The Diplomat

North Korea’s Naval Ambitions: A Strategic Shift

Historically, North Korea has focused primarily on developing land-based military strength. However, several factors are driving Pyongyang to enhance its naval power. In this photo provided by the ...
East Asia Forum

Russia and North Korea’s treaty exposes blind spots in the security community

The Russia–North Korea Treaty on the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, signed in June 2024, has renewed fears of anti-Western coalitions and dealt a seismic geopolitical shock to the balance of ...
Time

North Korea Is Sending Workers Abroad Again Amid Fresh Crackdown on Human Rights

Kim Jong Un has sent new batches of his workers overseas since relaxing pandemic border controls and launched a fresh crackdown on his people, according to the U.S. point person for North Korean human ...
Forbes

North Korea’s Growing Role In Ukraine War Shows How Weak Russia Is

TOPSHOT - This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shaking hands during their meeting at the Vostochny ...
The New York Times

America Can’t Do to North Korea What It Just Did to Iran

Mr. Hennigan writes about national security, foreign policy and conflict for the Opinion section. One day after 14 American 30,000-pound bombs thundered down on Iran, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry ...
The Diplomat

The Dire State of Women’s Rights in North Korea

While the country espouses an official commitment to gender equality, the reality for women is one of discrimination and limited opportunities. On International Women’s Day on March 8, North Korea ...
PBS

What Happens to Your Family When You Escape North Korea, and Other Harrowing Tales from Beyond Utopia

The harrowing, riveting documentary Beyond Utopia, captures what life is like for refugees after escaping North Korea. What happens to the family you left behind? How hard is it to adjust to life in a ...
csis.org

North Korea: Preparing for War, Mere Blustering, or Something in Between?

For the 70 years of shaky peace that have defined the Korean Peninsula since the conclusion of the July 1953 Armistice Agreement, the question of whether North Korea preparing for war has been a ...
Human Rights Watch

North Korea: Escapees Describe Covid-Linked Repression

People who have escaped from North Korea since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic have described severe repression and restrictions on economic activity. North Korean escapees’ accounts illustrate the ...
NPR

As North Korea launches missiles and artillery, this island's residents are terrified

YEONPYEONG, South Korea — As tensions between North and South Korea mount, inhabitants of this South Korean island just 7 miles from North Korea's west coast have special reasons to be jittery. In ...
csis.org

North Korea: Revisionist Ambitions and the Changing International Order

The emergence of an “Axis of Upheaval” consisting of revisionist states—which, to borrow language from former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, seek to “alter the foundational principles of the ...