Wonsan, South Korea News

David S. Maxwell, Associate Director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies and the Security Studies Program in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, fears that North Korea will continue to suffer under what he calls, "arguably one of the worst violators of human rights in modern historya the Kim Family Regime ." "Is it ... (more)

Reform, openness policy inevitable for new leader to improve economy By Song Sang-ho Kim Young-hui, a North Korean defector working here as a researcher on the communist state's economy, believes any big change there is inconceivable for now as the power elites want to preserve the status quo to maintain their vested interests.

Dead North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's former chef Kenji Fujimoto says Kim's son and heir Jong-un will embrace Chinese-style reforms for the Stalinist country.

North Korea has strengthened its military ties with China and Russia in recent months, a development that could undermine regional security, analysts said Monday.