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What if North Korea just gave up its nukes?
What If?

What if North Korea just gave up its nukes?

The US and South Korea have no interest in invading a non-nuclear DPRK, but Kim would still clamp down on his own people

What if North Korea just gave up its nukes?
James FretwellJames Fretwell January 3, 2023
What the blob really thinks about North Korea in 2023 – Ep. 269
North Korea News Podcast

What the blob really thinks about North Korea in 2023 – Ep. 269

The NK News team discuss how the Korean Peninsula looks from Washington midway through Biden’s term

What the blob really thinks about North Korea in 2023 – Ep. 269
Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK News January 3, 2023
ROK military welcomes sharing intel with Japan on North Korean missile launches
News

ROK military welcomes sharing intel with Japan on North Korean missile launches

Official says cooperation would improve responses, after media report that two sides look to share real-time radar data

ROK military welcomes sharing intel with Japan on North Korean missile launches
Shreyas ReddyShreyas Reddy January 2, 2023
How the nature of the North Korean regime impacts the effectiveness of sanctions
Analysis

How the nature of the North Korean regime impacts the effectiveness of sanctions

Autocracies are usually less susceptible to outside pressure but are more likely to acquiesce when sanctioned by an ally

How the nature of the North Korean regime impacts the effectiveness of sanctions
Omer ZarpliOmer Zarpli January 2, 2023
Nukes, missiles and satellites: What to make of North Korea’s plenum outcome
Analysis

Nukes, missiles and satellites: What to make of North Korea’s plenum outcome

Kim Jong Un’s confrontational stance toward Seoul raises risk of limited inter-Korean conflict in year ahead

Nukes, missiles and satellites: What to make of North Korea’s plenum outcome
Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll January 1, 2023
Kim Jong Un vows to ‘exponentially’ increase nuke production to counter US, ROK
News

Kim Jong Un vows to ‘exponentially’ increase nuke production to counter US, ROK

North Korean leader previews ‘new’ ICBM development, spy satellite launch plans in 2023 as major party meeting ends

Kim Jong Un vows to ‘exponentially’ increase nuke production to counter US, ROK
Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko January 1, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Photos reveal North Korean COVID ‘isolation ward’ on Russia border
Analysis

EXCLUSIVE: Photos reveal North Korean COVID ‘isolation ward’ on Russia border

Signs, fencing and other evidence point to preparations to relax border controls for small numbers of people to enter

EXCLUSIVE: Photos reveal North Korean COVID ‘isolation ward’ on Russia border
Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko December 29, 2022
To avoid the worst, US must abandon pretense of North Korean denuclearization
Opinion

To avoid the worst, US must abandon pretense of North Korean denuclearization

Sanctions will never convince Kim Jong Un to give up his nukes, making diplomacy the only option to secure stability

To avoid the worst, US must abandon pretense of North Korean denuclearization
Doug BandowDoug Bandow December 29, 2022
Seoul’s Indo-Pacific strategy urges global efforts to curtail North Korean nukes
News

Seoul’s Indo-Pacific strategy urges global efforts to curtail North Korean nukes

Expert says strategy could help South Korea ‘internationalize’ DPRK issues and collaborate with ‘like-minded powers’

Seoul’s Indo-Pacific strategy urges global efforts to curtail North Korean nukes
Shreyas ReddyShreyas Reddy December 28, 2022
North Korea to ‘maintain’ line against US as Kim Jong Un sets new military goals
News

North Korea to ‘maintain’ line against US as Kim Jong Un sets new military goals

DPRK leader emphasizes struggle against enemy and talks ideological issues on second day of year-end party plenum

North Korea to ‘maintain’ line against US as Kim Jong Un sets new military goals
Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko December 28, 2022