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Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to know: China and Russia love his nukes
DPRK used parade to show citizens suffering under pandemic controls that its massive military spending is all worth it
July 28, 2023
What awaits US soldier Travis King in North Korean detention
Pyongyang subjects detainees to grueling interrogations, and a few tragic cases show that not everyone escapes unscathed
July 25, 2023
How South Korea seeks to lure the next high-level North Korean defector
Evidence suggests Seoul is dangling jobs and rewards, but so far it’s getting more small fries than big fish
July 21, 2023
The other American soldiers who defected to North Korea and came to regret it
Past defectors fled punishment similar to recent border-crosser Travis King, and their fates may reflect on his
July 19, 2023
Seoul and Kyiv say Korean War is like conflict in Ukraine, and not alike at all
Leaders have underlined similarities when it aligns with their interests, while seeking to avoid a Korean-style division
July 18, 2023
When North Korea followed through on threats to shoot down a US spy plane
EC-121 incident led US to consider nuke strikes, showing how Kim Yo Jong’s recent warnings could spiral into conflict
July 13, 2023
What Seoul seeks to achieve by publishing report on North Korean human rights
Speakers at unification ministry event call for pressuring DPRK and China, but raising awareness likely won’t be enough
July 12, 2023
What Yoon’s controversial unification minister pick means for inter-Korean ties
North Korea likely to condemn Kim Yung-ho’s appointment, as Yoon remakes what he has disparaged as DPRK ‘aid ministry’
July 7, 2023
Inside North Korea’s strategy to stop defections by officials stranded abroad
The regime uses family as collateral and encourages snitching to prevent escapes, which could pick up ahead of reopening
June 23, 2023
What to make of reports that hungry North Koreans are resorting to cannibalism
Food shortages have likely worsened during COVID, and the longer this goes on, the more desperate the situation becomes
June 16, 2023
