Is the DPRK still a sponsor of terrorism? Well…
On February 27, 2023, the US State Department released a report in which the US left North Korea on the 2021 list of countries sponsoring terrorism. The other two were Iran and Syria. As noted in the...
View ArticleSeoul’s efforts to intensify the human rights issue in North Korea are met...
On March 28, 2023 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol stated that “the reality of the horrific human rights violations against the North Korean people must be fully revealed to the international...
View Article“North Korean hackers” in 2022
The author constantly writes about the “crimes of hackers from the DPRK,” and after talking about the problems that the cybersecurity of the Republic of Korea is facing, it’s time to talk about what...
View ArticleAnti-prediction on the anticipation regarding the outcome of Yoon Suk-yeol’s...
A genre the author refers to as “anti-predictions” may be found in his various works. They describe the most dismal developments in the hope that others who read them would approach the situation in a...
View ArticleWaiting for the launch of North Korea’s first military intelligence satellite
This author will discuss the current round in the confrontation between the two Koreas in his next article, and pause for a moment to look at a more significant event. On April 18 Kim Jong-un, General...
View ArticleThe President of the Republic of Korea’s Visit to the United States: An...
Yoon and Biden’s opening monologue was theatrical, just like the Washington Declaration. “The United States and the ROK are constructing an Alliance that will provide future generations with a firm...
View ArticleThae Yong-ho – is this the end of his career?
Readers of previous articles by the present writer will know that the present author has a special interest in defectors from North Korea. As a result of their efforts a number of extravagant myths...
View ArticleDPRK satellite launch: a rocky start, but failures happen
The development of the satellite was one of the key weapons projects announced by Kim Jong-un during the congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea in January 2021, along with a solid-fuel...
View ArticleThe Development of DPRK’s Missile-Nuclear Complex and the US Reaction
There is no doubt that 2016 can be called the year of the North Korean rocket engineers: two nuclear tests and a large number of missile launches forced a number of experts (including the author) to...
View ArticleNew Adventures of “North Korean Hackers”
Against the backdrop of the scandalous stories about Russian hackers, the author returns to the topic of North Korean hackers seeing as the body evidence for charges in both cases is characterized by...
View ArticleAmerican Media Hacking “Fake News” About North Korea
US Media continues its campaign against “fake news,” urging people to only listen to mainstream, pro-western capitalist news sources, despite their documented record of factual inaccuracies. US media...
View ArticleOn the Murder of Kim Jong-un’s Older Brother in Malaysia
Kim Jong-nam, the 46-year old son of Kim Jong-il from his first (civilian) wife, actress Song Hye-rim, and the consanguine older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was killed on February 13,...
View ArticleWhat does Donald Trump Have in Common with South Korean Problems
According to The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources, the White House is holding a “comprehensive rethinking” of US policy toward North Korea, including options that are “far from the political...
View ArticleTo Continued Sanctions Pressure on the DPRK
Against the backdrop of the scandal surrounding the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the author notices two tendencies. From one side, the excitement leads to the introduction of additional sanctions measures,...
View ArticleRepression in DPRK’s State Security and a New Round of DPRK Demonization
The latest round of the DPRK demonization is connected not only with the notorious “murder at the airport” incident, but also with other news, the main of which (as usual, with reference to South...
View ArticleUS Presence in Korea Drives Instability
US and European interests continue to portray the government and nation of North Korea as a perpetual security threat to both Asia and the world. Allegations regarding the nation’s nuclear weapon and...
View ArticleDonald Trump vs. North Korea: Waking Up To Smell Your Own Coffee
It didn’t take long. After all the talk about stopping US involvement in expensive foreign wars, a new target has emerged – North Korea, the one country no one wants to pick a fight with because you...
View ArticleOn the Possibility of the Sixth Nuclear Test by the DPRK and the Goals of...
On May 6, 2017, in the South Korean news, it was once again reported that work on the creation of a new tunnel was seen at the North Korean nuclear test site near the village of Phungue-ri in the...
View ArticleOn the Arrest of Two US Citizens in the DPRK and the Release of One
At the beginning of May 2017, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the detention of two US citizens, both of Korean origin. Initially, on May 3, KCNA announced that on April 22, the country’s...
View ArticleThe Death of American Student and its Possible Political Consequences.
We recently published an article explaining how, on June 13, 2017, after 17 months of imprisonment, the DPRK released American student Otto-Frederick Warmbier, whom they had sentenced to fifteen years...
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