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North Korea’s latest Scud missile test: A carrier killer?
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North Korea’s latest Scud missile test: A carrier killer?

Scud-based high-precision ballistic missile test confirms diversification of North Korea's strategic rocket forces, yet capabilities remain unclear

North Korea’s latest Scud missile test: A carrier killer?
In pictures: Foreign and joint ventures at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
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In pictures: Foreign and joint ventures at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017

Numerous international businesses were seen at PITF, selling everything from health supplements to cigars

In pictures: Foreign and joint ventures at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
Kevin Search
Kevin Search June 7, 2017
Going green? N. Korea’s implementation of global climate change agreements
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Going green? N. Korea’s implementation of global climate change agreements

A document, released last year, offers rare insights into the DPRK's environmental policy and energy sectors

Going green? N. Korea’s implementation of global climate change agreements
In pictures: N. Korean companies at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
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In pictures: N. Korean companies at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017

From health foods to medicine and nicotine patches, DPRK companies were active at PITF

In pictures: N. Korean companies at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
Kevin Search
Kevin Search June 6, 2017
Kim Jong Un’s May activity: More military-focused than ever before
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Kim Jong Un’s May activity: More military-focused than ever before

Analysis shows the old guard - and rising stars - behind the month's missile bonanza

Kim Jong Un’s May activity: More military-focused than ever before
Tristan Webb
Tristan Webb June 6, 2017
North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?
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North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?

Overshadowed by a missile test, the introduction of potent new air defense system is a significant domestic achievement

North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?
As North Korean oil tankers queue, OFAC designates their supplier
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As North Korean oil tankers queue, OFAC designates their supplier

One of North Korea's primary fuel terminals in the Russian Far East owned by now-sanctioned company

As North Korean oil tankers queue, OFAC designates their supplier
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne June 2, 2017
Reconstruction underway at Pyongyang’s Ministry of People’s Security compound

Reconstruction underway at Pyongyang’s Ministry of People’s Security compound

Building, demolished in April, now being swiftly rebuilt, satellite imagery reveals

Reconstruction underway at Pyongyang’s Ministry of People’s Security compound
JH Ahn
JH Ahn June 1, 2017
Getting to ‘maximum pressure’: some difficulties ahead?
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Getting to ‘maximum pressure’: some difficulties ahead?

Without a breakthrough at the UNSC, the USA may find it difficult to substantially increase economic pressure on the DPRK

Getting to ‘maximum pressure’: some difficulties ahead?
Tristan Webb
Tristan Webb May 31, 2017
North Korea’s missile program: How far it has come, how far it needs to go
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North Korea’s missile program: How far it has come, how far it needs to go

The DPRK has chalked up remarkable successes in acquiring a missile production infrastructure

North Korea’s missile program: How far it has come, how far it needs to go
Uzi Rubin
Uzi Rubin May 29, 2017