Tag: nuclear weapons
Nuclear tests, purges and a pandemic: The long road to the...
China and North Korea opened the New Yalu River Bridge on Oct. 15, 2026, a full 17 years after the two neighbors first agreed...
Satellite data trace a drainage route from North Korea’s Pyongsan uranium...
Satellite imagery shows a wastewater pond below North Korea's Pyongsan uranium plant repeatedly expanding and shrinking between February and September 2026. The fluctuations keep...
Thermal satellite images show Yongbyon reactors running nonstop
North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex kept its key reactors and processing plants running through 2026, according to my analysis of satellite imagery. High-resolution photos...
What will it take for the Trump administration to achieve denuclearization...
The premise that the United States and other stakeholders in Northeast Asia should accept the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a de...
Satellite images show growing waste buildup at North Korea’s uranium plant
Recent high-resolution satellite imagery shows that the sludge-covered area within a settling pond at North Korea's Pyongsan uranium concentration plant grew by about 0.8...
N. Korea locks down villages near uranium plant over mystery illness
North Korean authorities have sealed off a cluster of villages near a uranium refining plant in North Hwanghae province. The lockdown follows an outbreak...
The Xi–Kim summit’s hidden fault lines
When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited North Korea on June 8 and 9, 2026, for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,...
To denuclearize North Korea, Xi must make Kim an offer he...
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...
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...
South Korea is sleepwalking through the North Korean nuclear crisis
With a U.S.-China summit scheduled for mid-May 2026, calls are growing once again to shift the framework for addressing North Korea's nuclear program away...
