Across the Tumen: What a Trip to China Revealed About the Future of Northeast Asia
James Younil Auh | Dean, Kyung Hee Cyber University In late November, I traveled to Yanbian in northeastern China for the inaugural Northeast Asia Cooperation Workshop, a joint initiative between KCPC and the Hanns Seidel Foundation. On the surface, it was a modest gathering: a series of meetings in Yanji, a few days of travel along the borderlands, and conversations shared around a table with scholars, NGO leaders, government officials, journalists, and businesspeople from t
North Korea and the “Victory Day” 2025
J.R. Kim | President, KCPC North Korea commemorates July 27—the date the Korean War armistice was signed in 1953—as “Victory Day.” From early childhood, North Koreans are taught that the Korean War was a “war of aggression” launched by the puppet regime of Syngman Rhee in South Korea, backed by American imperialists. According to this narrative, the North fought a counteroffensive war to liberate the South Korean people from U.S. imperialism. Despite failing to unify the peni
