[KS] radio spot on DPRK, A. Foster-Carter (Leeds) featured

[Afostercarter at aol.com]

This is a kind surprise by Guven Witteveen, but I don't  deserve
to be singled out thus. Certainly here in the UK, Kim  Jong-un's
antics are creating media work for every Koreanist  in the land.
I imagine it must be much the same in the US, and  elsewhere.
 
That has its pitfalls. This was my second take on the Kaesong  IC
for NPR - North Korea's  actions having neatly undermined 
my analysis in the first one, the  very next day. 
 
In the hope of encouraging other scholars to share  similarly,
I take the opportunity to flag up a few further recent  pieces:
journalistic, but hopefully not too ephemeral.
 
I cling to the hope that all this nonsense will die down  soon.
But it's perilous, and I've often been wrong about North  Korea.
 
Cheers
Aidan FC
 
 
Aidan  Foster-Carter 
Honorary Senior Research Fellow in  Sociology & Modern Korea,  Leeds 
University,  UK 
E: _afostercarter at aol.com_ (mailto:afostercarter at aol.com)      
_afostercarter at yahoo.com_ (mailto:afostercarter at yahoo.com)    W: _www.aidanfc.net_ 
(http://www.aidanfc.net/)      
Skype:  Aidan.Foster.Carter                          Twitter:  @fcaidan    
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22038370   
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/29/could-north-korean-armag
eddon-happen  
http://newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#new1 Also  includes a background 
article on NK:  http://www.newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#top  
_www.NewNations.com_ (http://www.newnations.com/)  is a site well worth 
checking out: much info on many  countries. 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/08/north-korea-nuclear-thre
at-unknown-quantity   
17 February  2013               View  from N Korea is of a nuclear world  
We  need to understand how things look as seen from Pyongyang, and why. A 
mildly  contrarian op-ed for the FT (subscription needed) 
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2afe142a-776f-11e2-b95a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2L8UtCVxz  
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21426627  
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9866005/Analysis-H
ow-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-Korea.html        
 
_____________________________
 
 
In a message dated 05/04/2013 23:01:14 GMT Daylight Time, sjmi_y at yahoo.com  
writes:

 
It is good when experts are  able to contribute to the ebb and flow of news 
media discussion.
 - Guven Witteveen,  sjmi_y@ yahoodotcom
 
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/04/176267971/north-korea-blocks-south-korean-work
ers-from-shared-facility
is a short segment on  National Public Radio (USA) in the afternoon news 
program, All Things  Considered, in which [transcript introduction pasted here]
 
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.
 




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