North Korea

Experts say Kim is providing special treatment to elite North Koreans to boost their loyalty as he grapples with myriad challenges.

The steady pace of North Korea’s improving nuclear arsenal paints a very worrying picture about where things are headed on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw his first full-scale ICBM test since November 2017.

Helping North Korea help itself will require creativity, flexibility, and patience.

Two new structures appeared to have been built to the site's south between February and early March. 

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.

Why is North Korea testing so many missiles in January 2022?

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. 

North Korean hackers are likely to include new play-to-earn (P2E) crypto games within their illicit cyber-enabled financial schemes.

South Korea says it has agreed, in principle, with the U.S. on a draft end-of-war declaration, but North Korea has continued to refuse to participate. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to increased online spending which Pyongyang and other illicit actors will likely continue to exploit.