John G. Grisafi is an analyst and Korean linguist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having previously worked as an analyst for the United States Army in South Korea and studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute, he is now majoring in East Asian Languages & Civilization and History at the University of Pennsylvania.
North Korea developing airports around country for economic, military benefits
Video inconsistent, likely edited with borrowed launch footage
Could KPA go from threat to international security to contributor toward international peace?
Could KPA be used on large scale in Syria, small scale elsewhere as money-maker for North?
Kim and other elites focused on governing country, military industry, and military & political ceremonies
KPA artillery could be less than 5 km from South Korean island, increasing psychological effect
Kim making fewer appearances with fewer elites than in prior months, wife takes extended absence from public
North Korean-produced aircraft reproductions of foreign designs
Deployed or not, missile defense system likely to remain a contentious issue
Career diplomat Li Jinjun to become Beijing's new envoy to Pyongyang as part of rotation
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