38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea

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Pit or Get Off the Shot: Is North Korea Going to Flight Test the Musudan»

So, are the North Koreans going to test a fricking Musudan or what? Along with many of my close friends from my days as a research assistant at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), one of my first bosses was a rather colorful retired Army Colonel who would respond to our youthful indecision with a metaphor involving bodily functions that more or less amounted to “fish or cut bait.” He worked a lot on North Korea [Read More]

NEW! DPRK DIGITAL ATLAS

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

Foreign Affairs

How North Korea Evades Financial »

In response to North Korea’s third nuclear test in February 2013, the UN Security Council voted to tighten financial sanctions on North Korea to [Read More]

Commentary

North Korea: Danger »

South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s speech to the Joint Session of the United States [Read More]

Taking Stock of »

It’s now almost impossible to imagine North Korea without a barrage of bellicose [Read More]

War and Peace on »

Reports coming from the Korean peninsula in the past few weeks have been disturbing and [Read More]

Satellite Imagery

Start-up of North Korean »

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Jeffery Lewis and Nick Hansen Summary According to new commercial satellite imagery, North Korea is nearing completion of an experimental light water reactor (ELWR) that is primarily intended to generate electricity for civilian [Read More]

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