The hits just keep on coming. Former President Jimmy Carter has released his trip report from the Elders less-than-excellent adventure in North Korea. Whatever one thinks of the former president (and as you know from our previous post, there is no shortage of critics), the report makes interesting reading, providing insight into both conditions in North Korea and the mindset of the delegation's interlocutors. The author concludes that the visit achieved all of its goals except inducing North Korean cooperation on human rights, and freeing jailed American businessman and Christian missionary Jun Young Su.
Seoul prosecutors have concluded that North Korea was indeed behind recent cyber attacks on South Korean financial institutions. My colleague Professor Haggard was moved to observe the irony, no, the insanity, of North Korea attacking the financial system of South Korea’s agricultural co-op while at the same time asking for food aid.
Finally, our friend in Chicago, Walter Keats, is flogging a last chance to sign up for his academic tour of North Korea with Charles Armstrong. Walter is the tour operator that does not force you to go to juche study hall.
