The peculiar pragmatism of Pyongyang.

The Progressive | October 1, 2003| | Copyright

I met Mr. Yoon at my hotel in Pyongyang in the spring of 1999. With his lightly accented English and well-tailored suit, he seemed indistinguishable from the other South Korean businessmen prospecting for deals in the North. What should have clued me in, though, was that the other businessmen at the Potonggang Hotel--an Australian working with the North Korean military on a gold mining project, a Sri Lankan working for a German clothing company--seemed to be avoiding the South Korean. Pyongyang is such a challenging place to do business that English-speakers will usually ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Korea: a time to be bold? (North Korea's relations with US and South Korea)
Magazine article from: The National Interest ; ...a triumph for South Korean democracy. (In...its symbolism, North Korea angrily refused to allow South Korean contract workers...total of U.S. and South Korean action on the...The ball is in North Korea's court so many...the American and South ...
`Apology' welcome.(Editorials)(North Korea regrets June naval clash with South)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) ; ...The Register-Guard North Korea's surprise message...United States and North Korea deteriorated after President Bush lumped North Korea with Iran and Iraq into his axis of evil. North Korea's message dealt with...between North and South Korean ...
Responding to North Korea's surprises.
Magazine article from: Foreign Policy in Focus ; ...monolithic state, North Korea shakes up the...latest stunner, North Korea revealed in early...carrot-and-stick policies, North Korea has been trying...season, North and South Korean boats exchanged...Meanwhile, after North Korea expressed its...over ...
SOUTH KOREA: SOUTH KOREAN ENVOY WELCOMES NEW NORTH KOREAN STANCE.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database ; ...The decision to send a South Korean envoy to Pyongyang was...according to a senior South Korean emissary speaking at a...represented a softening in North Korea's stance. Previously, North...Representative Chung said South Korean envoys from both the outgoing...to ...
Realism and U.S. foreign policy toward North Korea: the Clinton and Bush administrations in comparative perspective.
Magazine article from: World Affairs ; ...Bush administration appears to consider North Korea as a reckless and aggressive expansionist...adopt a hawkish policy and should punish North Korea's rogue behavior. In contrast, the Clinton administration did not seem to view North Korea as an irrational revisionist state, despite ...
Is capitalism making inroads, changing daily life in North Korea?(PACIFIC PERSPECTIVES)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal ; ...if not imprisoned: North Korea. This is the astonishing...in Seoul, capital of South Korea. Lankov's Asia...to create a sense of North Korea as being one of the...other street-savvy South Korean kid. He describes the...exchanges are opening up North Korea as ...
South Korean church council urges Bush to lift sanctions on North.(National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century ; ...urging that sanctions on North Korea be lifted and that a...the sanctions against North Korea since 1950 have been...the sanctions against North Korea have been one of the...wrote the letter after South Korean church leaders and representatives...Kuala Lumpur July 28, ...
Red rogue; the persistent challenge of North Korea.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News ; ...persistent challenge of North Korea. Bechtol, Bruce E. Potomac...concerning the United States, South Korea, and North Korea in the post-9/11 era...He first focuses on North Korea and offers chapters examining North Korea's nuclear program, its...chapters ...
Puzzling provocations.(Editorials)(South Korea, Japan accuse North Korea)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) ; ...now claims that North Korea planned the naval...for the worse in North Korea's relations with...United States. A South Korean patrol boat was...constituting acts of war. North Korea's actions are usually...actions against South Korea and Japan...a delegation to ...
Kim Il Sang. (failure of Clinton administration policy to force North Korea to cooperate in the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons) (Editorial)
Magazine article from: National Review ; ...form, murdering half the South Korean cabinet with a bomb in...planting other bombs on South Korean airliners. He was hellbent...summit with the democratic South Korean president and new high...proposal is deceptive because North Korea, having flouted the ...

Find more facts and information related to the article "The peculiar pragmatism of Pyongyang."