Ever since its founding in 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has maintained an aggressive and bellicose international security posture. Today, fully two decades after the end of the Cold War, North Korea's external defense and security policies look arguably more extreme and anomalous than ever.

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A recent report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), "Thank You Father Kim Il Sung," documents extreme oppression...

South Korea'sdecade-longexperiment in economic diplomacy with North Korea has proved to be a failure.

Currency revaluation is on the verge of sparking a hyperinflation in North Korea.

The Sunshine Policy, an effort to engage North Korea initially implemented under South Korean president Kim Dae Jung, appears increasingly ineffective in light of North Korea's continued nuclear threat and oppression of its people.

Race-conscious practices are alive and well in 2006, regenerating in the dark like virulent weeds.

The Bush administration's policyfailed inNorth Korea.

There are real political dangers for the Republicans because of the public nature of the impeachment hearings.