Lecture | LAC Asia Academy
Asia Academy #15: North Korea's Gamble
- Date
- Thursday 12 December 2024
- Time
- Location
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Schouwburgstraat
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague - Room
- A2.03
The Russian invasion of Ukraine seems to have given North Korea’s government a new lease of life. After many years of isolation, the country suddenly has options. North Korea sends weapons and elite troops in exchange for Russian technology and raw materials – on top of its legal and illegal trade with China and other countries and actors. The most-sanctioned country in the world now has an unexpected but very welcome additional stream of income. North Korea’s government is betting that this approach is worth it.
Join us for LAC’s monthly Asia Academy during which Leiden University’s DPRK-expert Chris Green will analyze whether it is.
About the speaker
Christopher Green is an assistant professor in the Korean Studies department of Leiden University in the Netherlands and senior Korean peninsula consultant for International Crisis Group. He is a former manager of the Seoul-based Daily NK. He has published widely on North Korean politics, economy, ideology and culture, as well as contemporary South Korean broadcast media portrayals of resettled North Korean migrants.
