North Korea

OP #43: North Korea’s International Scientific Collaborations: Their Scope, Scale, and Potential Dual-Use and Military Significance

International scientific collaborations are helping North Korea advance its technology.

NK News

Who’s Deceiving Whom? Open Source North Korea Under the Microscope

NYT coverage of think-tank report risks credibility of open-source research on North Korea.

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

Monitoring uranium mines and mills from space can provide insight into possible nuclear-weapons proliferation.

The Arirang Mass Games, held in the Rungnado May Day stadium (Src: Wikimedia Commons)

North Korea’s Nuclear Disappearing Act

Kim Jong Un has figured out that he can have his cake and eat it, too.

Book Cover

The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks against the United States

A speculative novel on how the United States and North Korea might stumble into a nuclear war, by CNS expert Jeffrey Lewis.

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

After the Trump-Kim summit: Where does Japan go from here?

The “biggest loser” of the Singapore summit faces tough decisions ahead. Some answers may lie in its recent past.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump (Source: Shutterstock)

#TrumpKim: What Happened and What It Means

Fact-based analysis of the historic Singapore Summit.

Conference attendees

American and Russian Experts Discuss Security Challenges on the Korean Peninsula Ahead of Trump–Kim Summit in Singapore

The two-day dialogue focused on practical steps to address the DPRK nuclear program as a whole.

Los Angeles Times

The Trump-Kim Summit Was Far from ‘Epochal’ but at Least It’s a Return to Diplomacy

The outcome of the Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit in Singapore brings to mind the old Army quip: “Hurry up and wait.”

New York Daily News

Who Gained and Who Lost What from the Trump-Kim Summit

If the White House continues to insist on the “Libya model,” we may be headed for re-runs of the rolling crisis of 2017.