North Korea's Foreign Policy under Kim Jong Il

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) joined the rank of nuclear powers in October 2006 after exploding its first nuclear device. The test was not fully successful yet it unequivocally demonstrated DPRK's nuclear weapons capability. This book distinguishes itself from all other books on North Korean foreign relations in three important ways. It provides a meaningful guidance to understanding North Korea's current foreign policy behavior. A comprehensive and wide range of current foreign policy issues relating to North Korea are studied in it. It examines North Korea's bilateral relations with the US, China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea exclusively from the North Korean perspective. The DPRK under the leadership of Kim Jong-II remains as unpredictable and mysterious as ever. This book sheds new light on North Korea's foreign policy and behavior under Kim Jong-II.