Stephan Haggard's Research Cited in Article on N. Korea Stability
Is North Korea ready to fall?
08/18/2011
Emily Lodish,
Global Post
News out of North Korea ranges from abrupt threats of "all-out" war (like today) to shocking claims of cannibalism, to fanciful propaganda videos of well-stocked shelves at the grocery store.
The picture we get of North Korea is an extreme one, and while conditions there are almost certainly extreme, the point is that we don't really know
what's going on there.
Too much news is based on anecdotes and heresay, speculation and the occasional interview.
Defectors, on the other hand, know what they're talking about. They lived there, and they left for a reason.
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Stephan Haggard can provide commentary on current developments in the Asia-Pacific, including particularly Korea, and on the politics of economic reform and globalization.
Visit Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland's Blog on North Korea.
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