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The Breadbasket of South Korea: Madagascar

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Time - By Vivienne Walt - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Tenant farming was popular in rural America until the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, but the practice is making a comeback on an epic scale in much of Africa. This time, however, the "tenants" are not simply family farmers down on their luck and willing to work land they don't own; they're major international corporations and governments looking to compensate for shortages of arable land in their own countries by setting up massive industrial farms abroad.

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North Korea Threatens Military Strikes if Ships Are Searched

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Choe Sang-Hun - May. 28 (News Report) - North Korea escalated its vitriol against South Korea and the United States on Wednesday with warnings of a “powerful military strike” if any North Korean ships were stopped or searched as part of an American-led operation to intercept vessels suspected of carrying unconventional weapons.

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Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Council on Foreign Relations - May. 26 (Special Report) - The Korean crisis has drawn the region into ongoing multilateral discussions—Six-Party Talks—and tensions over how to handle the Kim Jong-Il regime. In 2003, the nations represented here began holding the Six-Party Talks with the goal of controlling North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. But abrupt policy shifts by the United States, disagreements among the six countries involved, and most of all North Korea's provocative conduct have made progress toward an agreement difficult to sustain.

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World powerless to stop North Korea

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Asia Times - By Santaro Rey - May. 26 (News Analysis) - North Korea's decision to carry out its second nuclear test on Monday could have far-reaching consequences, if South Korea and Japan conclude that nothing can be done to persuade Pyongyang to denuclearize. Under such circumstances, developing their own nuclear weapons might become increasingly desirable for Seoul and Tokyo.

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China, Russia Join World in Condemning North Korea's Nuclear Test

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Blaine Harden - May. 26 (News Report) - North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device Monday appears not to have been a significant technical advance over its first underground test three years ago. But it has triggered a swifter, stronger and more uniform wave of international condemnation, most notably from the isolated nation's historical allies, China and Russia.

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North Korea cranks up the rhetoric

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Jiyeon Lee - Mar. 12 (News Analysis) - “Noisy” is a good word to describe the Korean peninsula this week, as Pyongyang continued to cook up new ways to bother its longtime enemy to the south.

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The latest tantrums from North Korea's Kim Jong Il

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Economist - Feb. 04 (News Analysis) - Through brinkmanship North Korea is warning the Americans not to forget about its existence and, it thinks, putting pressure on the United States to change its supposedly hostile policy towards North Korea. It is a reminder of just how much the tinpot dictatorship hates to be ignored.

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