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Released: 11-Apr-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Expert Available to Discuss North Korea Rocket Launch
Bowling Green State University

Dr. Neil Englehart, an associate professor of political science at Bowling Green State University, is one of a select few who has been allowed to travel in North Korea for research. He is available to discuss the impending controversial rocket launch in that country.

Released: 20-Dec-2011 5:00 PM EST
What's Next in North Korea: Florida State Experts Can Shed Light on the Evolving Situation in Unpredictable Nation
Florida State University

As North Korea enters an 11-day period of official mourning following the death of leader Kim Jong-Il, a period of heightened uncertainty has begun in a nation already well known for its secrecy and unpredictability. Two Florida State University scholars are available to discuss and provide informed perspectives on the current situation in that country, as well as what may come next.

Released: 20-Dec-2011 4:45 PM EST
Miller Center Fellow Can Comment on N. Korea Transition
University of Virginia

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, a 2011-12 fellow at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, is available for interviews about the transition of leadership in North Korea from Kim Jong Il to his son, Kim Jong Un.

Released: 19-Dec-2011 1:45 PM EST
“It Is Too Soon to Celebrate the Death of Kim Jong Il -- We Need to be Very Apprehensive and Cautious,” Says Prof
Nova Southeastern University

Nova Southeastern University subject matter expert Dustin Berna, Ph.D., is available to speak with media regarding the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the impact it will have globally.

Released: 31-Aug-2011 12:40 PM EDT
Suspected Attack Highlights 'Mist and Haze' of Cyber War
Indiana University

Media reports on a suspected North Korean cyber attack on South Korean bank reveal confusion and controversy about what such incidents mean in policy and legal terms, an Indiana University expert says.

Released: 20-Jan-2011 9:00 AM EST
North Korean Refugees Highly Skeptical of Government, Support Unification with South
University of California San Diego

A path-breaking new book about North Korea by Stephan Haggard, a UC San Diego professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, and Marcus Noland, deputy director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, concludes that North Koreans hold their government in low regard and are far more skeptical of official explanations of their misery than is generally supposed.

Released: 25-May-2010 3:40 PM EDT
East Asia Researcher Available to Discuss Growing Tensions in North and South Korea
University of New Hampshire

Recent increased tension on the Asian peninsula not only has endangered the security situation in Northeast Asia, but also whether reunification between North and South Korea will ever take place. The situation could push the United States to introduce more military resources into the region and encourage China to be a more dominant political player, according to Chris Reardon, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire.

Released: 9-Jul-2009 3:15 PM EDT
Expert Comments on Cyber Attacks in South Korea, U.S., and Their Implications
Indiana University

News organizations are reporting that about 35 government and commercial Web sites in South Korea and the United States have came under major attack in recent days. Suspected in the coordinated cyber attack is North Korea or its sympathizers. Heon Joo Jung, an Indiana University expert on Korean politics, is available to speak with the news media.

Released: 4-Jun-2009 4:45 PM EDT
Expert Available to Discuss Events on Korean Peninsula
Indiana University

An Indiana University faculty expert is available to comment on issues related to recent news that North Korea conducted its second nuclear bomb test, that it plans to test a long-range missile and that a successor to leader Kim Jong-il has been selected, as well as other developments on the Korean peninsula.

Released: 19-Oct-2006 8:55 AM EDT
Polls Show Americans Oppose Using Force against N. Korea
Tufts University

Polls going back as far as 1993 show that the American public's support for using force against North Korea is very low when compared with past historical situations. A militant stance -- threatening or using military force against North Korea -- is likely to be a political liability rather than a political asset.

Released: 12-Oct-2006 4:00 PM EDT
Political Scientist Sees Little Change in Bush N. Korea Policy
Iowa State University

Expect the Bush administration to continue to practice unilateral "hardball" foreign policy when dealing with North Korea according to an Iowa State University political scientist who studied the administration's foreign policy decisions for a presentation during the U.S. Foreign Policy Conference at the University of Leicester in England last month.

Released: 11-Oct-2006 6:30 PM EDT
Physicists and Geophysicists Available to Speak on N. Korea Nuke Test
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Physicists with technologies to identify furtive nuclear tests and geophysicists who know about nuclear test detection via seismology are available for comment.

Released: 11-Oct-2006 6:00 PM EDT
Expert: In Wake of Nuclear Test, U.S. Must Engage in Genuine Diplomacy with North Korea
Halstead Communications

Thomas Kim, Ph.D., professor of politics and international relations at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, is available for comment on North Korea's nuclear testing and how the U.S. should proceed in its relations with North Korea.

Released: 11-Oct-2006 3:50 PM EDT
East Asia Expert Available To Discuss Politics Of Party Elites In North Korea And China
University of New Hampshire

Chris Reardon, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the politics of party elites in North Korea, China and other East Asia countries in light of the nuclear standoff involving North Korea. Reardon is an expert in Chinese foreign economic policy, with special emphasis on elite politics and development strategies.

Released: 11-Oct-2006 12:00 AM EDT
History Prof: Why America's Policy on North Korea Has Failed
University of Chicago

North Korea's nuclear test represents the final failure of American attempts going back to 1991 to keep North Korea within the non-proliferation regime. Neither President Clinton nor President Bush understand their enemy in Pyongyang. We stumbled into a political, cultural and historical thicket in 1945 when we divided Korea, North Korea was our enemy then and remains so today.

Released: 10-Oct-2006 5:15 PM EDT
Experts to Assess Impact of North Korean Nuclear Test
University of California San Diego

Three leading University of California, San Diego authorities on North Korea and Asia will participate in a panel discussion to consider the likely impact on the United States, and the world, of the recent North Korean nuclear weapons test. The event will be held on (Wednesday) Oct. 11, at 6 p.m., at the Weaver Center of the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD campus. The public is invited and press coverage is encouraged.

Released: 10-Oct-2006 5:10 PM EDT
North Korea Experts
University of California San Diego

North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon raises a serious challenge to the international community. Experts from the University of California, San Diego are available for comment on the impact of the test, the likely responses from key players, and the consequences for North Korea's own economic and political predicament.

Released: 20-Jun-2006 4:30 PM EDT
Korean Missile Crisis Should Lead to Six-Party Talks Says Professor
Gettysburg College

North Korea's potential missile test may be an experimental satellite launch -- or the whole thing could be a bluff, said a Gettysburg College physics professor who served on the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1994 to 1995 and the Bureau of Nonproliferation at the Department of State from 2000 to 2001.

Released: 13-Jun-2005 8:50 AM EDT
Global Experts Stage Talks on Nuclear Showdown -- Inside North Korea
University of Washington

Scholars are completing what is believed to be the first broadly international academic conference ever to be held on North Korean soil. The topic is the long-stalled Six-Party talks on nuclear arms.

Released: 4-May-2005 3:45 PM EDT
North Korea’s Test Firing Signals Possible Future Crisis if U.S. Won’t Negotiate
Gettysburg College

North Korea's recent test firing of a short-ranged missile signals its willingness to create a crisis situation that would force the United States into bilateral negotiations, according to Gettysburg College Physics Prof. Peter Pella, who also worked for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Nonproliferation.


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