North Korea in January 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead



Month in Review North Korea in January 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead An analytical look at the main developments from January 1 to January 31, 2025 Arius Derr \| NK Pro February 3, 2025 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON A North Korean employee at a ski resort, Jan. 2018 \| Image: NK Pro About the Month in Review Every month, NK Pro conducts an in-depth analytic review of news on the Korean Peninsula. This Month in Review covers the period of January 1, 2025 to January 31, 2025. In addition to an executive summary providing top-line findings, the following review includes detailed analysis on a wide range of other specialist focus areas. Furthermore, it also includes a look ahead at several events likely to create news in February. Please send any feedback about this feature to [email protected]. Table of Contents 01Executive Summary Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How North Korea could leverage China’s DeepSeek AI model for military, cyber ops 02North Korea lets slip where special forces trained before Russia deployment 03Trump’s first-week overtures on North Korea are unlikely to entice Kim Jong Un 04In changing world, North Korea has little to gain from pro-regime sympathizers 05Why North Korea’s top military official may have been quietly demoted once again 06Where North Korea ranks in Trump’s foreign policy priorities for term two 07Why guidance systems are the Achilles’ heel of North Korea’s missile arsenal 08Why North Korea’s United Front Department likely survived anti-unification push

Month in Review

North Korea in January 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead

An analytical look at the main developments from January 1 to January 31, 2025

Arius Derr | NK Pro February 3, 2025

North Korea in January 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead

A North Korean employee at a ski resort, Jan. 2018 | Image: NK Pro

About the Month in Review

Every month, NK Pro conducts an in-depth analytic review of news on the Korean Peninsula. This Month in Review covers the period of January 1, 2025 to January 31, 2025.

In addition to an executive summary providing top-line findings, the following review includes detailed analysis on a wide range of other specialist focus areas.

Furthermore, it also includes a look ahead at several events likely to create news in February.

Please send any feedback about this feature to [email protected].

Table of Contents 01Executive Summary

01How North Korea could leverage China’s DeepSeek AI model for military, cyber ops
02North Korea lets slip where special forces trained before Russia deployment
03Trump’s first-week overtures on North Korea are unlikely to entice Kim Jong Un
04In changing world, North Korea has little to gain from pro-regime sympathizers
05Why North Korea’s top military official may have been quietly demoted once again
06Where North Korea ranks in Trump’s foreign policy priorities for term two
07Why guidance systems are the Achilles’ heel of North Korea’s missile arsenal
08Why North Korea’s United Front Department likely survived anti-unification push

North Korea in January 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead

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