Analysis
Latest NK PRO analysis related to the DPRK
North Korean website appears to block searches for Kim Jong Un’s daughter
DPRK Today also deleted posts about someone with name Ju Ae in sign leadership sees big role for young girl
April 14, 2023
Leaked US documents raise questions about North Korea’s missile capabilities
Experts highlight DPRK’s technological and logistical limitations, though ambiguity could work in country’s favor
April 14, 2023
As North Korean missiles soar, the skies around peninsula grow more dangerous
Frequency and diversity of launches put more aircraft at risk, increasing likelihood of disruptions and even catastrophe
April 14, 2023
With new solid-fuel ICBM, North Korea can launch strike on US faster than ever
Hwasong-18 makes preemption more difficult, diversifying Kim Jong Un’s arsenal of less responsive liquid-fuel missiles
April 14, 2023
Don’t have a cow, man? Now North Korean farmers can get one at oxen marketplace
Recent DPRK law creates legal market for the draft animal in the most significant agricultural reform in years
April 12, 2023
How new US cybersecurity task force can effectively target North Korean hackers
Disruptive Technology Strike Force may rely on both kinetic and cyber means to punish illicit cyber operations
April 11, 2023
Why North Korea is a useful lever in Xi Jinping’s campaign against the West
His envisioned rise of ‘responsible great power’ China relies on the status quo of a divided world
April 10, 2023
How North Korea’s decrepit tax system encourages illicit market activity
Poor collection mechanisms cannot fund state largesse, incentivizing even the military to seek cash from elsewhere
April 7, 2023
North Korea makes headway on 5-year weapons wishlist as midpoint nears
Kim Jong Un may seek to accelerate development of subs, drones and ‘super-large’ nuclear warheads in near future
April 7, 2023
North Korea continues crackdown on foreign music, outside information, and porn
Fans of K-pop and other South Korean content continue to risk life imprisonment and hard labor, new law shows
April 6, 2023
