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<DIV><FONT size=4>This is a kind surprise by Guven Witteveen, but I don't
deserve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>to be singled out thus. Certainly here in the UK, Kim
Jong-un's</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>antics are creating media work for every Koreanist
in the land.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I imagine it must be much the same in the US, and
elsewhere.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>That has its pitfalls. This was my second take on the Kaesong
IC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>for </FONT><FONT size=4>NPR - North Korea's
actions having neatly undermined </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>my analysis in the first one, </FONT><FONT size=4>the
very next day. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>In the hope of encouraging other scholars to share
similarly,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I take the opportunity to flag up a few further recent
pieces:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>journalistic, but hopefully not too ephemeral.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I cling to the hope that all this nonsense will die down
soon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>But it's perilous, and I've often been wrong about North
Korea.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Aidan FC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>Aidan
Foster-Carter<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black">Honorary Senior Research Fellow in
Sociology & Modern <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Leeds University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place></SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">: <A
title=mailto:afostercarter@aol.com href="mailto:afostercarter@aol.com"><FONT
color=#0000ff>afostercarter@aol.com</FONT></A><SPAN
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color=#0000ff>afostercarter@yahoo.com</FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria">W</SPAN></EM>: <A title=http://www.aidanfc.net/
href="http://www.aidanfc.net/"><FONT
color=#0000ff>www.aidanfc.net</FONT></A><SPAN
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size=3><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black">Skype</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aidan.Foster.Carter <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria">Twitter:</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>@fcaidan <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22038370"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22038370</FONT></A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black"><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/29/could-north-korean-armageddon-happen"><FONT
color=#0000ff
face="Times New Roman">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/29/could-north-korean-armageddon-happen</FONT></A></SPAN><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><A
href="http://newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#new1"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#new1</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3> </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Also
includes a background article on NK:</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
size=3> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A
href="http://www.newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#top"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#top</FONT></A></SPAN><FONT
size=3> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
href="http://www.newnations.com/"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman">www.NewNations.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> is </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">a site well worth checking out: much info on many
countries.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/08/north-korea-nuclear-threat-unknown-quantity"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/08/north-korea-nuclear-threat-unknown-quantity</FONT></SPAN></A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black">17 February
2013<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">View
from N Korea is of a nuclear world <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">We
need to understand how things look as seen from Pyongyang, and why. A mildly
contrarian op-ed for the FT (subscription needed) </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; COLOR: black"><A
href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2afe142a-776f-11e2-b95a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2L8UtCVxz"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2afe142a-776f-11e2-b95a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2L8UtCVxz</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21426627"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21426627</FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9866005/Analysis-How-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-Korea.html"><FONT
color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9866005/Analysis-How-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-Korea.html</FONT></A><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>_____________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 05/04/2013 23:01:14 GMT Daylight Time, sjmi_y@yahoo.com
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">It is good when experts are
able to contribute to the ebb and flow of news media discussion.<VAR
id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"> - Guven Witteveen,
sjmi_y@ yahoodotcom</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><A
title=http://www.npr.org/2013/04/04/176267971/north-korea-blocks-south-korean-workers-from-shared-facility
style="RIGHT: auto"
href="http://www.npr.org/2013/04/04/176267971/north-korea-blocks-south-korean-workers-from-shared-facility">http://www.npr.org/2013/04/04/176267971/north-korea-blocks-south-korean-workers-from-shared-facility</A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">is a short segment on
National Public Radio (USA) in the afternoon news program, All Things
Considered, in which [transcript introduction pasted here]</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN
style="RIGHT: auto">
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><EM>Earlier this week we talked about the Kaesong
Industrial Complex with a North Korea expert — professor Aidan Foster-Carter
from Leeds University. The facility is the North Korean manufacturing base for
120 South Korean firms and is a workplace for Koreans from both sides of the
border. Now that South Korean workers have been blocked from entering the
complex, Audie Cornish checks in with Foster-Carter once
again.</EM></DIV></SPAN>
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