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North Korea’s bold turn toward Russia poses test for Trump’s second term
Kim Jong Un has thrown off isolation to support invasion of Ukraine, but Trump’s rapport with leader provides an opening
November 28, 2024
Spick and span: How North Korea’s clean streets sanitize its image abroad
Foreign friends and foes have long fixated on Pyongyang’s tidiness, highlighting regime’s success in hiding its flaws
August 30, 2024
Biden’s North Korea policy has failed. It’s time for something different.
Trump has been willing to ditch Beltway fantasy of complete denuclearization and should pursue arms control if reelected
July 19, 2024
Why North Korea overhauled its foreign policy focus from small fry to big fish
DPRK once cultivated ties with smaller nations but has now set its sights on more powerful players, and Russia above all
June 28, 2024
The revolutionary axis linking North Korea, Iran and Hamas
DPRK weapons and unique expertise are a welcome asset for Iran and its proxies in a global assault on US leadership
April 9, 2024
Cuba’s move to establish ties with Seoul betrays North Korea’s economic weakness
Pyongyang is likely fuming over perceived disloyalty of longtime ally, but bilateral ties have been marginal for years
February 22, 2024
White Juche: How North Korea captured the imagination of the global far right
White nationalists and neo-Nazis have held up DPRK as model of racial purity and autarky, despite its Marxist trappings
November 13, 2023
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
May 1, 2023
The Ukraine war has drawn North Korea back into Moscow’s political orbit
Pyongyang has offered vocal and material support for Russia’s invasion and stands to gain as conflict enters second year
February 22, 2023
How North Korea’s revival of communism goes hand in hand with ultranationalism
Uptick in communist rhetoric during pandemic highlights peculiar ideological mix regime uses to stay in power
June 15, 2022
