April 19, 2024

Analysis

Leading experts analyze recent events and affairs involving North Korea

Trains and sums and games: A busy month ahead for North Korea watchers
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Trains and sums and games: A busy month ahead for North Korea watchers

For once, we know what’s hot up North; there’s much to play for

Trains and sums and games: A busy month ahead for North Korea watchers
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter April 8, 2015
Korea’s Jeju Massacre: Bringing America’s role to light

Korea’s Jeju Massacre: Bringing America’s role to light

S.Korean scholars, activists visit U.S. to call for shared responsibility for massacre on Jeju Island

Korea’s Jeju Massacre: Bringing America’s role to light
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi April 7, 2015
North Korea and Singapore: Two families, two nations

North Korea and Singapore: Two families, two nations

The Kims, the Lees and the curious parallels between a leader eulogized and a nation demonized

North Korea and Singapore: Two families, two nations
Tim Beal
Tim Beal April 6, 2015
South Korea contracts U.S. company to upgrade missile defense

South Korea contracts U.S. company to upgrade missile defense

Upgrades come amid ongoing North Korean ballistic missile developments

South Korea contracts U.S. company to upgrade missile defense
Kyle Johnson
Kyle Johnson April 3, 2015
What might North Korea expect from Russia?

What might North Korea expect from Russia?

Looking at history to determined what Pyongyang, Moscow may want in bilateral economic relations

What might North Korea expect from Russia?
Georgy Bulychev April 2, 2015
N. Korea manufacturing own light aircraft

N. Korea manufacturing own light aircraft

North Korean-produced aircraft reproductions of foreign designs

N. Korea manufacturing own light aircraft
John G. Grisafi
John G. Grisafi April 1, 2015
North Korea’s unfinished women’s liberation

North Korea’s unfinished women’s liberation

Pro-emancipation rhetoric, need for female labor, clashes with engrained patriarchal ideas

North Korea’s unfinished women’s liberation
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov March 31, 2015
North Korea-China February trade roundup
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North Korea-China February trade roundup

Most of DPRK's fuel, electronics, food imports down in February, lower exports revenues from coal continue

North Korea-China February trade roundup
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne March 30, 2015
North Korea’s treatment of disabled improving: organization

North Korea’s treatment of disabled improving: organization

Government body adopting global standards, rhetoric as state media acknowledges para-athletic accomplishments

North Korea’s treatment of disabled improving: organization
Michael Hill March 28, 2015
U.S. acknowledges North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile

U.S. acknowledges North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile

New missile could provide significant deterrent, propaganda value to Pyongyang

U.S. acknowledges North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile
Kyle Johnson
Kyle Johnson March 25, 2015