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Leading experts analyze recent events and affairs involving North Korea

Forecast 2025: Why Kim Jong Un’s market crackdowns will spark social unrest
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Forecast 2025: Why Kim Jong Un’s market crackdowns will spark social unrest

In second of two-part series, NK Pro predicts economic crisis, AI in state media, a U-turn on foreign tourists and more

Forecast 2025: Why Kim Jong Un’s market crackdowns will spark social unrest
NK Pro
NK Pro January 10, 2025
Forecast 2025: Why Trump-Kim diplomacy will leave South Korea out in the cold
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Forecast 2025: Why Trump-Kim diplomacy will leave South Korea out in the cold

In first of two-part series, NK Pro lays out what to expect from North Korea in year ahead, and potential black swans

Forecast 2025: Why Trump-Kim diplomacy will leave South Korea out in the cold
NK Pro
NK Pro January 9, 2025
Forced to fight: How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia abuses human rights

Forced to fight: How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia abuses human rights

Experts say 12K soldiers waging war against Ukraine are both violators and victims, acting under undefiable orders

Forced to fight: How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia abuses human rights
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer January 7, 2025
North Korea pushes to perfect hypersonic tech with first missile launch of 2025
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North Korea pushes to perfect hypersonic tech with first missile launch of 2025

Test of composite materials and guidance systems offers new insights into Kim Jong Un’s ambitions for advanced weapons

North Korea pushes to perfect hypersonic tech with first missile launch of 2025
Ankit Panda
Ankit Panda January 7, 2025
What Kim Jong Un’s candid admission of failure says about his economic approach
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What Kim Jong Un’s candid admission of failure says about his economic approach

North Korean leader has embraced self-reflection as a strategy for winning trust, while doubling down on central control

What Kim Jong Un’s candid admission of failure says about his economic approach
Peter Ward
Peter Ward January 2, 2025
Plenum leadership reshuffles preview Kim Jong Un’s priorities for new year
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Plenum leadership reshuffles preview Kim Jong Un’s priorities for new year

North Korean leader named close confidants for economic roles, while absences hinted at policy changes for Trump return

Plenum leadership reshuffles preview Kim Jong Un’s priorities for new year
Martin Weiser
Martin Weiser January 1, 2025
Trash balloons to martial law: How inter-Korean ties hit rock bottom in 2024

Trash balloons to martial law: How inter-Korean ties hit rock bottom in 2024

Year began with North Korea abandoning unification and ended with a shocking declaration that cast tensions in new light

Trash balloons to martial law: How inter-Korean ties hit rock bottom in 2024
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 1, 2025
Beyond Russia: The overlooked developments set to define North Korea in 2025

Beyond Russia: The overlooked developments set to define North Korea in 2025

Economic troubles could increase pressure on regime, while selective reopening is redefining ties with outside world

Beyond Russia: The overlooked developments set to define North Korea in 2025
Gabriela Bernal
Gabriela Bernal January 1, 2025
Pins, portraits, propaganda: How the cult of Kim Jong Un hit new heights in 2024

Pins, portraits, propaganda: How the cult of Kim Jong Un hit new heights in 2024

North Korean leader increasingly sought to step out of his dead predecessors’ shadow, raising profile at their expense

Pins, portraits, propaganda: How the cult of Kim Jong Un hit new heights in 2024
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy December 31, 2024
12K troops, 42 flights, 1 alliance: Thriving North Korea-Russia ties in numbers
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12K troops, 42 flights, 1 alliance: Thriving North Korea-Russia ties in numbers

Data and maps show how Moscow dominated DPRK agenda in 2024, from arms for Ukraine war and delegations to missile tests

12K troops, 42 flights, 1 alliance: Thriving North Korea-Russia ties in numbers
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin December 31, 2024
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