Tim Beal
Dr Tim Beal, Chairman of the NZ DPRK Society has an academic interest in North East Asia. Now retired from the School of Marketing and International Business at Victoria University, Wellington, NZ, he maintains a website which provides information about current events on the Korean Peninsular: http://www.timbeal.net.nz/geopolitics/
Dr. Beal has written numerous articles about the DPRK. References to some these can be found below.
He has also written two books about Korea.
In 2005 published his first book on North Korea: North Korea -the struggle against American power
In 2011 he published a second book entitled: Crisis in Korea
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Selection of Articles and Interviews
Korea and Imperialism
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_92-1
Insidious Aggression: Sanctions as Covert Warfare
Sanctions are merely warfare by another name
From the enthusiasm of Churchill to the manipulation of Trump: the covert dangers of chemical warfare
The Hanoi Summit: Recognising the Irony and the Lessons of Vietnam
http://www.zoominkorea.org/the-hanoi-summit-recognising-the-irony-and-the-lessons-of-vietnam/
As U.S.-DPRK talks stall, need for peace in Korea more urgent than ever 9 August 2018
https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiosputnik/as-u-s-dprk-talks-stall-need-for-peace-i
“Election Defection” of 12 N Korean Restaurant Workers: Challenge and an opportunity for Moon 7 June 2018.
The Lavrov Visit to DPRK 1 June 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgYW2gMdpoI&feature=youtu.be
Korea’s Complicated Response to Imperialism: Resistance, Collaboration and Moon Jae-in
The Clown and the Rock
http://kpolicy.org/the-clown-and-the-rock/
Abe Pulls It Off, But It Will End In Tears October 24 2017
http://www.zoominkorea.org/abe-pulls-it-off-but-it-will-end-in-tears/
North Korea’s Deterrent and Trump’s Options
http://www.zoominkorea.org/north-koreas-deterrent-and-trumps-options/
A look ahead at US Korea policy after the election
Trump
http://www.zoominkorea.org/the-dangerous-year-2017-part-1/
Clinton
http://www.zoominkorea.org/the-dangerous-year-2017-part-2/
Wendy Sherman hints at Hillary Clinton’s Korea policy
https://www.nknews.org/2016/05/wendy-sherman-hints-at-hillary-clintons-korea-policy/
The Sony hack: A brave new world of cyber confusion
http://www.nknews.org/2015/01/the-sony-hack-a-brave-new-world-of-cyber-confusion/
What was Panetta thinking?
http://www.nknews.org/2014/11/what-was-panetta-thinking/
Engaging with engagement: Preferring to talk only to God
http://www.nknews.org/2014/09/engaging-with-engagement-preferring-to-talk-only-to-god/
The Great Illusion – South Korean version Park Geun-hye talks of ‘peaceful unification’ but her actions belie a peaceful process
http://www.nknews.org/2014/07/the-great-illusion-south-korean-version/
Why won't the U.S. Negotiate with North Korea? Would another nuclear test make Obama's strategy more proactive?
http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/why-wont-the-u-s-negotiate-with-north-korea/
The Contradictions of Dresden: Park’s position on joint military drills, denuclearization doom her proposal
http://www.nknews.org/2014/04/the-contradictions-of-dresden/
The United Nations and the Korean peninsula; Critical perspectives, positive suggestions
http://www.timbeal.net.nz/career/Critical_perspectives8.pdf
Korean Brinkmanship, American Provocation, and the Road to War: the manufacturing of a crisis
http://japanfocus.org/-Tim-Beal/3459