Analysis
Leading experts analyze recent events and affairs involving North Korea
North Korea in space: The prestigious frontier
With no technical barriers to another satellite launch, Pyongyang likely to pursue its space program
The other North Korean famine
The disaster of the mid-1990s was not the first time bad decisions left many to go hungry
North Korea’s million man army: potential peacekeeping force?
Could KPA go from threat to international security to contributor toward international peace?
North Korea’s million man army: potential mercenary force?
Could KPA be used on large scale in Syria, small scale elsewhere as money-maker for North?
Hyon Yong Chol: An execution and a message?
Kim Jong Un's appears more ruthless than his predecessors, signalling to leadership he is not to trifled with
N.Korean trade with China down in Q1
Falling trade values could be due to cheaper coal; fertilizer and rice imports also drop
First North Korean SLBM presents wholly novel threat
First submerged test of SLBM reveals sophisticated capabilities, advances in layered nuclear deterrence
Cooperation with Russia: What North Korea expects
Despite increasing talks, uncertainties stand in way of Moscow-Pyongyang partnerships
Political, military events top N. Korean leadership agenda in April
Kim and other elites focused on governing country, military industry, and military & political ceremonies
Chosun Ilbo brings new perspective on North Korean defectors
Despite use of anti-DPRK terms, stories on defectors' lives, economic benefits positive for future unification
