Tag: nuclear weapons
North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress: Key takeaways
Daily NK has released a report analyzing North Korea's Ninth Party Congress, examining what the congress reveals about the future direction of Kim Jong...
Pyongyang tells diplomats to drop denuclearization, push arms control instead
North Korea's government issued a strategic directive in late March ordering its foreign affairs and military officials to abandon denuclearization as a negotiating framework...
Is Kim Ju Ae really North Korea’s next leader?
Editor's note: This piece was originally published on Daily NK's Korean website in March 2024.
Kim Jong Un's youngest daughter, Kim Ju Ae, has now...
How North Korea built its African empire of stone and steel
For decades, North Korea has generated foreign currency by designing and constructing commemorative monuments across Africa — statues, museums, and public memorials built for...
Mystery at Yongbyon: North Korea’s reactor hides its heat from satellites
Satellite thermal data show that North Korea's 5MWe reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex is registering surface temperatures far colder than its surroundings, even...
Punggye-ri’s Tunnel No. 3 ready for use, but no signs of...
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...
Netflix film ‘A House of Dynamite’ offers stark lessons for South...
"A House of Dynamite" is the title of a new Netflix film that inspired an Oct. 29 column by Chosun Ilbo editorial board member...
Hongxiang Group executives return to Pyongyang years after U.S. froze assets...
Representatives from Chinese companies that previously dealt with North Korea recently visited the country, including a company that was sanctioned for providing supplies for...
North Korea touts diplomatic wins with Russia, but citizens see no...
Following a lavish celebration of the 80th anniversary of the ruling party's establishment, North Korea has been vigorously promoting the diplomatic activities of leader...
Kim Jong Un reveals ‘two-state theory’ has not been enshrined in...
During his speech at the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (13th Session) on Sept. 21, Kim Jong Un directly acknowledged that the two-state theory has...
