Blood alliance or mistrust? The uncomfortable update to China–North Korea relations
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on April 10, in what analysts describe as a significant moment for the two...
North Korea and its money-making overseas workers
With turmoil spread across the Middle East in recent weeks, international attention is drawn once again to the familiar specter of North Korea. The connection...
The campaign to nominate Kim Jong-un for a Nobel Peace Prize
Until the arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat was nominated for and then shockingly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, to the eternal infamy of the Nobel...
What does the attack on Iran mean for North Korea?
Missiles have been crisscrossing Middle Eastern skies in early March, as the American and Israeli war on Iran enters its second week. The immediate backdrop...
North Korea responds to Iran crisis: Will Pyongyang go down a path of “reckless survival?”
On March 1, after the United States and Israel launched their military assault on Iran, North Korea’s foreign ministry issued a strong condemnation. The attack...
On Kim Jong-un’s “two hostile enemy states” theory and de-emphasis on unification policy
For two years now, one of the most written about and discussed topics among Korea watchers, analysts of Asian security, and international affairs experts in...
Outlook for 2026: Pro-North Korean and other far-left forces versus the U.S.-ROK alliance
Pro-North Korean and other far-left forces in the United States were in somewhat of a "continuation" mode in 2025. They continued their Congressional lobbying, agitation/propaganda,...
What Venezuela taught me about North Korea
When U.S. President Donald J. Trump ordered the military strike against Venezuela and the arrest of its president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, he acted...
Unusually, no mention of South Korea or the U.S. in Kim Jong-un’s new year address
In a major departure for a new year address, Kim Jong-un made not a single reference this time to South Korea or the United States....
Pro-North Korean speakers in South Korea oppose capitalism and the US alliance
The greatest speeches of the world's foremost political orators have often been collected in books, and many are also featured online, in some cases in...
Venezuela’s “Foreign Legion” in South Korea
North Korea has had ties with Venezuela since 1965, but in the last two decades since the coming to power of dictator Hugo Chavez and...
North Korea tells UN General Assembly it will not give up its nukes
At the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 29, North Korea delivered one of its most uncompromising messages of recent years...
Kim Jong-un camp followers to cavort with Manhattan’s Marxists… US Juche jamboree, part Comintern, part bombintern
For anyone seeking insight into the nature and scope of the pro-North Korea movement in the United States, an opportunity is just about to arise....
Is China stopping forced repatriation of defectors in pushback against NK-Russia alliance?
Chinese authorities, starting this year, have reportedly stopped sending defectors arrested by public security forces back to North Korea. Instead, they are releasing them with...
Defectors and activists urge Canada to do more for North Korean asylum-seekers
Defectors from North Korea and activists who help them settle in South Korea and other countries have asked the Canadian government to more actively support...
North Korean defectors rally in support of Venezuelan pro-democracy protesters
Representatives of leading South Korean civil society organizations and North Korean defectors gathered in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on August 17 to condemn Maduro’s attempts...
Is Kim Jong-un playing off Russia and China for gain?
A recent flurry of diplomacy activity suggests that Kim Jong-un may be reviving his grandfather's old strategy of playing off Russia and China against one...
Japan’s impasse over abductions. It’s the North Korean economy, stupid
Recent news suggests Tokyo was making efforts for a summit with North Korea. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 25 quoted Kim Yo-jong,...