North Korea

North Korea

PODCAST: What North Korea Wants

Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher or get the app to listen later. Why does North Korea keep testing its nuclear capabilities, despite tightening sanctions? What can the United States and the international community do to confront Pyongyang? And how might the...

K-Pop, Missile Defense, and the Security Council are at the Center of this Latest Dust Up Between the USA and China

Tomorrow’s Security Council meeting on North Korea should be…interesting. Here’s why: On Monday, North Korea launched a series of missile tests in violation of several prior UN resolutions. The USA and Japan subsequently called for an emergency meeting at the...

Can This Latest Round of North Korea Sanctions Do the Trick?

Last week, the Security Council passed yet another sanctions resolution aimed at curbing North Korea’s nuclear program. These newest sanctions come on the heels of Pyongyang’s testing of a nuclear weapon in September. This newest tit-for-tat comes less than a...

Security Council Poised to Vote on New North Korea Sanctions

Can a new round of international sanctions on North Korea do the trick? Three months after North Korea last tested a nuclear weapon, the Security Council is again poised to sanction the regime in a vote on Wednesday. Last March,...

These New UN Sanctions are a Key Test for the Obama Administration. Will North Korea Give Up the Bomb?

The Security Council just enacted the toughest sanctions against North Korea in twenty years. How tough? For one, all shipments to and from North Korea are now subject to a mandatory cargo inspection regime. The resolution also bans the export...

How North Korea’s Nuclear Test Puts the Security Council in a Bind

North Korea has done it again. So far, there is little we know about this latest nuclear test. Chances are, Pyongyang was full of bluster when it claimed this to be a powerful hydrogen bomb. Most analysts believe this was...

A Drought (And Doubts) In North Korea

Rain is coming to Korea. The drought that cracked the rice paddies in North Korea during the month of June is easing, along with rising precipitation levels and even typhoon warnings. In early July, the North Korean state media advised...

Episode 29: Chris Hill

The former Ambassador to Iraq and North Korean nuke negotiator.

Why a North Korea ICC Case is Not as Far Fetched As You Might Think

China may yet support an ICC investigation in DPRK

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