Tagged with North Korea

Griffith Asia Institute Director, Andrew O’Neil was mentioned today (Thursday 27 February) in an article by The Australian. The article, written by Rowan Callick, focuses on the family connections increasingly found in Asian government. – – – – – THE big family business in Asia today is not running companies, but controlling countries. Every kind […]

After the end of their first high-level defence and diplomatic talks, Japan and Russia have agreed to step up security cooperation and to hold joint military and anti-piracy exercises. Japan, Russia agree to boost military cooperation. The move comes amid growing concern over North Korea and Japan’s worsening relations with China. Yet Japan and Russia […]

In an opinion piece for The Interpreter, Professor Andrew O’Neil writes ‘For those watching developments on the Korean peninsula, the default position is to gauge North Korean behaviour as the barometer for stability and instability in the region. However, this week, evidence that South Korea is becoming increasingly nervous about North Korea’s evolving strategic capabilities […]

Recently Soviet-made missile material has been found under thousands of Cuban sugar bags on board a North Korean vessel in Panama. In an interview with Radio National, Professor Andrew O’Neil provides insight into how and why this has happened. To hear the interview click here.

Burma promised the US President Obama last year that their military ties with North Korea would be severed. However evidence from Burma suggests that this is not the case. Dr Andrew Selth takes a closer look at this issue in his article for The Lowy Institutes The Interpreter: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/07/10/Burma-and-North-Korea-Again-Still.aspx

In an interview with ABC News Radio, Professor Andrew O’Neil discusses the cancellation of high level talks between South Korea and North Korea. Read more here.