Columns
Columns on the latest North Korea issues from analysts, academics and renowned experts. Views expressed by our columnists are exclusively the authors’ own.
Déjà vu all over again: Faint cheer for DPRK cheerleaders
North Korea has sent cheerleaders to the South before – with mixed results
When two triangles fall apart: The new Korean geopolitics
Japan talking to the North? China cozy with the South? What’s going on?
Wham Bam Nam! Good riddance to Seoul’s spy chief
The now ex-NIS head meddled in politics and damaged inter-Korean ties
He shells sea shells: Should we worry?
Moral: The two Koreas urgently need to find their way back to a better way of relating
Kimmy No-Mates: Why no meeting and greeting?
In power over 2 years, Kim Jong Un has yet to meet a single other leader
Blasts from the past: Extinct North Korea websites
Was there life before NKNews? A backward glance at some early pioneers
Reining in South Korea’s out-of-control National Intelligence Service
N. Korean threat makes NIS necessary, but they've exceeded their legal mandate
Pula Botswana! Ian Khama kicks Kim Jong Un into touch
Human rights abuses prompt Botswana to sever all ties with North Korea
The long hard slog to shine a light on North Korean human rights
What’s been did and what’s been hid: A look back at human rights accountability in DPRK