Before debating how Korea unifies, Seoul needs to decide what it wants
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung recently stated that South Korea would not pursue absorption unification with North Korea. The position is being interpreted as...
North Korea’s provincial firms need autonomy, not new specifications
North Korean authorities have been pushing provincial factories to update their product specifications to improve quality and lift flagging market demand — but updating...
Pyongyang felt the heat as early as late May, satellite imagery reveals
Thermal infrared satellite data collected in late May 2026 confirms that significant heat stress had already taken hold in both Pyongyang and Seoul well...
Satellites show North Korea’s rice planting running ahead of schedule
North Korea's farms are planting rice slightly faster than in past years, with progress in 2026 running 2.7 percentage points ahead across eight sample...
To denuclearize North Korea, Xi must make Kim an offer he cannot refuse
Following his recent meetings with President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Pyongyang on 8-9 June, his first...
One year of Lee Jae-myung’s North Korea policy: real gains, serious gaps
June 4, 2026, marks the first anniversary of President Lee Jae-myung's inauguration. Given that his government took office in the wake of a sudden...
Satellite analysis reveals Kim Jong Un’s hidden armored train stations
Kim Jong Un does not travel like other heads of state. He moves through North Korea aboard a "rolling fortress" — an armored train...
Pyongyang’s postwar problem: What happens to North Korea when Russia no longer needs it?
Geopolitical dynamics are shifting rapidly as major powers intensify diplomatic coordination over the future shape of the international order. During the Victory Day parade...
North Korea’s wheat and barley acreage shrinks in key farming regions, satellite data shows
Satellite imagery analysis of three major North Korean agricultural regions in May 2026 shows that spring wheat and barley cultivation has declined overall compared...
Satellite data shows mixed reservoir levels ahead of North Korea’s planting season
An analysis of recent imagery captured by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2B and Sentinel-2C satellites shows that water levels at North Korea's major reservoirs...
