Lam Peng Er is Head of the Korea Centre and Principal Research Fellow of the East Asian Institute (EAI) at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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Part 1: Introduction 1. Engaging North Korea: A Task for Sisyphus? Part 2:
Superpowers and the DPRK 2. The United States' Diplomacy towards a
Nuclearizing DPRK: Agreed Framework, Six-Party Talks and Summits 3. A Basic
Framework for Understanding China-North Korea Relations Part 3: Regional
Great Powers and the DPRK 4. Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea in the 21st Century 5. Japan and North Korea: Reminders of Forgotten
Realities Part 4: Korean Middle Powers 6. Containment versus Engagement:
South Korea's Polarized Politics and Different Approaches to the North
Korean Conundrum 7. North Korea's Relentless Nuclear Path: Advances in
Nuclear Capability and Doctrine Part 5: ASEAN Middle Powers 8.
Singapore-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Relations: Diplomacy
and Humanitarian Assistance 9. The Vietnam-DPRK Experience: Sharing and
Engagement for Peace and Prosperity Part 6: Discreet Roles of the European
Union, Sweden and Ireland 10. Sweden's Enduring Relations with North Korea:
Establishing Trust for Peace 11. The European Union's Humanitarian
Assistance Program in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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