Jacob Bogle is a North Korea analyst and runs the AccessDPRK blog.
Satellite imagery reveals construction of 63 km barrier and guard posts in massive effort to control access to city
North Korean capital has revamped sewage treatment as it builds new houses, but doubts remain about system’s reliability
Satellite imagery shows a lack of safeguards has led to contamination of rivers and soil and endangered human health
Compounds resemble known isolation ward and point to efforts to isolate patients long before DPRK’s first outbreak
Satellite imagery shows DPRK has at least 9 mock surface-to-air missile sites that seek to draw fire from real defenses
The DPRK has upgraded emergency landing strips and built runways at all of the leader's major palaces, imagery reveals
Failure to develop adequate wastewater management systems could derail the DPRK's long-term plans
Reflecting increasing demand, new stations are popping up across the DPRK
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