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The Kaesong Opportunity 23 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
Some analysts, like Bruce Klingner writing in the Wall Street Journal on August 18, 2013[1] lament the recent agreement between the two Koreas to reopen the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), calling i...
North Korea’s Cuban Missile Crisis 2 Aug 2013 | 03:38 am
Snappy titles aside, the Panamanian interdiction of Cuban arms bound for North Korea is about much more than missiles. It challenges the world’s sanctions regimes by testing member states’ abilities t...
North Korea Halts Construction of New Long-Range Rocket Launch Facilities 23 Jul 2013 | 10:10 am
A 38 North exclusive with contributions by Nick Hansen Summary New commercial satellite imagery confirms that major construction projects at the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground have been halted. ...
Sohae Satellite Launching Station (Tongchang-ri) 3D Panoramas 23 Jul 2013 | 07:51 am
38 North announces the launch of new 3D panoramas providing interactive, high-detail, virtual tours of key North Korean sites. Developed by Nathan J. Hunt, the first set of panoramas is focused on the...
North Korea: Enduring Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Gain 12 Jul 2013 | 09:25 pm
North Korea is now engaged in diplomatic push and pull with South Korea, striving to restructure the inter-Korean relationship to meet the policy priorities of its new leadership and desires of the po...
New Long-range Rocket Engine Tests at North Korean Launch Facility: Development Continues 11 Jul 2013 | 08:55 am
A 38 North exclusive, with contributions by Nick Hansen Summary Satellite imagery of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station (also referred to as Tongchang-ri), where North Korea conducted two long-r...
China’s North Korea Policy: Backtracking from Sunnylands? 2 Jul 2013 | 11:56 pm
In recent months, China has affected a sterner disposition toward North Korea, reflecting growing frustration with its errant neighbor. But despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s stronger rhetoric on ...
New Tunneling Activity at the North Korean Nuclear Test Site 25 Jun 2013 | 09:59 pm
A 38 North exclusive with contributions by Nick Hansen and Jack Liu. Recent satellite imagery of North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site has revealed new tunneling work being done at the West Port...
Park vs. Kim: Who Wins This Game of Thrones? 18 Jun 2013 | 05:10 pm
Park Geun-hye can be hard to read. But when it comes to her approach to inter-Korean relations, the most striking element has appeared to be her willingness to engage North Korea—particularly since he...
New Construction Activity at the Hwanggumpyong Economic Zone 18 Jun 2013 | 12:38 am
A 38 North exclusive with contributions by Nick Hansen and Jeffrey Lewis Summary New commercial satellite imagery indicates that China and the DPRK have accelerated the development of a joint special ...
