1st Edition
Southeast Asia-North Korea Relations Drivers, Linkages, and Strategic Ambivalence
List of Illustrations vii
List of Contributors viii
Preface xii
1 Introduction: Southeast Asia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1
CHIEW-PING HOO AND SHINE CHOI
2 The DPRK’s Relations with Southeast Asia: Historical Legacies 11
BRIAN BRIDGES AND CHIEW-PING HOO
PART I DPRK’s Traditional Friends: Plus Ça Change? 25
3 Modifiers of Indonesia’s Policy Towards North Korea 27
ANDREW W. MANTONG
4 From Close Allies to Distant Comrades: The Ups and Downs of the Vietnam-North Korea Relationship 40
KHANG VU
5 Lao PDR and the DPRK: Long-Standing Camaraderie 59
HIRZAWATI ATIKAH MOHD TAHIR AND BOUALAPHIANE SISOUK
6 Cambodia-DPRK Relations: Continuity and Changes 72
VANNARITH CHHEANG
7 Myanmar-DPRK Relations during Political and Geopolitical Instability 82
ANDRAY ABRAHAMIAN
PART II DPRK’s Modern Haven 95
8 Malaysia-North Korea Relations: From Cold War Neutrality and Friendly Relations to Present Estrangement 97
CHIEW-PING HOO
9 The Origins of Singapore’s Non-aligned DPRK Policy 117
SHAWN HO
10 Thailand-North Korea Relations: The Odd Couple 129
KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN
11 Brunei’s Relations with North Korea: Practising Small State Foreign Policy and Minimal Pragmatism 137
MIKIO OISHI
12 The Shifting Sands: Duterte, the Philippines, and ASEAN’s Evolving Relations with the DPRK 154
RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN
PART III The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Republic of Korea, and China 175
13 ASEAN and the Korean Peninsula: Socialising North Korea and Beyond 177
SARAH TEO
14 South Korea’s Security Cooperation with Southeast Asia: Implications for the Korean Peninsula 191
JAEHYON LEE
15 The China Factor in North Korea-Southeast Asia Relations 212
CHOW-BING NGEOW
16 Conclusion: Smaller States’ Strategic Ambivalence: Southeast Asia’s Engagement with North Korea 224
CHIEW-PING HOO, SHINE CHOI, AND BRIAN BRIDGES
Index
Biography
Chiew-Ping Hoo is a Senior Fellow of the East Asian International Relations (EAIR) Caucus in Malaysia.
Shine Choi is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. Recent publications include North Korea in International Politics: Problems and Alternatives (Routledge, 2015).
Brian Bridges is former Professor of Political Science at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
