Cryptocurrency can help North Korean defectors save their families
Every year, thousands of North Korean defectors resettled in South Korea send money home to families they may never see again. The transfer chain that...
As fewer North Koreans escape, their stories matter more than ever
When Seoul’s Ministry of Unification released the latest defector statistics on July 13, it confirmed that the number of people escaping from North Korea had...
Can technology safely connect North Koreans to the outside world?
In North Korea, information is not a public good to be managed. It is a threat to be contained. By restricting access to the internet,...
Warm up the ordinary people of North Korea, not the unyielding, self-absorbed elite
In Aesop’s The North Wind and the Sun, the two characters quarrel over who is stronger. A timely traveller, wrapped in a cloak, appears on...
When the U.S. steps in, North Korea listens and learns
On June 22nd, 2025, the U.S. military, authorized by Donald Trump, dropped multiple GBU-57 bombs on three of Iran's key nuclear facilities: The Nantanz Nuclear...