Hong N. Kim
Political Science Department, West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6317

Office phone and fax numbers: (304) 293-3811 (tel); (304) 293-8644 (fax)

Home phone: (304) 599-3332

Email address: hongkim@wvu.edu

Recent Publications:

"The 2000 Parliamentary Election in South Korea," Asian Survey, Vol. XL, No. 6, November/December 2000.

"Japanese-North Korean Relations in the Post-Kim Il-Sung Era," Korea and World Affairs, Vol. XXIV, No.4, Winter 2000.

"U.S.-North Korean Relations under the Bush Administration, 2001-2002: Problems and Prospects," Korea and World Affairs, Spring 2003.

Work in progress:

"Japanese-North Korean Relations after the Pyongyang Summit." A paper presented at Washington and Southeast Japan Seminar, SAIS, the Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2003. (It is submitted for publication.)

"The Koizumi Government's Korea Policy: Problems and Prospects." A paper presented at the international conference on "Alliance under Stress," jointly sponsored by the 21st Century Policy Studies Institute and the International Council on Korean Studies, Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, VA on August 22-24, 2003. (It will be submitted to a journal for publication shortly).

I am also working on a book entitled "Japanese-North Korean Relations in the post-Cold War Era" (Completion date: Summer 2004).