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Yoon says South Korea won’t go nuclear, but the WMD debate isn’t going anywhere
COLUMN

Yoon says South Korea won’t go nuclear, but the WMD debate isn’t going anywhere

Evolving North Korean threats are pushing Seoul to cross nuclear threshold, though this would invite punitive responses

Yoon says South Korea won’t go nuclear, but the WMD debate isn’t going anywhere
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov September 8, 2022
Why Poland could play a key role in efforts to engage North Korea
NK PRO

Why Poland could play a key role in efforts to engage North Korea

Former communist bloc state maintains ties with DPRK, but EU membership and bilateral disputes complicate cooperation

Why Poland could play a key role in efforts to engage North Korea
Nicolas Levi
Nicolas Levi September 5, 2022
Why North Korea won’t be mourning Mikhail Gorbachev’s death

Why North Korea won’t be mourning Mikhail Gorbachev’s death

Pyongyang views perestroika as lesson against reform, but Soviet leader’s rise shows how change could come even to DPRK

Why North Korea won’t be mourning Mikhail Gorbachev’s death
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 31, 2022
Why the next 30 years of South Korea-China ties won’t be as rosy as the last
KOREA PRO

Why the next 30 years of South Korea-China ties won’t be as rosy as the last

Seoul will find it difficult to balance relations between U.S. and China due to intensifying great power competition

Why the next 30 years of South Korea-China ties won’t be as rosy as the last
James Fretwell
James Fretwell August 24, 2022
Seoul avoids diplomatic disaster in forced labor dispute with Japan — for now
KOREA PRO

Seoul avoids diplomatic disaster in forced labor dispute with Japan — for now

Supreme Court could still order Japanese firm to pay reparations, a move that would incite cycle of mutual retaliation

Seoul avoids diplomatic disaster in forced labor dispute with Japan — for now
Justin Yeo
Justin Yeo August 23, 2022
Why North Korean comic books don’t have superheroes – Ep. 250
Podcast

Why North Korean comic books don’t have superheroes – Ep. 250

Host Jacco Zwetsloot joins the show as a guest for the first time to discuss DPRK graphic novels, the podcast and more

Why North Korean comic books don’t have superheroes – Ep. 250
NK News
NK News August 23, 2022
How the first North Korean to face charges in US triggered a diplomatic standoff

How the first North Korean to face charges in US triggered a diplomatic standoff

O Nam Chol was accused of sexual assault in 1982, forcing DPRK and US to negotiate for first time in decades

How the first North Korean to face charges in US triggered a diplomatic standoff
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 22, 2022
By backing Russia in Donbas, Kim Jong Un trades self-reliance for puppetry

By backing Russia in Donbas, Kim Jong Un trades self-reliance for puppetry

Recognizing pseudo-states marks radical shift for North Korea, but cuddling up to Moscow could make peninsula safer

By backing Russia in Donbas, Kim Jong Un trades self-reliance for puppetry
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter August 18, 2022
How corruption conquered North Korea, and why it’s there to stay
NK PRO

How corruption conquered North Korea, and why it’s there to stay

While Kim Il Sung launched campaigns that curbed graft, Kim Jong Un has found corruption beneficial to his regime

How corruption conquered North Korea, and why it’s there to stay
Christopher Carothers
Christopher Carothers August 16, 2022
When North Korea invited East German secret police to Pyongyang – Ep. 249
Podcast

When North Korea invited East German secret police to Pyongyang – Ep. 249

Bernd Schaefer discusses how the Stasi helped the DPRK host a massive festival just months before the Berlin Wall fell

When North Korea invited East German secret police to Pyongyang – Ep. 249
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News August 16, 2022
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