The year 2024 has kicked off with a series of troubling escalations on the Korean Peninsula. For the first time since 2017, Pyongyang and Seoul have resumed provocative artillery drills in the West Sea – a flashpoint that has escalated into deadly military clashes in the past. North Korea also reached a major accomplishment in … Read more
Advertisement In 2017, North Korea conducted a very large, possibly thermonuclear, test explosion and proved it could build long-range ballistic missiles. Unfortunately, Kim Jong Un did not stop there. Since then his government has demonstrated an interest in submarine-launched ballistic missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles, solid-fuel rocket motors, and tactical nuclear weapons. Many observers worry that … Read more
Pyongyang people take part in a demonstration after a mass rally to mark what North Korea calls “the day of struggle against U.S. imperialism” at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 25, 2023. The signs read “Let us make the U.S. imperialists pay dearly for the blood shed by Korean nation!,” “The … Read more
The Koreas | Politics | East Asia Pyongyang has been publishing belligerent statements slamming the South Korea-U.S. summit – and is eagerly seizing on South Korean criticisms for its own advantage. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (right) and first lady Kim Keon-hee (not pictured) arrive at Blair House in Washington D.C. on April 24, 2023. Credit: Office of the … Read more