North Korea

Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek contends economic headwinds, political actions of Chinese government make the country a bad investment.

The scheme involves IT employees doing freelance work for American companies and their paychecks going to fund North Korean weapons projects.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 18, 2013 - Moral panic is a disproportionate fear of a specific danger. The threat is…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 13, 2012 - On each of the three days of the seminar on reforestation in Pyongyang, our…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 12, 2012 - On March 6, in the fading light of a cool winter day, I found myself near the center…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 13, 2009 - Former President Bill Clinton's secret mission to North Korea to rescue jailed…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 5, 2009 - One of the first images that confronted me upon arriving in Korea came at the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 2, 2009 - One stark fact stands out among North Korea's recent belligerent actions: firing a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: October 2, 2008 - North Korea: An Evil Country or Just a TroubleMaker?By Hong Min ParkSince North…