Category Page for: Inter-Korean Issues
North Korea Demands Massive Aid for Family Reunions
» by GI Korea October 30th, 2010 at 4:08 am » Comments (1)
As I have always said these family reunions were nothing more then adding an additional bargaining chip to North Korea's hand to extract more concessions from the South Koreans, not ...more »Survey Polls Koreans On Attitudes Towards North Korea
» by GI Korea October 22nd, 2010 at 7:14 pm » Comments (35)
The days of the Sunshine Policy wasn't really all that long ago and the South Korean public's perception of the North Korean regime really hasn't changed all that much since ...more »Korean Family Reunion Talks Fail Over Meeting Site
» by GI Korea September 25th, 2010 at 5:53 pm » Comments (10)
It looks like the North Koreans are playing hard ball to get the best deal they can for any family reunions: The two Koreas once again failed to agree on the ...more »Report: North Korea to Disrupt South Korean Hosted G-20 Summit
» by GI Korea September 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm » Comments (9)
Just like any other information coming out of North Korea take it for what its worth: North Korea recently held a meeting, presided by Kim Jong-eun, the heir-apparent of Kim ...more »South Korea Offers No New Flood Aid to North Korea
» by GI Korea August 24th, 2010 at 9:02 am » Comments (5)
After having landmines sent down the Imjim River among a host of other recent provocations by the North Koreans, is it any wonder why the South Korean government isn't given ...more »Taskforce Setup To Look At Korean “Unification Tax”
» by GI Korea August 23rd, 2010 at 5:09 pm » Comments (10)
Here is more on President Lee's plan to implement a Unification Tax: Unification Minister Hyun In-taek says the unification tax proposed by President Lee Myung-bak is not aimed at reunification ...more »South Korea Holds WMD Defense Drill
» by GI Korea June 15th, 2010 at 4:39 pm » Comments (8)
These civil defense drills are actually quite common in Korea, but I guess this one was big enough to draw the attention of the international media: Air raid sirens blared as ...more »Andrew Salmon On Why the Two Koreas Are So Hostile
» by GI Korea June 7th, 2010 at 10:08 pm » Comments (1)
A ROK Drop favorite Andrew Salmon has a good North-South Korea relations 101 article posted over on the CNN website for those of you just beginning to follow affairs on ...more »North Korea Reverses Course On Shutting Down Kaesong Industrial Complex
» by GI Korea June 2nd, 2010 at 2:55 am » Comments (13)
As I predicted, I figured the North Korean talk of shutting down the Kaesong Industrial Complex was all bluster: North Korea has barred South Korean companies from removing machinery and ...more »South Korea Cuts Workers At Kaesong Industrial Complex, But North Korea Says They Will Expel All
» by GI Korea May 26th, 2010 at 9:24 am » Comments (3)
In response to the sinking of the Cheonan by the North Koreans, the South Korean government has decided to cut the number of workers operating at the joint industrial complex ...more »




