For years, North Korea’s Kim dynasty has made money through criminal schemes like drug trafficking and counterfeiting cash. In the last decade, Pyongyang has increasingly turned to cybercrime—using …
The origin of North Korea’s ‘ghost boats’
After exhausting areas close to home, China’s vast fishing fleet has moved into the waters of other nations, depleting fish stocks. But more than seafood is at stake.
Seoul Cracks Down on Dissent Against North Korea
South Korea is the second-greatest threat to human rights on the Korean Peninsula. President Moon Jae-in ordered a crackdown in July on activists protesting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s crimes …
Jim Mattis reportedly slept in his clothes to be ready for North Korea’s missile launches
Basically directed to do something that I thought went beyond stupid to felony stupid.” …
Report: Seoul preps for joint Olympic bid with North Korea
The city of Seoul is preparing to submit an application to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics with Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Hails ‘Sacred Combat Mission,’ Gets Warm Words from World Leaders
“We cannot help but change the direction of our struggle after comprehensively considering the year-end tasks that were under way with the nation-wide efforts,” North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un …
A North Korea Strategy for the Next Administration
But before engaging Pyongyang again, the next administration needs to understand how North Koreans view the United States, and how they would interpret new policies. Over the decades, both Republican …
U.S. deploys Cobra Ball surveillance plane near northeast China
A U.S. spy plane flew near northeast China and the Korean Peninsula the same day North Korea observed its founding anniversary.
Typhoons blow North Koreas economic plans further off course
After surveying the typhoon damage suffered by his impoverished country, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told party loyalists they would have to rethink plans for an economy already hobbled by …
North Korea’s Kim to Reconsider Year-End Projects in Wake of Typhoon Damage: State Media
The typhoon damage left North Korea “with the situation in which we cannot help but change the direction of our struggle after comprehensively considering the year-end tasks that …