The Korea Times
North Korea today is a very different proposition from the North Korea of five years ago. The shift is prompting a reassessment in U.S. policy circles of how to deal with the maverick state. This reevaluation is marked by several recent articles on the new face of North Korea and how to handle it. The most original proposal is contained in a policy paper by a group of experts sponsored by the Global Peace Foundation and published by the National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP). It tears up most of the old diplomatic playbook to offer a comprehensive, long-term approach, within which all the more immediate issues can be accommodated. The fortunes of the country that is prompting these new approaches have changed dramatically. Five years ago, North Korea was in the midst of the most drastic COVID shutdown of any country in the world. The total closing of its borders reduced economic activity, leading to food shortages. Diplomatically, North Korea was isolated. Today, North Korea is solidly embedded in a quartet of nations that are statist dictatorships, committed to undermining and rep
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