The Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act was reintroduced into the U.S. House of Representatives March 1, 2023. Fig examines the history of this bill, its significance, advantages, and shortcomings. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mKINeB1rYn5-MFU3JdqCSh […]
Imagine North Korea – a Practical Vision (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Getting past Conventional Wisdom. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. Host Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf’s 2017 essay, ‘An urgently practical approach to the Korean Peninsula,’ won the Oslo Forum’s first ever Peacewriter Prize. While policy makers have tinkered with some of his suggestions, there has been no real progress towards lasting peace and […]
Update on Korea, North and South (History is Here to Help)
Can Kim Jong-un Do Missles and Covid at the Same Time. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Cheehyung Harrison Kim. Cheeyhung Harrison Kim, a history professor at UH Manoa, helps us understand what is going on between the Koreas these days; Kim Jong-un’s expansion of North Korea’s missile program; his […]
Imagine a Nation of Underlying Conditions (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
The Pandemic Reaches the Hermit Kingdom. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Ed ‘Hawk’ Hawkins. This episode features host “Fig” Leaf and guest Ed Hawkins, retired senior USAF officers who have studied North Korea for decades. They answer key questions on the sudden admission by Kim Jong-un and his […]
Imaging North Korea Part 1 (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Missile Tests – Methods or Madness. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guests are Sangmin ‘Simon’ Lee and Ed Hawkins. With the world focuses Russia and Ukraine, North Korea has conducted a significant series of missile tests in 2022. Why has the DPRK suddenly resumed testing? Is this a decision made […]
‘Not Dead Yet’ Instability and Resilience in North Korea (East-West Center Insights)
ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com What’s going on in the secretive regime? Amid disproven rumors of Kim Jong-Un’s demise and unverifiable reports of coronavirus spreading in the country – despite official denials of having any cases at all – along with all-too-real renewed missile tests, cross-border […]
The Trump meeting with Kim Jong-un – Another Viewpoint (Think Tech Asia)
Warming Relations Between North Korea and the United States.. In this episode of ThinkTech Asia, Pat Border, frequent visitor of North Korea, joins Jay Fidell in the studio to give his take on the new developing talks between the United States and North Korea. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for […]
The Trump meeting with Kim Jong-un (Think Tech Asia)
Warming Relations Between North Korea and the United States.. In this episode of ThinkTech Asia, Admiral Thomas Fargo, Former Pacific Commander, joins Jay Fidell in the studio to give his take on the forthcoming talks between the United States and North Korea. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode […]
Inter Korean Relations and PyongChang Winter Olympics Think Tech Asia
Professors Yoonkyeong Nah of Yonsei University and Seokwoo Lee of Inha University in a discussion about the very interesting things that have taken place since Kim Jong-un has agreed to participate in the Winter Olympics. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming […]
North Korea’s Crumbling Facade & Imploding China Relations
The execution of the No. 2 leader in North Korea, Kim Jong Un’s Uncle Jang Song Taek, was beyond brutal–savage by any account. At the time that this broadcast was made, it was believed that Jang’s execution was by machine gunning him down while tied to a stake (this was the fate o Kim Jong […]