Tag: North Korea

(North Korea/USA) Why Is North Korea Showing the World So Many New Missiles? (Doug Bandow, The National Interest)

Can Biden keep relations steady and at least avoid an escalation? https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/why-north-korea-showing-world-so-many-new-missiles-176663

(North Korea) What Happened to National Geographic’s North Korea Documentary? (Stephen Silver, The National Interest)

Why the two hour feature never aired still remains unclear. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/what-happened-national-geographic%E2%80%99s-north-korea-documentary-176669

(USA/North Korea) Blinken says US will review North Korea policy, consider aid (Al Jazeera)

Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state says US will launch a review to bring N Korea back to denuclearisation talks. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/20/blinken-says-us-will-review-north-korea-policy-consider-aid

(USA/North Korea) How Mr Biden might deal with the North Korea problem (East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/18/how-mr-biden-might-deal-with-the-north-korea-problem/

(USA/North Korea) Biden’s North Korea challenge (Naoko Aoki, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/17/bidens-north-korea-challenge/

(North Korea) ‘The world’s most powerful weapon’: N Korea parades new missile (Al Jazeera)

North Korea displayed what appeared to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a parade on Thursday night, state media reported, marking the...

(USA/North Korea) Kim Jong-un’s Shot Across Biden’s Bow (Bruce Klingner, Defense One)

Having built up his nuclear and missile arsenal during the past four years, North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un has just warned President-elect Biden to...

(North Korea) Will Kim Jong Un resume ICBM and nuclear tests? (Zaheena Rasheed, Al Jazeera)

At party Congress, Kim pledges to expand weapons programmes with the aim of ‘making a preemptive and retaliatory nuclear strike’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/14/north-korea-will-kim-jong-un-resume-icbm-and-nuclear-tests

North Korea’s Kim Pledges to Strengthen Defense Capabilities (The Defense Post)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen his nuclear-armed nation’s military capabilities at a key ruling party meeting, state media reported Thursday, just weeks...

Kim says N Korea to take military capabilities to ‘higher level’ (Al Jazeera)

Kim Jong Un has promised to expand North Korea’s military capabilities, state media reported on Thursday, even as the country faces international sanctions and...

NORTH KOREA – North Korea: out of the frying pan, into the fire (Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/04/north-korea-out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire/

NORTH KOREA/USA – Keeping North Korea at the Negotiation Table (Kyungyon Moon, EAI)

The US and North Korea seemed to be making progress before the Hanoi Summit took place. However, after the Hanoi talks fell apart, negotiations...

NORTH KOREA/USA – Experts debate whether mysterious N. Korea site may be building nuclear components (Al Arabiya)

A mysterious North Korean facility may be producing components for building nuclear bombs, a new report suggests, offering clues to understanding the site near...

IRAN/NORTH KOREA – Thanks to North Korea, Iran Can Launch Satellites Now (Caleb Larson, The National Interest)

Here's What You Need To Remember: Iran and North Korea are partners of convenience - since both are enemies of the United States, they cooperate...

NORTH KOREA – North Korea faces one of its toughest winters (Gabriela Bernal, East Asia Forum)

North Korea’s economic situation is facing exceptional challenges after the government imposed strict virus-containing measures in response to COVID-19. Since late January 2020, the...

NORTH KOREA – Why sanctions are not the way to fix relations with North Korea (Geoffrey See, World Economic Forum)

How the two Koreas cooperate on the Gangwon province could make it the site for the next stage of the peace process. North...