Lecture “A Misunderstood Friendship: Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations” Zhihua Shen, Professor of History, East China Normal University Danhui Li, Professor of History, East China Normal University Yafeng Xia, Professor of History, Long Island University Moderator: Thomas Christensen, Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of … [Read more...]
Heroes and Toilers: Work as Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953–1961
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Cheehyung Harrison Kim (Columbia University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In North Korea in the decade following the Korean War, labor became the defining means of state control and national unity. In pursuit of rapid industrial growth, the North Korean state stressed order and consistency in … [Read more...]
A Misunderstood Friendship: Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino–North Korean Relations, 1949–1976
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia (Columbia University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. Today, the People’s Republic of China is North Korea’s only ally on the world stage, a tightly knit relationship that goes back decades. Both countries portray their partnership as one of “brotherly affection” based on … [Read more...]
Senior Research Scholar Joel Wit Talks to CNBC About the US-North Korea Summit Meeting
Joel Wit, Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, recently spoke to CNBC about the scheduled talks between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. In the May 16, 2018 article "North Korea Unlikely to Withdraw from Talks with President Trump, Experts Say," Dr. Wit told CNBC that North Korea may be attempting to heighten tension with the U.S. by threatening to … [Read more...]
WEAI Adjunct Prof. Stephen Noerper Appears on Bloomberg Markets to Discuss U.S.-North Korea Talks
Stephen E. Noerper, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, appeared on Bloomberg Markets TV on April 18, 2018 to discuss the potential high level talks between the United States and North Korea and the potential Inter-Korean summit meeting. Watch Professor Noerper's Bloomberg Markets TV appearance here. Professor Noerper's … [Read more...]
