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Living and Dying for Rice in North Korea
By Doohyun Kim
The world must send food aid, specifically rice, to North Korea to avoid a humanitarian disaster.
With Beijing Winter Olympics Concluded, North Korea Resumes Missile Test
By Mitch Shin
North Korea is back to missile tests after taking a hiatus during the Beijing Games.
North Korea Is Irrelevant Again
By Denny Roy
Continued missile testing by North Korea will not compel Seoul, Tokyo, or Washington to seek the negotiations Pyongyang could use to address its needs.
Understanding the Strengths and Vulnerabilities of North Korean Hackers
By Jason Bartlett
Pyongyang continues to defy miscalculated expectations regarding its cyber capabilities by successfully employing a series of sophisticated cyberattacks that target new and developing financial technology.
How Pandemic Paranoia Is Driving North Korea’s Strategy
By Riccardo Villa
COVID-19 will continue to be the fundamental factor determining North Korea’s approach to the world.
With His Term Coming to a Close, Moon Reiterates Importance of Peace Process on Korean Peninsula
By Mitch Shin
In an interview with news agencies of OANA, South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed his hope for the U.S. and North Korea to renew talks.
North Korea’s Ticking COVID-19 Time Bomb
By Justin Fendos
Like many nations, North Korea’s initial calculation may have been that there would be an eventual end to the pandemic.
Biden Must Recalibrate Policy on North Korea
By Mitch Shin
North Korea is not testing missiles in a bid to entice the U.S. into talks. Pyongyang is honing its missile arsenal as a goal in and of itself.
A Primer on North Korea’s Hwasong-12 ‘Guam Killer’ Ballistic Missile
By A.B. Abrams
After a five-year pause, why is North Korea’s Hwasong-12 back in testing?
North Korea Tests Longest-Range Missile Since 2017
By Kim Tong-Hyung and Mari Yamaguchi
North Korea ended its most active month of missile tests to date by launching an intermediate-range ballistic missile.
North Korea Is Preparing to Confront the US in 2022
By Sang-soo Lee
Kim Jong Un will likely conduct more advanced weapons tests this year in his own version of “maximum pressure.”
North Korea Picks Up the Pace on Missile Tests
By Ankit Panda, Catherine Putz, and Ankit Panda
Why is North Korea testing so many missiles in January 2022?
North Korea Conducts Its Sixth Round of Missile Tests This Month
By Mitch Shin
Is North Korea trying to draw attention from the U.S. by testing missiles?
North Korea’s Escalation Strategy Won’t Work Anymore
By Man-seok Lee and Seung-min Woo
If North Korea conducted the recent missile tests in order to convince the U.S. to return to the negotiation table, Pyongyang should quickly change strategy.
North Korea’s Missile Tests: Biden’s Options
By Eric Gomez
Since the collapse of the U.S.-North Korea summit at Hanoi in February 2019, North Korea and the United States have been locked in a diplomatic impasse.
How North Korea Might Exploit New Video Games for Crypto
By Jason Bartlett
North Korean hackers are likely to include new play-to-earn (P2E) crypto games within their illicit cyber-enabled financial schemes.
Kim Jong Un: A Decade of Trial and Error
By ISOZAKI Atsuhito
The pace of policy turnarounds has been dizzying.
North Korea Signals Will to Cross US Red Line Amid Deadlocked Nuclear Talks
By Mitch Shin
In a Politburo meeting held on Wednesday, North Korea implied that its “confidence-building measures” can be withdrawn after the U.S. imposed sanctions over its ballistic missile tests.
Disaster Risk Reduction: A Sustainable Path for Inter-Korea Cooperation
By Sang-soo Lee and Elin Bergner
Even in its current state of pandemic-induced isolation, North Korea continues to engage the international community on climate adaption and disaster risk reduction.
After Resuming Trade With China, North Korea Fires Another 2 Ballistic Missiles
By Mitch Shin
A day after a North Korean train crossed the border to get goods from China, the country conducted its fourth missile test in two weeks.
After Denouncing New US Sanctions, North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles
By Mitch Shin
After the U.S. imposed sanctions on six North Korean individuals in the wake of the recent missile launches, Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles eastward.
North Korea Fires ‘Apparent’ Hypersonic Missile Off Its East Coast
By Mitch Shin
North Korea conducted a hypersonic missile test again on Tuesday, six days after it test-fired its second hypersonic missile.
North Korea Will Skip Beijing Winter Olympics
By Mitch Shin
North Korea decided not to participate in the Beijing Olympics due to “hostile forces” and the pandemic.
North Korea’s Strict COVID-19 Policies Undermine Kim Jong Un’s Goal of Ending Hunger
By Troy Stangarone
Dismal trade figures for 2021 attest to the toll the North’s border closures are taking on its food supply.