Human Rights Watch

North Korea

The town of Chunggang, North Korea, as seen from the Chinese border town of Linjiang, February 29, 2024. North Korea’s expanded military cooperation with Russia, including the transfer of materiel and ...
Military.com

North Korea's Kim Watches Missile Test-Firings from Country's First Destroyer

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — and called for ...
Foreign Affairs

China Should Be Worried About North Korea

Last month, the White House confirmed that North Korea—a country with few allies and little money—had sent thousands of soldiers to join Russia in its war against Ukraine. Pyongyang was already ...
Human Rights Watch

North Korea: Escapees Describe Covid-Linked Repression

People who have escaped from North Korea since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic have described severe repression and restrictions on economic activity. North Korean escapees’ accounts illustrate the ...
The New York Times

America Can’t Do to North Korea What It Just Did to Iran

Mr. Hennigan writes about national security, foreign policy and conflict for the Opinion section. One day after 14 American 30,000-pound bombs thundered down on Iran, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry ...
The Heritage Foundation

The Potential for Russia to Supercharge North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Program

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. North Korea is fast becoming a weapons supplier of choice for malign actors ...