New Cruise Missile Gives North Korea Lethal Capability
The long-range weapon could strike South Korea, Japan, and U.S. bases in the region.
Korean Central News Agency
Why South Korea Needs to Reorganize Its Priorities for North Korea
The Moon administration can only achieve the peace it so desperately desires by finally confronting the Kim regime for its hostile actions – rather than being intimidated by the likes of Kim Yo Jong.
Op-eds
Treasury’s Latest North Korea Sanctions Come Amidst Diplomatic Uncertainty
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned this week a Russian-born South African...
Policy Briefs
North Korea Abruptly Postpones Meeting with Secretary of State Pompeo
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Thursday confirmed that Pyongyang...
Policy Briefs
Evaluating Sanctions Enforcement and Policy Options on North Korea
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Congressional Testimonies
Restricting North Korea’s Access to Finance
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Congressional Testimonies
North Korea’s Nuclear Advance — With Or Without The Hydrogen Bomb
It’s almost two years since North Korea’s government threatened to carry out “a new form of nuclear test.” Asked at a United Nations press conference what Pyongyang had in...
Op-eds
How Iran and North Korea Became Cyber-Terror Buddies
In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...
Op-eds
Stopping North Korea’s Next Act Of War
“Freedom has prevailed,” tweeted comedian Seth Rogen on Tuesday, celebrating the latest twist in the saga of “The Interview” — the Hollywood movie that became ground...
Op-eds
North Korea and Iran: Partners in Cyber Warfare?
North Korea has denied any involvement in the massive hacking attack last month on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and absent evidence c...
Op-eds
North Korea Takes a Tip from Iran’s “Charm Offensive”?
North Korea is engaged in a blitz of diplomatic activity, summed up by the New York Times as Pyongyang’s “Diplomatic Charm Offensive.” Earlier this month, Nor...
Op-eds
North Korean Ship Tests the Waters Near America’s Shores
It’s not often that North Korean-flagged freighters turn up near America’s shores, but when they do, they deserve attention. North Korea has a prolific record of arms smuggling, narco...
Op-eds
North Korea’s Nuclear Fallout
For a rogue state under international sanctions, what is the penalty for threatening to carry out an illicit nuclear test? As North Korea is demonstrating, and Iran is no doubt closely observing,...
Op-eds
The Perils Of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
It’s been a landmark year for North Korea’s third-generation tyrant, Kim Jong Un, who inherited power two years ago with the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. Young Kim kicked off 201...
Op-eds
Iran’s Sequel to North Korea’s Nuclear Playbook
As world powers prepare for nuclear talks with Iran next week in Geneva, U.S. negotiators and their cohorts would do well to review the history of nuclear deals with another rogue state: the Demo...
Op-eds
North Korean-Syrian Chemistry: The Weapons Connections
Is North Korea complicit in the use of chemical weapons in Syria? For a host of reasons, this question ought to be high priority for the United Nations chemical weapons experts who finally arrive...
Op-eds
The Pyongyang-Tehran Proliferation Playbook
Clearly the dangers posed by North Korea reside not only in its arsenal, but in the precedents Pyongyang keeps setting for just how much a rogue regime can get away with in this era of receding A...
Op-eds
The Iran-North Korea Axis of Proliferation
Both Iran and North Korea are subject to a growing stack of sanctions with which the United Nations, since 2006, has been...
Op-eds
Google Bamboozled by North Korea?
As if there isn’t enough trouble in the world, the executive chairman of Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, has taken it into his head to visit North Korea. Schmidt is touring the world’s lea...
Op-eds
Memo to World Diplomats: Don’t Cry for Kim
To release news of Kim Jong Il’s death, North Korea’s government stuck a woman newsreader in front of a TV camera,...