Political Risk
Japan
BMI View: Pyongyang's long-awaited nuclear declaration, submitted on June 26, effectively lets the regime off the hook on a number of sensitive issues. Most significantly, North Korea...
2008-06-27China
BMI View: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's forthcoming visit to North Korea will be aimed at shoring up bilateral relations, as Beijing prepares to hold a new round of 'six-way...
2008-06-10North Korea
BMI View: North Korea's submission of 18,000 pages of documents detailing its nuclear programme to the US should relieve external pressure on Kim Jong Il's regime in the near term....
2008-05-12South Korea
BMI View: We believe the parliamentary elections on April 9 accorded President Lee Myung-bak with a firm mandate to pursue economic reform. Lee's most ambitious expenditure plans...
2008-04-10BMI View: We see a marked improvement in cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's business environment going forward as the next president is likely to scale back regulatory restrictions...
2008-03-06North Korea
BMI View: North Korea's short-term political risk rating is stable at 79.0, reflecting our expectations of regime and policy continuity going forward. Our long-term political risk...
2008-03-06North Korea
BMI View: North Korea's failure to make a full disclosure of its nuclear programmes has reinforced our scepticism towards Pyongyang's official commitment to abandon its nuclear weapons....
2008-02-07China
The 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in August will be China's highest-profile public event to date, and will - at least symbolically - mark its emergence on the world stage....
2008-02-07
