Rob York, Author at Daily NK English

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Rob York is director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum in Honolulu, Hawaii, and a former production editor at the South China Morning Post. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Analysis & Opinion

For trafficked North Korean women, the road to justice remains long

Rob York - March 18, 2022

Analysis & Opinion

How would a Biden administration deal with North Korea?

Rob York - August 3, 2020

Analysis & Opinion

Why North Korean human rights still matter

Rob York - June 15, 2020

Analysis & Opinion

What Thae Yong Ho offers South Korea’s conservatives

Rob York - April 6, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during the Hanoi Summit last month human rights agenda sanctions

Analysis & Opinion

Will Donald Trump ever do the right thing on North Korea,...

Rob York - March 2, 2020

Recent Articles

Satellite images dated Dec. 2, 2025, March 12, 2026, and March 28, 2026, showing exterior completion of a new uranium enrichment plant and ongoing demolition of the 50 MWe old reactor site at Yongbyon

Satellite imagery shows Yongbyon nuclear complex in active modernization phase

April 10, 2026

View from a train crossing the Yalu River, with China visible on the right and North Korea on the left

North Korea resumes China transport links but clamps down on tourist...

April 10, 2026

A propaganda poster in Pyongyang featuring a political figure gesturing before a crowd, red flags bearing the Three Revolutions slogan, and the WPK emblem

North Korea’s rote learning sessions pressure workers after Ninth Party Congress

April 10, 2026

A propaganda poster displayed in a primary school at Chongsanni Farm, North Korea, depicting children in military uniforms attacking a U.S. soldier, with Korean text reading "Let's play the game of catching American bastards."

North Korean students mobilized to farm school land as rations dry...

April 10, 2026

Kim Jong Un speaks at the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea Congress, Pyongyang, Feb. 19, 2026

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress: Key takeaways

April 10, 2026

Panoramic view of Hyesan city in Ryanggang province, North Korea, with the Yalu River in the foreground, August 2018

Water crisis grips Hyesan as tap water flows just once every...

April 10, 2026

Officials seated in rows face a presidium at a Workers' Party of Korea congress session, with a red banner reading "Research and Consultation Meeting on Foreign Affairs Sector" displayed at the front of the hall

Pyongyang tells diplomats to drop denuclearization, push arms control instead

April 9, 2026

China–North Korea–Russia tripoint monument at the Fangchuan National Scenic Area observation deck, with flags of Russia, China, and North Korea

North Korea discharges soldiers early to send them to Russia as...

April 9, 2026

View of Dandong from the North Korean bank of the Yalu River, with the Yalu River Broken Bridge and Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge visible.

Hyesan border trade halted again as North Korean traders count the...

April 9, 2026

Men fishing from the deck of a rusty boat in North Korea.

North Korea courts Chinese fishing investment while preaching self-reliance

April 9, 2026