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Policy bombshells and NYE concert: What to expect as North Korea wraps up 2021

Policy bombshells and NYE concert: What to expect as North Korea wraps up 2021

Kim Jong Un may make New Year’s speech at party plenum this week to announce major policy decisions

Policy bombshells and NYE concert: What to expect as North Korea wraps up 2021
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko December 27, 2021
Moon Jae-in pardons predecessor Park Geun-hye and pro-North Korea lawmaker

Moon Jae-in pardons predecessor Park Geun-hye and pro-North Korea lawmaker

Surprise announcement may impact presidential election, but experts see little effect on inter-Korean relations

Moon Jae-in pardons predecessor Park Geun-hye and pro-North Korea lawmaker
Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung December 24, 2021
Seoul says it has ‘100% perfectly’ detected North Korean ballistic missiles

Seoul says it has ‘100% perfectly’ detected North Korean ballistic missiles

ROK ministries claim Moon administration’s DPRK policies have been a success, vow to resume inter-Korean detente

Seoul says it has ‘100% perfectly’ detected North Korean ballistic missiles
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim December 23, 2021
Don’t believe the hype: An end-of-war declaration won’t change a thing
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Don’t believe the hype: An end-of-war declaration won’t change a thing

Multiple inter-Korean agreements since the 1990s have promised breakthroughs but failed to deliver

Don’t believe the hype: An end-of-war declaration won’t change a thing
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov December 23, 2021
Presidential frontrunner violated rules during North Korea border visit: UNC

Presidential frontrunner violated rules during North Korea border visit: UNC

Conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol visited the Demilitarized Zone wearing military uniform against border dress code

Presidential frontrunner violated rules during North Korea border visit: UNC
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim December 22, 2021
South Korean conservatives: Right on North Korea, wrong on everything else?

South Korean conservatives: Right on North Korea, wrong on everything else?

Elections tend to feature progressives who don’t get the DPRK and reactionaries out of step with 21st-century values

South Korean conservatives: Right on North Korea, wrong on everything else?
Rob York
Rob York December 22, 2021
White House says it favors ‘step-by-step’ approach to North Korea nuclear issue

White House says it favors ‘step-by-step’ approach to North Korea nuclear issue

Top official says Biden hopes to build on past presidents’ DPRK policies, while conceding lack of progress this year

White House says it favors ‘step-by-step’ approach to North Korea nuclear issue
Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung December 20, 2021
10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?

10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?

Experts weigh the different options for the US as Kim Jong Un enters his second decade in power

10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll December 18, 2021
Kim Jong Un is brutal, nuclear-armed, and there’s little anyone can do about it
NK PRO

Kim Jong Un is brutal, nuclear-armed, and there’s little anyone can do about it

Ten more years of Kim means more missiles and more oppression, all at the expense of the North Korean people

Kim Jong Un is brutal, nuclear-armed, and there’s little anyone can do about it
James Fretwell
James Fretwell December 17, 2021
71 years later, prisoners of war in North Korea are still waiting to return home

71 years later, prisoners of war in North Korea are still waiting to return home

POWs have long been an afterthought in Seoul’s inter-Korean policy, and those still alive are running out of time

71 years later, prisoners of war in North Korea are still waiting to return home
Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung December 17, 2021