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Echoes of war: North Korea’s artillery display stirs memories of 2010 shelling
DPRK’s aggressive start to 2024 portends more provocations, and this time Pyongyang’s goal likely isn’t negotiations
January 16, 2024
Why North Korea is a useful lever in Xi Jinping’s campaign against the West
His envisioned rise of ‘responsible great power’ China relies on the status quo of a divided world
April 10, 2023
North Korea and Russia’s hot-and-cold relationship rapidly heats up
Reported arms deal between the two less about solidarity and more about Kim Jong Un’s needs for hard cash
October 7, 2022
As NATO eyes Asia, where does the China-North Korea relationship stand?
Fractures remain, but longtime allies likely to grow closer as security alliance seeks to expand presence beyond Europe
July 28, 2022
South Korea’s next president faces formidable inertia on North Korea
Domestic and international factors will make it difficult for either Lee or Yoon to make progress on their DPRK policies
March 2, 2022
Small state, grand strategy: North Korea’s policy plans for 2022 and beyond
Despite an inward focus for this year, Pyongyang still eyes the big-picture goal of recognition as a nuclear state
January 21, 2022
Juche H-bomb: North Korea’s efforts to tie self-reliance to its nuclear weapons
As popular belief wavers, the regime seeks to sustain domestic acquiescence in the Juche ideology
November 30, 2021
Why Moon’s economic outreach to North Korea didn’t and won’t work
While sanctions are the elephant in the room, Pyongyang is at least as much to blame
June 2, 2021
No matter what Biden does, North Korea will still accuse him of ‘hostile policy’
The more the US stresses denuclearization in any form, the more the DPRK will use this term to get what it wants
May 7, 2021
Why Kim Yo Jong isn’t shutting the door to diplomacy with the U.S. just yet
North Korea may be calling another summit "useless," but it's still open to talks that meet Pyongyang's demands
July 13, 2020
