Kim Jong Il’s sudden death sent Seoul scrambling — and reignited decades-old questions about the future of the Korean Peninsula. Should South Korea President Lee Myung Bak push for unification?
North Korea
China’s Stake in a Stable North Korea
The historic and strategic reasons Beijing maintains its friendship with the rogue state
Kim Jong Il’s Life: Myth, Mystery and Mayhem
In the West he was mocked for his bouffant, his pudgy belly and his platform shoes. Former U.S. President George W. Bush called him a pygmy. He was even parodied in the parody movie Team America: World Police as a dictator who …