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Analysis, Opinion & Investigation
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act: what it means for North Korea
From new sanctions to restrictions on U.S. troop withdrawals, new legislation stands to have significant impact
After massive data leak, North Korean refugees fear for family back home
"A lot of us couldn’t live our daily lives after hearing about the news"
DPRK history and plagiarism in Korean Studies - NKNews Podcast Ep.106
Professor Balázs Szalontai discusses his scholarly work on North Korea and the controversy surrounding Charles Armstrong
Fire, fury, and summitry: reporting on North Korea - NKNews Podcast Ep.105
Before she leaves the NK News team, senior correspondent Dagyum Ji sits down to discuss her thoughts on all things DPRK
Going back and forth to Pyongyang as a secret negotiator - NKNews Podcast Ep.104
Park Chul-un discusses his multiple clandestine trips across the DMZ during a turbulent period in inter-Korean relations
Bringing Slovenian avant-garde rock to the DPRK - NKNews Podcast Ep.103
Morten Traavik and Mary Sun Kim discuss Laibach's 2015 concert in Pyongyang and navigating North Korean censorship
The UN COI report on North Korea, five years later - NKNews Podcast Ep.102
Michael Kirby discusses what has and hasn't changed in DPRK human rights since the landmark document in 2014
What Presidents Moon and Trump get wrong about the DPRK - NKNews Podcast Ep.101
Former diplomat David Straub discusses why current ROK-U.S. policy towards North Korea is failing — and how to change it
Get Behind The Headlines
How Trump could dump South Korea in a pre-election visit to Pyongyang
The President could build reelection momentum by going to North Korea just as Nixon did in 1972 with his trip to China
The need for speed: time as a political tool in North Korea
The U.S. should take note that Kim Jong Un can literally change the time on a subjective — or political — whim
The view from Jingshan: China reacts to North Korea's renewed testing
Test launches embarrass trade war enemy Trump, but DPRK volatility also concerns the residents of Chinese border regions
The left is right: why South Korea should continue its policy of engagement
Progressives may be naïve about North Korea, but conservative policies will likely only lead to increasing tensions
Context and translation: party daily recollects Kim Jong Un's 2019 achievements
Front-page article lauds the leader for strengthening national defense, building the economy
What to make of North Korea's "very important" test at Sohae
Saturday's test represents an emphatic step by the DPRK to push back on one of the achievements of the Singapore summit
U.S.-North Korea diplomacy is over for now. What comes next?
After fruitless negotiations, Kim Jong Un is turning back to his weapons scientists in search of additional leverage
Rules are rules: North Korean "democracy," in theory and in practice
While the laws could allow for the leader to be removed from office, such a scenario would likely require a major crisis
