Is Kim Jong Un about to become DPRK president?
North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly convenes March 22 to elect state leadership and revise the constitution. With Kim Jong Un freshly re-elected as Workers'...
Inside the Sinuiju greenhouse: the hidden rail station built for Kim Jong Un
Satellite imagery has revealed that North Korea built a private rail station for Kim Jong Un at the center of the newly inaugurated Sinuiju...
Kim Yo Jong named WPK General Affairs Department head: promotion or demotion?
North Korea's state media disclosed last week that Kim Jong Un's younger sister has been appointed head of the General Affairs Department of the...
Kim Jong Un’s ‘two hostile states’ declaration: legal implications for the Korean Peninsula
North Korea rewrote the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) charter at the ninth WPK Congress, held Feb. 19-25, 2026, formally enshrining the "two hostile...
Satellite imagery reveals what remains of North Korea-Syria cooperation sites
Nearly two decades after an Israeli airstrike obliterated a suspected North Korean-built reactor in the Syrian desert, new satellite imagery of the Al-Kibar site...
Kim Jong Un’s 9th party congress sets a new course for North Korean agriculture
The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), reported on Feb. 28 that participants of the Ninth Congress...
Kim Jong Un’s ideology supplants founding doctrine after ninth party congress
North Korea's state media has stopped referencing "Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism," the ideological framework underpinning the Kim dynasty for decades, following the ninth congress of the Workers'...
After Iran: Why a strike on North Korea’s nuclear sites is a last resort
On June 21, 2025, the United States carried out Operation Midnight Hammer, deploying B-2 stealth bombers armed with GBU-57 massive bunker busters and cruise...
The Ninth Party Congress aftermath: What Kim Jong Un’s era really means
North Korea's five-yearly marquee political event, the Ninth WPK Party Congress (Feb. 19-25), has now concluded. Since December of last year, this writer has...
North Korea’s winter games: Samjiyon as propaganda showcase
Unable to qualify for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games — held Feb. 6-22 in Italy — North Korea opened its 2026 National Winter...
