Analysis
Latest NK PRO analysis related to the DPRK
Presidential rivals offer conflicting visions for North Korea in policy pledges
Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo both call for strengthening US-ROK alliance but differ on need for nukes and engagement
May 12, 2025
A third front: Japan’s missile buildup challenges North Korea’s defense plans
Tokyo’s embrace of counterstrike capabilities is raising alarm in Pyongyang, forcing strategy rethink beyond US and ROK
May 12, 2025
How Kim Jong Un’s latest speech justifies North Korean troop dispatch to Russia
DPRK leader links threats from South Korea to Ukrainian ‘neo-Nazis,' suggests fighting Kyiv is necessary to deter Seoul
May 12, 2025
What Arab Gulf states’ rise as mediators means for future US-North Korea talks
Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar have all served as go-betweens for US, but hurdles stand in way of them doing so with DPRK
May 8, 2025
Why North Korea and Russia won’t flaunt ties at Moscow’s Victory Day parade
Ukraine war talks and security concerns may be factors, but DPRK troops’ absence is unlikely to dent their alliance
May 7, 2025
What North Korea stands to lose if US Forces Korea expands mission to China
Despite Seoul's fears of abandonment, a focus on Taiwan contingencies could entrench US military presence on peninsula
May 1, 2025
100 days in, North Korea appears further than ever from Trump’s priorities
With the US president focused on Ukraine and China, experts say he may be increasingly open to status quo with Pyongyang
April 30, 2025
North Korea prioritizes shipyard construction as major naval base project stalls
Imagery shows work hasn’t begun on east coast base set to host new destroyer, despite Kim Jong Un’s demand for upgrades
April 30, 2025
Why North Korea finally came clean on its military support for Russia’s war
Experts say allies’ sudden pivot to flaunting DPRK deployment to fight Ukraine may target increased leverage with US
April 29, 2025
Kim Jong Un’s cryptic reference to new maritime border raises naval stakes
Declaration that North Korean warships will patrol ‘middle demarcation lines’ could signal intent to challenge NLL
April 29, 2025
