Juche

Pyongyang touts its reclusive nature as an act of national pride free from foreign influence, but outsiders helped establish the state. 

By focusing exclusively on the traditional hard power implications of North Korea’s missile systems, analysts are missing much of Pyongyang’s strategy.

An end to juche is just one of the major changes made in the latest amendment.

Security guarantees are one thing, but will Pyongyang ever give up the national prestige of having nuclear weapons?

The United States is right that North Korea seeks economic betterment, but misses the mark on how it seeks this goal.

What's on Kim Jong-un's mind? Nuclear buttons, an Olympics overture, and a call to arms for self-reliance as sanctions bear down.

North Korea's supreme leader outlined the salience of economic self-reliance in a recent speech.

The greatest threat to U.S. victory in a Korean war scenario isn't the North Korean military. It's postwar insurgency.

By shutting down cultural events and attacking internationalism, Beijing is only hurting itself.

Flirtations with capitalism need to overcome a rigid ideology.

The transformation of a pro-North Korean revolutionary mirrors changes in South Korea.

It’s not just Dennis Rodman. North Korea has supporters across the world.