![John Feffer, “Why North Korea 2013 Is Not East Germany 1989″](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/John-Feffer_p-1-425x275.jpg)
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2013NOV19
![John Feffer, “Why North Korea 2013 Is Not East Germany 1989″](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/John-Feffer_p-1-425x275.jpg)
2013MAY08
![Managing Political Transitions in Seoul and Washington: The ROK-US 123 Agreement](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/issue055-425x534.png)
Issue Briefs
Managing Political Transitions in Seoul and Washington: The ROK-US 123 Agreement
By Bong Youngshik, John J. Lee
Korean and American perspectives on the future of ROK-US civil nuclear cooperation.
2013APR22
![Bill Gates, “Korea’s Global Giving”](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/BIG4090-425x275.jpg)
2013APR11
![Gerald L. Curtis, “Japan’s Politics and Foreign Policy Under the Abe Administration”](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201304160841069656D07962A8E993304C498E63C79BA0-210x210-425x275.jpg)
2013APR03
![Book Launch for JAPAN IN CRISIS](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201304150929377EB23C6D3E17899DDD0C055E31D7E0FF-210x210-425x275.jpg)
2013FEB19
![Future of the ROK-US Alliance](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Future-of-the-ROK-US-Alliance-425x534.png)
2012DEC20
![Japan In Crisis: What Will It Take For Japan To Rise Again?](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/11111111-425x275.jpg)
Books
Japan In Crisis: What Will It Take For Japan To Rise Again?
By Bong Youngshik, T.J. Pempel
Bong Youngshik & T. J. Pempel (eds.), Japan in Crisis: What Will It Take For Japan To Rise Again?
Tags : Regional Issue
2012DEC04
![T. J. Pempel, "The American Election and Its Implications for Asia"](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012121416485153B0DCF2D4A29DC2AC017C5452B20676-425x275.jpg)
2012NOV29
![No Hope Without Change: Myanmar’s Reforms and Lessons for North Korea<a href="#1" name="a1"><sup>1</sup></a>](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/issue036-425x534.png)
2012NOV21
![To Apologize and To Forgive: Lessons for Asia from Europe’s Struggle with History](https://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/issue034-425x534.png)
Issue Briefs
To Apologize and To Forgive: Lessons for Asia from Europe’s Struggle with History
By Thomas U. Berger, Bong Youngshik
Tags : Comfort Women, Dokdo, Europe, Germany, Guilt, History, Japan, reconciliation, Regional Issue, Thomas Rerger