Analysis
Leading experts analyze recent events and affairs involving North Korea
What the official end of COVID emergency means for North Korea’s border controls
Pyongyang has closely monitored news from WHO, suggesting that downgrading of pandemic could trigger policy changes
China building giant trade and tourism zone across from North Korean ‘holy’ city
Company overseeing project promotes trade in sanctioned goods as key draw of new border crossing
Timeline: From the US-ROK summit to North Korea’s first solid-fuel ICBM test
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from April 1 - April 30
North Korea plans massive train factory as it struggles to produce new designs
120-acre facility in Pyongyang likely to become new manufacturing base for trains, trams and subway cars
Less is more? How North Korea’s evolving photo tactics reflect regime priorities
NK Pro analysis shows state media is publishing fewer and fewer images, even as its photographers use better cameras
How American leadership, not just North Korea, challenges the US-ROK alliance
South Korea could continue march toward nuclear deterrent if summit agreement can’t temper its fears of abandonment
Seoul to join web freedom coalition, as it blocks North Korean content at home
Advocate for open internet says membership in Freedom Online Coalition is at odds with South Korea’s domestic censorship
How North Korean propaganda remembers the genocide of Native Americans
Kim regime holds up America’s sins to paint US as incorrigible colonizer and deflect from its own human rights abuses
US reassures Seoul over North Korean threats, with eye on ROK nuclear debate
Washington Declaration provides important updates to alliance but risks encouraging South Korean nuke advocates
What the US-ROK summit means for security on the Korean Peninsula
Tensions with North Korea set to remain high as allies give few off-ramps or incentives for DPRK to curb weapons testing
