May 02, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hamish Macdonald

Hamish Macdonald

Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI who formerly worked on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.

News

Kim Jong Il waxwork on show in North Korea

Chinese and North Korean politicians attend the opening ceremony of a Kim Jong Il wax sculpture on Tuesday

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldApril 9, 2014
News

North Korea condemns South Korean ballistic missile test

N. Korean response questions timing of launch, points out double standards

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldApril 7, 2014
News

Kim Jong Un flies to Mt. Paekdu on Soviet-era plane banned from Chinese airspace

North Korea's IL-62s are reserved for VIP purposes only, expert says

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldApril 2, 2014
News

Missile launch fears as North Korea declares no-sail zone

No-navigation zones on East and West coast suggest short, mid-range ballistic missile testing could be imminent

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldApril 1, 2014
Evergreen

Why men’s Kim Jong Un hairstyle requirement is unlikely true

Recent visitors to North Korea say no evidence of new hairstyle rumor

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldMarch 26, 2014
News

N. Korea missile launch coincides with Nuclear Security Summit press conf.

Park, Abe and Obama show a united front over North Korea's nuclear program as missiles fired into the East Sea

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldMarch 26, 2014
News

North Korea says no to talks on further family reunions

Rejection comes amid military drills and exercises in both Koreas

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldMarch 6, 2014
Interviews

Jim Rogers: The man who wants to put all his money into North Korea

American millionaire investor says he would put his entire fortune into North Korea if he could

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldFebruary 27, 2014
Evergreen

Wife of detained Australian unsure of N. Korea arrest specifics

Australian was in possession of "some Gospel tracts in the Korean language"

Hamish MacdonaldHamish MacdonaldFebruary 19, 2014