Kim Jong Un’s European front
North Korea is learning modern warfare on Ukrainian ground—and Russia is paying the tuition
North Korea–Russia relations
North Korean missile deployment raises urgency of Ukraine’s Starlink plea
North Korea has begun dispatching a ballistic missile unit to Russia to help bombard Ukraine, which is already struggling to defend its skies, Ukrainian military intelligence official Andrii Cherniak told Reuters this...
Op-eds
Zelensky Warns of Another North Korean Troop Deployment to Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow wants around 30,000 more North Korean troops, and they could soon arrive in Russia. These troops will almost certainly support Putin’s war effort...
Policy Briefs
Kim Pushes for Faster North Korean Defense Buildup With Russia’s Help
Kim Jong Un is interested in “overtaking the world,” according to his speech at the Second Plenum of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which was held from June...
Policy Briefs
Russian security assistance is creating problems on the Korean Peninsula
In a unique episode of father-daughter bonding, Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, observed a ballistic missile test on April 19 in which North Korea launched five missiles with...