North Korea

  • Feb 18, 2020
  • 2 min read

Coronavirus makes for precarious politics in East Asia

The effects of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak will be felt much further than the disease's actual spread

East Asia
  • Feb 12, 2020
  • 6 min read

North Korea is vulnerable to coronavirus outbreak

The coronavirus outbreak in China will have significant impact on both Koreas, given their proximity and economic ties

North Korea
  • Jan 20, 2020
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New foreign minister means new policies in Pyongyang

Pyongyang has reportedly replaced its foreign minister

North Korea
  • Jan 13, 2020
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US team still pushing for North Korea talks

Despite a frosty end to 2019, US officials are again seeking talks with Kim Jong-un’s North Korea

United States
  • Jan 8, 2020
  • 7 min read

Pyongyang party plenum presages provocations

A major Party meeting, featuring a hard-line speech by Kim Jong-un, indicates that tensions will rise on the peninsula

North Korea
  • Jan 7, 2020
  • 2 min read

Risks and opportunities 2020: East Asia

East Asia enters the 2020s with new risks emerging and longstanding ones freshly revived

East Asia
  • Jan 2, 2020
  • 2 min read

Pyongyang will provoke new tensions with Washington

North Korea yesterday formally ended a moratorium on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests

North Korea
  • Dec 30, 2019
  • 2 min read

Pivotal point in US-North Korea ties coming this week

Pyongyang’s deadline for Washington to make concessions is tomorrow

United States