38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea

Saturday March 9th 2013

Commentary

Frienemies: The North’s Nuclear Test Was Bad Enough, The South»

With its most recent nuclear test, North Korea claims to have detonated a warhead small enough to arm its arsenal of ballistic missiles, including the Nodong. Some of my colleagues doubt the North Koreans, but I am inclined to take them at their word. The prospect that Pyongyang may deploy a small arsenal of nuclear-armed missiles naturally raises the question of whether this changes anything. My sense is that yes, an operational North Korean [Read More]

NEW! DPRK DIGITAL ATLAS

Browse through North Korean provinces, cities, towns and villages on the new 38 North DPRK Digital Atlas.

Satellite Imagery

Post-Test Analysis of Punggye-ri: »

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Jack Liu and Nick Hansen. Commercial satellite imagery of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility taken at intervals [Read More]

WMD

North Korean »

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 2:57 GMT/UTC, North Korea tested its third nuclear [Read More]

Obama’s Historic »

As Air Force One touched down for the US’s first state visit to Myanmar, newly [Read More]

Challenges Posed by »

Co-authored by Christina Walrond North Korea may be moving to increase the size and [Read More]

Foreign Affairs

Kim Jong Un’s Foreign Policy »

During his first year in power, Kim Jong Un maintained the strategic foreign policy line he inherited from his father without making any major adjustments. In a nutshell, that approach seeks to alter the regional balance of power in North Korea's favor, expand its [Read More]