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North Korea ‘plotting’ new forms of provocation against South: Acting president
Han Duck-soo says ROK will retaliate ‘overwhelmingly’ to any attack by ‘the most regressive regime on Earth’
March 28, 2025
The lessons for today from North Korea’s deadly sinking of an ROK warship
In interview, former Cheonan captain reflects on 15th anniversary of torpedo attack and evolving DPRK naval tactics
March 26, 2025
The real story of the North Koreans killed in the WWII firebombing of Japan
The DPRK demands Tokyo recognize Korean victims of US air raids, and there’s more than a grain of truth to its criticism
March 18, 2025
Why Israel’s Zionist Left once sang the praises of North Korea
Leftists defined themselves by supporting ‘people’s hero’ Kim Il Sung during the Korean War, only to later sour on DPRK
March 17, 2025
The improbable life of the Chinese-born polyglot who spied for North Korea
Jeong Su-il went from a globe-trotting diplomat to disguised scholar in ROK, landing in prison for aiding Pyongyang
February 26, 2025
The final frontier: A journey along the DMZ to North Korea’s doorstep
Tracing the DMZ’s rugged east coast, from Sokcho to Goseong, and the ghosts of the DPRK’s once-thriving tourism industry
February 20, 2025
Thomas Stock: North Korea’s call for peace as a means of propaganda
The historian discusses how North Korea used the 1989 Youth Festival for propaganda and ideological control
February 13, 2025
How North Korea built an expansive military hovercraft force from UK designs
Archival evidence sheds light on how the DPRK procured British technology to build its own amphibious craft
February 6, 2025
Kap Seol: How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia has exacerbated proxy war
Researcher discusses proxy war between the two Koreas in Europe, alleged DPRK involvement in Gwangju Uprising and more
January 30, 2025
The myth of human wave attacks obscures what North Korea is learning in Ukraine
Stereotypes about communist tactics risk minimizing how DPRK troops are adjusting to modern combat in Kursk
January 30, 2025
