Category: Asia – North Korea

(Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) The Biden administration recently announced its review of US policy toward the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is complete. While some signs...

North Korea is undergoing something of a recycling revolution. Workplaces and homes across the country are being urged to recycle waste material and, according to state media, are responding. But...

President Joe Biden participates in a press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in Friday, May 21, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo...

Three years ago, on May 24, 2018, in the lead-up to the first US-DPRK summit, North Korea dismantled the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in a dramatic fashion, using explosives to...

Commercial satellite imagery indicates redevelopment is underway of a small island off the coast of Wonsan, historically used as a training base by North Korean specialist infiltration teams. New buildings,...

Commercial satellite imagery shows construction is progressing on six large buildings on a riverbank in Sinuiju, and more could be on the way. The buildings, one of which can already...

New commercial satellite imagery of North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center indicates: 1) continued activity at the Radiochemical Laboratory (RCL) and the Thermal (Steam) Plant which supports it, but...

38 North has launched a project that reviews the dynamics of North Korea’s economic policymaking under Kim Jong Un, from when he assumed power in 2012 until 2020.[1] In the...

High-resolution satellite imagery of North Korea’s Nampho port area taken in July last year shows two barges carrying unusual cargos, adding to findings from the United Nations (UN) Panel of...

After not one but two articles this month already on North Korea’s cement industry, 38 North readers might feel that this is all the, ahem, concrete information they need, or...