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...
Why North Korea’s December plenary meeting matters for the Ninth Party Congress
The time has come to wrap up another year.
In North Korea, the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea typically holds a plenary...
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...
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...
S. Korea’s plan to scrap N. Korean human rights center risks abandoning victims for...
A report recently emerged that the government is considering a plan to essentially scrap the establishment of the National Center for North Korean Human...
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...
Protein deficiency causes muscle atrophy and hair loss among North Korean orphans
Spreading malnutrition among children is becoming a major social issue in North Korea, with three orphans at a school in Pyongsong recently dying after...
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...
