Scores of thousands of North Koreans have been risking their lives to escape their country’s hardships in search of a better life, contributing to a humanitarian challenge that is playing out almost invisibly as the world focuses on North Korea’s nuclear program.
The North Korea nuclear negotiations have stalled, and the prospects for future progress are dim.
China’s influence on North Korea is more than it is willing to admit but far less than outsiders tend to believe.
Shifting power relations in North East Asia are spurring rising nationalism in China, Japan and South Korea, aggravating long-standing disputes over territorial claims and differing interpretations of history.
Relations between Japan and North Korea continue to deteriorate due to concerns over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program and past abductions of Japanese citizens.
Despite the deepening nuclear confrontation between North Korea and the world, the North is undergoing the most profound economic changes since the founding of the state 57 years ago.
A strong majority of South Koreans agree on the need to engage North Korea but there is no consensus on the most effective means.
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