Analysis
Latest NK PRO analysis related to the DPRK
Biden’s North Korea outreach failed. Now, prospects for talks are even bleaker.
Biden’s busy agenda, lessons learned from the Trump era and COVID-19 make renewed U.S.-DPRK talks very unlikely
March 15, 2021
Here we go again: Kim Jong Un is pinning false hope on tech to fix his economy
From Mao to Stalin, communist leaders have pushed bad science in hope of achieving their socialist utopias
March 12, 2021
Drawing the fine line between art and propaganda in North Korea
Artists express themselves through officially-sanctioned artwork despite strict rules, experts say
March 12, 2021
Bodacious bikini babes: South Korean propaganda leaflets in the 1980s
Pictures of sexy women were designed to distract North Korean soldiers on duty and encourage them to defect
March 11, 2021
From McDonald’s to Walmart: How North Korea can reinvent its economy
Large Western retail corporations could serve as a model for Pyongyang’s centrally-planned production
March 10, 2021
Why the agreement on shared military spending is good for South Korea and the US
Negotiating these cost-sharing deals was often painful, but does not need to be as humiliating in the future
March 9, 2021
Timeline: From Washington’s foreign policy moves to South Korea’s leaky border
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from Feb. 1 - Feb. 28
March 2, 2021
North Korea’s economy is in a state of catastrophe, but the issue is decades-old
New data shows that the DPRK’s economic stagnation started much earlier than researchers previously thought
February 26, 2021
Two years later, Trump and Kim’s failed Hanoi summit casts a dark shadow
The U.S. and North Korea missed the chance to strike a deal, experts say — and that opportunity may never come back
February 26, 2021
Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man may be leading a new North Korean security council
Jo Yong Won appears to be heading a mysterious, rumored office that focuses on foreign policy and security
February 24, 2021
