating attack of November 2010. Since the Cheonan incident in March 2010 and chastened by the attack last year, South Korea has beefed up its military arsenal and strengthened its defence preparedness.

• Rajaram Panda
• November 29, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Not engaging North Korea is no more seen as an option even as it continue to build its nuclear capabilities.

• Preeti Nalwa
• November 13, 2011
• IDSA Comments

North Korea is unlikely to abandon its nuclear weapon development programme which has deterrence value especially considering that it does not trust China to come to its rescue in case of a threat to its security.

• Rajaram Panda
• June 01, 2011
• Issue Brief

The summit ended with the hope of increased cooperation in East Asia, bolstered popular support for Sino-Japanese friendship, and set out a strategy for maintaining regional peace, stability and prosperity.

• Pranamita Baruah , Rajaram Panda
• May 26, 2011
• IDSA Comments

If peace is to prevail in East Asia, Pyongyang must abandon its uranium enrichment programme and all aspects of its nuclear programme should be placed under international monitoring.

• Rajaram Panda
• May 19, 2011
• IDSA Comments

In response to increasing North Korean hostilities, South Korea’s Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin unveiled a 73-point military reform measures in early March 2011

• Rajaram Panda
• March 31, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The temporary hope of peace returning to the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s peace overtures dissipated no sooner than it started when North Korean negotiators walked out of the meeting room at the DMZ in Panmunjam.

• Rajaram Panda
• February 14, 2011
• Issue Brief