Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Presentations Publications Publications A sampling of articles, interviews, and news commentaries by Siegfried Hecker. Hecker, Siegfried, and Jenny Town. “North Korea’s Evolving Nuclear Doctrine: An Interview With Siegfried Hecker,” 38 North, Stimson Center, May 24, 2022. […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Korean Peninsula Map Yongbyon Nuclear Complex Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site More Nuclear Facilities Missile Launching Sites Historical Images ↑ top Map of the Korean Peninsula ↑ top Yongbyon Nuclear Complex The Yongbyon Nuclear Complex is the […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Dedication Authors Abstract Contents Endorsements Reviews by Siegfried S. Hecker with Elliot A. Serbin Release Date: January 10, 2023 Order the Book ↑ top Dedication In memory of Professor John Wilson Lewis, whose boundless energy and […]
Discussions on post-test developments and everyday life in Pyongyang.
2004: First sense of the country, its people, customs, and institutions
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Arsenal Estimation Bomb Fuel Weaponization Delivery Systems Nuclear Estimates Further Reading Bomb Fuel The production of plutonium bomb fuel requires a large infrastructure, including uranium mines, chemical processing facilities to prepare uranium (or uranium oxide) reactor […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Intro 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 North Korea: Daily Life 2009 Dates: February 24-28, 2009 The Stanford delegation led by Professor John Lewis traveled to DPRK roughly a month after President Obama’s inauguration with […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Presentations Publications 2004- 2006 2007- 2009 2010- 2012 2013- 2015 2016- 2018 2019- 2021 Diplomacy 2013 In 2013, North Korea stepped up its nuclear and missile program as well as its rhetoric. The changing security threat […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Presentations Publications 2004- 2006 2007- 2009 2010- 2012 2013- 2015 2016- 2018 2019- 2021 Diplomacy 2007 In 2007, the DPRK engaged in diplomacy through the “Six Party Talks” with the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 North Korea: Daily Life Country and People “I appreciated the deeply held view Lewis had that a better understanding of the North’s people and institutions was going to be […]
