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New Signs of North Korea Reactivating Reactor
At full speed, the nuclear complex could produce at least one fission bomb per year
Report: North Korea Tested Long-Range Rocket Engine
North Korea tested a long-range rocket engine in August, possibly for a large new rocket under development, according to a think tank at Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins University’s US-Korea Institute posted on its 38 North website an analysis of satellite imagery from August 20 – 25 that suggested rocket launching …
North Korea Calls for Nuclear Talks to Resume
Foreign minister urges countries to return to negotiations “without preconditions”
With a Curl of Steam, North Korean Nuclear Reactor Back Online: Report
A satellite image shows what appears to be a curl of steam rising out of the long defunct reactor
Report: Kim Jong Un’s Former Lover Executed by Firing Squad After Making Sex Tape
North Korean dictator has alleged paramour shot along with 11 others in front of families
While the Rest of North Korea Struggles, Pyongyang’s Fortunate Few Go Shopping
The city of Pyongyang may conjure up images of Mass Games and goose-stepping sentries, but the North Korean capital looks very different from the place it was 10 years ago. It’s not just the new high-rises, even the people …
Sixty Years After the Korean War, the Cold War’s Unending Conflict Continues
TIME talks with Sheila Miyoshi Jager, author of the new book Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea, on how a 20th century war continues to influence Korean geopolitics
North Korea’s Totalitarian Tableau: Scenes from the Mass Games
Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities of the Korean War on July 27, 1953, the isolated government of North Korean despot Kim Jong Un staged its annual Mass Games in Pyongyang. The event, now a regular draw …
North Korea Gets the World in a Panic, Even Without Trying
The cargo of weaponry seized by Panamanian officials en route from Cuba to North Korea has caused an international uproar, but revealed nothing new about the East Asian pariah. Cuba’s foreign ministry has dismissed …
Party in Pyongyang: Amid Tension, North Korea Celebrates Kim Il Sung’s Birthday
The 101st anniversary of the birth of the country’s venerated founding father, the late dictator Kim Il Sung, is a pointer to the regime’s current state of mind
U.S. and China Pledge to Work Toward a Nonnuclear North Korea. Does That Matter?
On his first trip to Beijing as U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry arrived with an entreaty. As warmongering from North Korea reaches earsplitting levels, Kerry had petitioned Chinese leaders to rein in an isolated country that …
NoKo Propaganda: How to Smash the Puppet Traitors
No nation does propaganda like the Hermit Kingdom. On a daily basis, North Korea’s leadership and official news agency trade in jargon and slogans that few elsewhere in the world would ever echo. Photographs in Pyongyang document …