Analysis
Leading experts analyze recent events and affairs involving North Korea
Why is North Korea keeping silent on its latest missile tests?
Experts suggest a range of explanations, including hesitance in Pyongyang to disclose details of its weapons programs
Why biological weapons risks complicate provision of COVID aid to North Korea
The pandemic has accentuated a dilemma over how to balance humanitarian and military priorities
Chinese ship makes first known voyage to DPRK, flaunting maritime conventions
Voyage marks rare appearance of a foreign-flagged ship outside a North Korean port since start of COVID-19 pandemic
One country, one system: How North Korea-Hong Kong ties pivot around China
Hong Kong-based entities continue to be key nodes in Kim Jong Un’s sanctions-busting and money laundering schemes
Timeline: From Kim’s ominous nuclear warnings to North Korea’s new missiles
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from April 1 - April 30
Ri Pyong Chol, demoted last year for ‘grave incident,’ returns to power
Top official’s restoration gives Kim Jong Un two right-hand military men again, pointing to more weapons tests in future
Majority of South Koreans prefer status quo with North Korea, survey shows
Poll from US-based research group also suggests growing awareness of the enormous costs associated with unification
North Korea’s military parade celebrates many missiles tested since last year
Hypersonic vehicles, Hwasong-17 ICBMs and likely new solid fuel missile show centrality of DPRK’s modernization plan
Russia faces North Korea-level sanctions, but can’t escape them like Pyongyang
Russia’s economy is far larger and more connected to the rest of the world than the DPRK’s
How anti-North Korea leafleting reflects conflicting visions of public diplomacy
Both South Korean government and rights groups use public diplomacy on North Korea, but differ radically on how to do so
