Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎
@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social
Followed U.S.-DPRK relations for 35+ yrs. Met Kim Il Sung in 1994; my NGO met Kim Jong Il in 2005 on U.S.-DPRK ties. Assoc. Ed. Emer., Int'l J. on World Peace. Ph.D., IR, U-Va; MA, Nat. Sec. Studies, Georgetown U. 🇰🇷🇰🇵🇺🇸 📫 m.barry@hji.edu 🌐 mark-p-barry.com
Donald Trump and the White Man’s Burden in Nigeria by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Donald Trump and the White Man’s Burden in Nigeria
Adekeye Adebajo cites three possible motives for striking the country, all of which reflect an imperial mindset.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Donald Trump and the White Man’s Burden in Nigeria by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is set to meet President Trump Sunday www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...
Zelenskyy says he is set to meet Trump on Sunday
As Kyiv expressed willingness to withdraw troops from some occupied regions, Russia gave no indication it was ready to pull back from territory it has seized.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is set to meet President Trump Sunday www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Message of Greeting to Russian President | KCNA Watch kcnawatch.org/newstream/17...
Newstream | KCNA Watch
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December 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Message of Greeting to Russian President | KCNA Watch kcnawatch.org/newstream/17...
N.K. leader Kim sends New Year's message to Putin, calls bilateral ties 'precious common asset' | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
N.K. leader Kim sends New Year's message to Putin, calls bilateral ties 'precious common asset' | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of greeting ...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
N.K. leader Kim sends New Year's message to Putin, calls bilateral ties 'precious common asset' | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
National security adviser reportedly asks U.N. chief to visit N. Korea: sources | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
(LEAD) National security adviser reportedly asks U.N. chief to visit N. Korea: sources | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: RECASTS dateline; ADDS more info in last 2 paras) SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (Yonh...
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December 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
National security adviser reportedly asks U.N. chief to visit N. Korea: sources | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Yongusil: Russia’s New Great Game on the Korean Peninsula | Sino-NK sinonk.com/2025/10/31/y...
Yongusil: Russia’s New Great Game on the Korean Peninsula
Russia’s recent embrace of North Korea represents a Northeast Asia gambit that goes beyond transactional bilateralism and the conflict in Ukraine
sinonk.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yongusil: Russia’s New Great Game on the Korean Peninsula | Sino-NK sinonk.com/2025/10/31/y...
Diplomatic Review, Nov 2025: Remembering Kim Yong-nam | Sino-NK sinonk.com/2025/12/05/d...
Diplomatic Review, Nov 2025: Remembering Kim Yong-nam
Death of DPRK’s longest-serving, senior government official follows decades of high-level diplomacy with Chinese leaders from Mao to Xi Jinping.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Diplomatic Review, Nov 2025: Remembering Kim Yong-nam | Sino-NK sinonk.com/2025/12/05/d...
Changing “defector from North Korea” to “North-origin resident”? [migrant?]… Ministry of Unification: “Decision to be reached in near future www.chosun.com/national/nat...
‘탈북민’ 대신 ‘북향민’으로 변경?…통일부 “조속한 시일 내 결론”
탈북민 대신 북향민으로 변경통일부 조속한 시일 내 결론
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December 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Changing “defector from North Korea” to “North-origin resident”? [migrant?]… Ministry of Unification: “Decision to be reached in near future www.chosun.com/national/nat...
As N. Korean defector arrivals drop, Seoul opts to merge Hanawon resettlement centers - The Korea Herald www.koreaherald.com/article/1064...
As N. Korean defector arrivals drop, Seoul opts to merge Hanawon resettlement centers
The Unification Ministry has decided to consolidate its government-run resettlement centers for North Korean defectors into a single facility, as new arrivals h
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December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As N. Korean defector arrivals drop, Seoul opts to merge Hanawon resettlement centers - The Korea Herald www.koreaherald.com/article/1064...
Unification ministry reviewing permitting public access to N. Korea's newspaper | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Unification ministry reviewing permitting public access to N. Korea's newspaper | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry said Friday it is in talks with relate...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Unification ministry reviewing permitting public access to N. Korea's newspaper | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
North Korean weapons firms set to export beer and drugs to Russia: records | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/12/nort...
North Korean weapons firms set to export beer and drugs to Russia: records | NK News
North Korean missile suppliers and military-tied drug manufacturers are eyeing business expansion in Russia with new beer and pharma goods on the heels of growing business links, an NK News analysis o...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
North Korean weapons firms set to export beer and drugs to Russia: records | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/12/nort...
North Korea marks year-end home stretch with closer ties to Russia | NK PRO www.nknews.org/pro/north-ko...
North Korea marks year-end home stretch with closer ties to Russia | NK PRO
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and close officials made another appearance at an inauguration ceremony of a rural development project, this time at Jongphyong County, where new factories and leisure ...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
North Korea marks year-end home stretch with closer ties to Russia | NK PRO www.nknews.org/pro/north-ko...
North Korean leader’s ‘butler’ Kim Chang Son dies at 81 | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/12/nort...
North Korean leader’s ‘butler’ Kim Chang Son dies at 81 | NK News
Kim Chang Son, a senior North Korean official referred to as leader Kim Jong Un’s “butler,” has died at the age of 81, according to state media Friday. Kim Jong Un expressed “deep condolences” over th...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
North Korean leader’s ‘butler’ Kim Chang Son dies at 81 | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/12/nort...
No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse | South Korea | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse
Gaming was once compared to drugs, gambling and alcohol in South Korea. Now its gaming academies offer a chance to earn a six-figure salary – if you make the grade
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December 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse | South Korea | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Summary of inter-Korean news this week | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Summary of inter-Korean news this week | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week. --...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Summary of inter-Korean news this week | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Summary of external news of North Korea this week | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Summary of external news of North Korea this week | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Summary of external news of North Korea this week | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Building Stable Coexistence on the Korean Peninsula globalasia.org/v20no4/cover...
Building Stable Coexistence on the Korean Peninsula
Korean relations remain dangerously unstable due to irreconcilable end states. but there are concrete pathways to mutual reassurance, if both sides are open to a different approach.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Building Stable Coexistence on the Korean Peninsula globalasia.org/v20no4/cover...
Democratic Party Leader Proposes Unification Church Special Counsel Act www.chosun.com/english/mark...
Democratic Party Leader Proposes Unification Church Special Counsel Act
Democratic Party Leader Proposes Unification Church Special Counsel Act Jung Chung-rae Announces Second Special Counsel to Investigate Martial Law, Abuses, and People Power Party-Unification Church Co...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Democratic Party Leader Proposes Unification Church Special Counsel Act www.chosun.com/english/mark...
YouTubers, K-pop defectors and Trump: The top North Korea stories of 2025 | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/12/yout...
YouTubers, K-pop defectors and Trump: The top North Korea stories of 2025 | NK News
2025 began with political turmoil wrought by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, as North Korea strengthened its bonds with Russia by fighting side-by-side against Ukraine. In the 12 months since, ...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
YouTubers, K-pop defectors and Trump: The top North Korea stories of 2025 | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/12/yout...
Editorial: Did Russia Cross the Red Line? Government Silence on North’s Submarine www.chosun.com/english/opin...
Editorial: Did Russia Cross the Red Line? Government Silence on North’s Submarine
Editorial: Did Russia Cross the Red Line Government Silence on Norths Submarine North Koreas Nuclear Submarine Reveal Sparks Concerns Over Russian Tech Transfer, Escalating Security Threats
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December 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Editorial: Did Russia Cross the Red Line? Government Silence on North’s Submarine www.chosun.com/english/opin...
Is North Korea’s new nuclear sub reveal a bid to counter US-South Korean naval power? | South China Morning Post www.scmp.com/week-asia/po...
‘Maximum deterrence’: why North Korea just revealed its new nuclear submarine
The unprecedented transparency from the normally secretive country shows a shift in North Korean defence strategy, analysts say.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Is North Korea’s new nuclear sub reveal a bid to counter US-South Korean naval power? | South China Morning Post www.scmp.com/week-asia/po...
Cold War Comrades: An Emotional History of the Sino-North Korean Alliance (1/6/26) www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
December 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Cold War Comrades: An Emotional History of the Sino-North Korean Alliance (1/6/26) www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Major Munitions Industry Enterprises | KCNA Watch kcnawatch.org/newstream/17...
Newstream | KCNA Watch
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December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Major Munitions Industry Enterprises | KCNA Watch kcnawatch.org/newstream/17...
N. Korea's Kim calls for expanding missile, shell production capacity | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
(LEAD) N. Korea's Kim calls for expanding missile, shell production capacity | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: REWRITES lead; CHANGES photos throughout)By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap)...
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December 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
N. Korea's Kim calls for expanding missile, shell production capacity | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...