Silent succession taking place in North Korea?

Adding fuel to speculation that North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il may step down, media reports claimed his youngest son has been secretly appointed to Parliament in preparation for an......

He couldn't give a damn for what the world thinks!

Pyongyang wants the world to recognise its nuclear capability, says Srikanth Kondapalli. IMAGE: Kim Jong-un guides a multiple-rocket launch drill. Photograph: Reuters Two major events in North......

If India had a Marxist prime minister

What would India look like if a prematurely grey Malayali Marxist was the prime minister instead of a blue-turbaned neo-liberal Sikh?For starters, there would have been no George Bush visit, let......

After his latest missile, what does Kim want?

'Pyongyang's strategy seems to be a cry to be treated as equal with the US and Beijing and this aspiration is premised on equipping itself with weapons as devastating as theirs,' says Rajaram......