1. Martin Hart-Landsberg, Korea : Division, Reunification and U.S. Foreign Policy, Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2.

2. Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.

3. C. Sarah Soh, “ Japan 's Responsibility Toward Comfort Women Survivors,” JPRI Working Paper, No. 77, May 2001.

4. Eika Tai, “'Korean Japanese”: A New Identity Option for Resident Koreans in Japan ,” Critical Asian Studies , Vol. 36, No. 3 (September 2004). [R]

5. Kim Hyo Soon and Kil Yun Hyung, "Remembering and Redressing the Forced Mobilization of Korean Laborers by Imperial Japan," The Asia-Pacific Journal, February 15, 2010.

6. *Tessa Morris-Suzuki, "The Forgotten Japanese in North Korea: Beyond the Politics of Abduction," The Asia-Pacific Journal, October 26, 2009.

7. Gavan McCormack, "History Too Long Denied: Japan’s Unresolved Colonial Past and Today’s North Korea Problem," The Asia-Pacific Journal, July 20, 2009.

1. Martin Hart-Landsberg , Korea : Division, Reunification and U.S. Foreign Policy, Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

2. The Korean War, An Interview with Bruce Cumings, video (1) and video (2).

3. Charles J. Hanley, “No Gun Ri, Official Narrative and Inconvenient Truths,” Critical Asian Studies, December 2010. [R]

4. Kim Dong-choon, "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea: Uncovering the Hidden Korean War," The Asia-Pacific Journal, March 1, 2010.

5. *Kobayashi Akira, "The Unknown Korean War: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea and Excavation of the Remains of Mass-murdered Victims," The Asia-Pacific Journal, May 3, 2010.

6. *Still Present Pasts

7. Charles K. Armstrong, “America’s Korea, Korea’s Vietnam,” Critical Asian Studies, December 2001. [R]

1. Martin Hart-Landsberg , Korea : Division, Reunification and U.S. Foreign Policy , Chapter 6.

2. Bruce Cumings , North Korea , Another Country .

3. Ruediger Frank, “North Korea : 'Gigantic Change' and a Gigantic Chance," Nautilus Policy Forum, May 2003.

4. Ruediger Frank, "The New Image of Kim Jong-il: The First Step towards a New Leadership Model," Nautilus Policy Forum, November 2004.

5. Ruediger Frank, "Power Restructuring in North Korea: Annointing Kim Jong Il’s Successor," The Asia-Pacific Journal, October 18, 2010.

6. Kuen Lee, Byung-Yeong Kim and Insook Lee, “The Possibility of Economic Reform in North Korea,” Journal of Contemporary Asia, May 2009. [R]

7. John Everard, "The Markets of Pyongyang," KEI Academic Paper Series, January 2011.

8. Heonik Kwon, “North Korea’s Politics of Longing,” Critical Asian Studies, March 2010. [R]

9. *Edward P. Reed, “The Role of International Organizations in the Development of North Korea: Experience and Prospects," Asian Perspective, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2005.
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10 . Suzy Kim, “Disorienting North Korea, A Review Essay,” Critical Asian Studies, September 2010. [R]

11. John Feffer, “Prospects for Pragmatic Engagement on Human Rights with North Korea,” paper produced as part of the project Improving Regional Security and Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula: U.S. Policy Interests and Options, 2010.

12. Aljazeera, The Great North Korean Picture Show: The Film School

13. North Korea: Cinema of Dreams

1. Martin Hart-Landsberg, Korea: Division, Reunification and U.S. Foreign Policy, Chapter 7.

2. *Tim Shorrock, “The U.S. Role in Korea in 1979 and 1980.”

3. *Kwangju Uprising—news clips.

4. *“Those Who Fell Under the Paratroopers’ Clubs.” .

5. *Democracy struggle, June 1987, video.

6. Hagen Koo, Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation.

7. Martin Hart-Landsberg, “The South Korean Economy and U.S. Policy,” in Martin Hart-Landsberg, Richard Westra, and Seongjin Jeong (eds), Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy, 2007.

8. Martin Hart-Landsberg, “The Promise and Perils of Korean Reunification,” Monthly Review, April 2009.

9. Richard Westra, “South Korea Déjà vu,” Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2010. [R]

10. Mi Park, “Framing Free Trade Agreements: The Politics of Nationalism in the Anti-Neoliberal Globalization Movement in South Korea,” Globalizations, January 2010. [R]

11. *Public Citizen, “Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA): Problematic Foreign Investor and Financial Deregulation Provisions,” 2010.

12. South Korean beef protest video, June 11, 2008.

13. Timothy Lim, “Who is Korean? Migration, Immigration, and the Challenge of Multiculturalism in Homogeneous Societies,” The Asia-Pacific Journal, July 27, 2009.

14. Chung-In Moon and Sangkeun Lee, “Military Spending and the Arms Race on the Korean Peninsula,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2009.

15. *Jae-Jung Suh, “Allied to Race? The U.S.-Korea Alliance and Arms Race,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2009.

16. *Andrew Yeo, "Anti-Base Movements in South Korea: Comparative Perspective on the Asia-Pacific," The Asia-Pacific Journal, June 14, 2010.

1. Martin Hart-Landsberg, Korea: Division, Reunification and U.S. Foreign Policy, Chapter 8.

2. Martin Hart-Landsberg, “Korea: Crisis and Opportunity,” Against the Current, March-April 2003.

3. Jae-Jung Suh, “Assessing the Military Balance in Korea," Asian Perspective, Vol. 28, No. 4 (2004).

4. Selig S. Harrison, “Did North Korea Cheat?” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2005.

5. Martin Hart-Landsberg and John Feffer, “Sanctions and the Road to War in Korea,” The Asia Pacific Journal, January 17, 2007.

6. Documentary on the Cheonan sinking, produced by HaniTV, November 2010.

7. Jae-Jung Suh, “Race to Judge, Rush to Act: The Sinking of the Cheonan and the Politics of National Insecurity,” Critical Asian Studies, September 2010. [R]

8. Bruce Cumings, “Korea’s Two North-South Summits and the Future of Northeast Asia: Back to the Future,” revised version of a paper that was prepared for the Conference in Commemoration of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration, Kim Dae Jung Peace Center Seoul, June 12, 2008.

9. Leonid A. Petrov, “The Politics of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation: 1998-2009,” The Asia-Pacific Journal, July 20, 2009.

10. Seung-ho Lee, "A New Paradigm for Trust-Building on the Korean Peninsula: Turning Korea’s DMZ into a UNESCO World Heritage Site," The Asia-Pacific Journal, August 30, 2010.

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Blogs Commenting on Contemporary Korean Developments

Korea Report

Two Koreas

Frog In A Well

People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy

People’s Solidarity for Social Progress

Official News

Korea Central News Agency (website based in Japan); This is the official DPRK news agency.

Korea Information Service; This is the official ROK information service.

Articles and Reports Focusing on U.S.-Korean Relations

Maps of the DPRK and the Korean Peninsula

Northwest Asia Peace and Security Network Daily Report. This site includes daily summaries on relevant stories from newspapers and news agencies from South Korea , North Korea , Russia , China , and the United States.

Foreign Policy in Focus; This site includes a number of reports dealing with U.S. foreign policy towards North Korea and Korean unification.

Japan Focus; This site includes a number of articles dealing with Korean issues.

Material on North Korea

DPRK Briefing Book; This site includes links to policy and briefing papers on the 1994 Framework Agreement between the U.S. and DPRK, U.S. policy towards North Korea, North Korea 's economy and nuclear program.

38 North; This site includes links to news sources; reference works; cultural activities; economic, political, and social information; and research and policy documents.

CanKor; CanKor offers a weekly e-clipping service of news and analysis of the DPRK.

Pyongyang Report; Pyongyang Report is an independent newsletter published every two to three months.

Material on South Korea

KoreaWeb on South Korea; This site includes links to news sources; parties and organizations; economic, political, and social information; and research and policy documents.

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions; This site reports on the activities of the main democratic trade unions in South Korea .

Korean Democratic Labor Party; This is the official site for the recently established left-oriented political party.

Korea Economic Institute; The Korea Economic Institute is a U.S.-based, South Korean government funded economic research institute. This site has links to institute publications dealing with the South Korean economy.

Ohmy News; Ohmy News is a South Korean, web based, non-profit, non-corporate, news publication.

Material on the Korean War

Korean War Web Resources-Mount Holyoke College. This site includes a number of interviews and documents from the period.

No Gun Ri sites; PBS reporting on a U.S. Army massacre of Korean civilians near the bridge at No Gun Ri during the Korean War.

Organizations Promoting A New U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Korea

Korea Policy Institute

National Campaign to End the Korean War

National Committee on North Korea