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North Korea
Engaging North Korea Via Subnational Diplomacy
By Matt Abbott
Subnational diplomacy offers an established, yet underutilized, opportunity for American officials to creatively engage Pyongyang.
Week of Tit-for-Tat Missile Tests on Korean Peninsula
By Steven Stashwick
North and South Korea both test new missiles, including a new South Korean submarine-launched missile.
Banished Soviet-Koreans Helped Build North Korea
By Jason Bartlett
Pyongyang touts its reclusive nature as an act of national pride free from foreign influence, but outsiders helped establish the state.
Online Shopping for Nukes? Tune Into a North Korean Military Parade.
By Jason Bartlett
North Korean broadcasts of military parades offer a veritable weapons catalog for U.S. adversaries.
From Ethnic Nationalism to Social Media: How North Korea Leverages Its Soft Power Abroad
By Jason Bartlett
Kim Jong Un recently instructed the country’s propagandists to improve overseas messaging efforts.
The Case for a New North Korean Nuclear Deal
By Iordanka Alexandrova
Mutual distrust has doomed past efforts to settle a deal between the U.S. and North Korea.
What to Expect from the Upcoming Biden-Moon Summit
By Sukjoon Yoon
Moon and Biden are looking for very different results from the upcoming summit.
The US Needs China’s Support to Denuclearize North Korea
By Chan Young Bang
The shared strategic objective of the denuclearization of North Korea is a rare moment for two adversaries to align on a common endeavor to forge truly lasting peace.
Understanding North Korea’s Fuel Smuggling Networks in East Asia
By Ankit Panda
How does North Korea keep fueling its military and other needs?
North Korea in Crisis: Food Shortages and Information Lockdown
By Lina Yoon
It is vitally important for the world to remember the people of North Korea, not just its nuclear weapons.
Photos Show North Korea May Be Trying to Extract Plutonium
By Associated Press
In January, Kim vowed to enlarge the North's nuclear arsenal and disclosed an array of high-tech weapons systems targeting the United States.
Nighttime in Pyongyang: Aesthetics and Deterrence Under Kim Jong Un
By Megan DuBois
By focusing exclusively on the traditional hard power implications of North Korea’s missile systems, analysts are missing much of Pyongyang’s strategy.