Includes bibliographical references and index.

What are the issues in the relationship between the Koreas? -- Reassessing the Sunshine Policy / Moon Chung-in, as told to Evan Ramstad -- South Korea should not return to the Sunshine Policy / John Hemmings -- Korea reunification would spell trouble for Seoul / Foster Klug -- Dear Leader's big moment for détente? / Isabel Hilton -- Lost, without a trace / Hideko Takayama and Evan Thomas -- South Korea's response to North Korean abductions is politicized and inadequate / Brad Williams and Erik Mobrand -- What is the relationship between the Koreas and the world? -- China's North Korea policy is illogical and damages Chinese interests / Ralph A. Cossa and Brad Glosserman -- North Korea: China weighs up opposing North Korea policies / Anny Boc -- United States should remove its troops from Korea / Doug Bandow -- United States will not remove its troops from Korea / George Friedman -- Does North Korea present a serious threat to the world? -- Leadership transition may reduce the North Korean threat / Peter Hayes, Scott Bruce, and David von Hippel -- Leadership transition shows little sign of reducing the North Korean threat / Justin McCurry -- North Korea is a serious nuclear threat to Australia and the world / Kevin Rudd -- North Korea is not a serious nuclear threat to the United States / Fred Kaplan -- Talks with the United States could reduce the North Korean nuclear threat / Evans J.R. Revere -- Talks with North Korea would worsen the nuclear threat / John R. Bolton -- European participation in talks could reduce the North Korean nuclear threat / Philip Worré and Intaek Han -- What are human rights issues in North and South Korea? -- South Korea has exposed human rights abuses in North Korean prison camps / Chico Harlan -- South Korea's national security law violates human rights / Kay Seok -- South Koreans are reluctant to highlight North Korean human rights violations / Iris Chung -- Portraying North Korea as the villain on human rights is unhelpful / Paul Watson -- North Korea orchestrates famine as a tool of repression / Robert Park -- There are political barriers to providing food aid to North Korea / Donald Kirk.