Satellite images show North Korea racing to finish massive greenhouse in freezing temperatures
Even in the middle of a cold snap, North Korea has launched a final race to complete the Sinuiju Greenhouse Complex, currently under construction...
Satellite analysis shows North Korea’s showcase Sepo ranch reverting to wilderness
Eight years after North Korea built what it claims is the world's largest grazing area on Sepo tableland in Kangwon province, there are indications...
North Korea installs thermal cladding at Yongbyon reactor to block satellite heat detection
The 5 MWe nuclear reactor and surrounding buildings at the fissile material production facility at North Korea's Yongbyon complex in North Pyongan province were...
Kim Jong Un prioritizes weapons technology over economic gains from Ukraine deployment
A memorial for the war in Ukraine is under construction in the Hwasong district of Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un broke ground on the project...
From fairways to firepower: Inside North Korea’s camouflaged missile program
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held on Oct. 31–Nov. 1, in Gyeongju, a city in South Korea's North Gyeongsang province. Just one...
Punggye-ri’s Tunnel No. 3 ready for use, but no signs of imminent test
South Korea’s Defense Intelligence Agency warned in a Nov. 5 closed-door parliamentary audit that North Korea “could carry out a nuclear test within a...
Satellite thermal imaging confirms North Korea running South Korean factories without authorization
On Nov. 5, the South Korean Defense Intelligence Agency reported in a closed-door audit by the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee that North Korea is...
North Korean island vanishing as Pyongyang extracts sand and gravel for construction
Daily NK reported that uninhabited islands in Pyongyang's Taedong River have recently begun disappearing due to indiscriminate aggregate extraction. Satellite image analysis of the...
Satellite imagery reveals unauthorized expansion of South Korean bus operations in North Korea
North Korea has continued using South Korean buses from the Kaesong Industrial Complex in an unauthorized fashion even after the complex was closed, and...
Satellite images show N. Korea’s fall harvest lagging behind last year
It is mid-October, and the fall harvest is well underway in North Korea's fields of golden grain. The harvest typically begins in late August...
