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Latest NK Pro analysis related to the DPRK
Seoul needs to budge on big issues if it wants Tokyo’s help on North Korea
South Korea wants to mend ties with Japan to please the U.S., but appears inflexible on controversial historical issues
March 22, 2021
Kim and Moon are the biggest losers of Blinken’s Asia visit
The Biden administration is not offering Pyongyang the flexibility that both North and South Korea likely hoped for
March 19, 2021
North Korea’s new China ambassador may boost economic cooperation to new heights
Diplomat Ri Ryong Nam was appointed around the same time as a series of reports on increased China-DPRK cooperation
March 18, 2021
China’s new domestic vaccine mandate could devastate future North Korea travel
Beijing announced that visa applicants will have to be inoculated with a Chinese-made vaccine
March 18, 2021
Why Kim Yo Jong will complain about US-ROK military drills until the end of time
Military exercises have little impact on talks with North Korea, regardless of angry words from Kim Jong Un’s sister
March 17, 2021
Biden’s North Korea outreach failed. Now, prospects for talks are even bleaker.
Biden’s busy agenda, lessons learned from the Trump era and COVID-19 make renewed U.S.-DPRK talks very unlikely
March 15, 2021
Here we go again: Kim Jong Un is pinning false hope on tech to fix his economy
From Mao to Stalin, communist leaders have pushed bad science in hope of achieving their socialist utopias
March 12, 2021
Drawing the fine line between art and propaganda in North Korea
Artists express themselves through officially-sanctioned artwork despite strict rules, experts say
March 12, 2021
Bodacious bikini babes: South Korean propaganda leaflets in the 1980s
Pictures of sexy women were designed to distract North Korean soldiers on duty and encourage them to defect
March 11, 2021
From McDonald’s to Walmart: How North Korea can reinvent its economy
Large Western retail corporations could serve as a model for Pyongyang’s centrally-planned production
March 10, 2021
