2025FEB10

Issue Briefs

North Korea’s Military Behavior in 2024 and Choices for 2025

By Yang Uk

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Yang Uk

Tags : GPS, Hwasong-19, ICBM, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, North Korea-Russia ties, South Korea, USFK

2025JAN10

Issue Briefs

Evaluating the Nature of North Korea’s Policy Shift toward South Korea

By Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Han Ki-bum

Tags : extended deterrence, inter-Korean relations, Kim Jong-un, Korean Peninsula Security, North Korea Nuclear Issue, North Korea policy, North Korea Strategy, ROK-US Alliance, ROK-US-Japan Cooperation, Washington Declaration

2024DEC19

Issue Briefs

Outlook for North Korea Policy under the Second Trump Administration and Its implications on South Korea

By Cha Du Hyeogn

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn

Tags : CNI, Kim Jong-un, MAGA, North Korea policy, Singapore Summit, South Korea, trump administration, U.S.-China, U.S.-North Korea relations

2024OCT08

Issue Briefs

Implications of the DPRK-Russia “Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”

By Cha Du Hyeogn

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn

Tags : DPRK-Russia Treaty, Kim Jong-un, MDZ, NATO, NLL, ROK - U.S, ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty

2024OCT08

Issue Briefs

Analysis of the 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK): Emphasis on …

By Cha Du Hyeogn, Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn, Han Ki-bum

Tags : ICBMs, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Nuclear Consultative Group, South Korea, Workers’ Party of Korea, WPK

2024OCT02

Blog/Op-ed

[Korea JoongAng Daily] The futility of wishful thinking on North Korea

By Yoon Young-kwan

Yoon Young-kwan, Chairman

Tags : ICBM, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, North Korean threat, Peace

2024JUN18

Blog/Op-ed

[Munhwa Il-bo Op-ed] Putin’s Regression into Kim Jong Un’s Mouthpiece (June 18)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Putin, Russia, South Korea, U.S., U.S.-DPRK Geneva Agreed Framework, Ukraine, UN Security Council

2024MAR07

Blog/Op-ed

[Korea JoongAng Daily] Balancing deterrence and restraint

By Yoon Young-kwan

Yoon Young-kwan, Chairman

Tags : Balance, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Nuclear, Weapons

2023SEP25

Blog/Op-ed

[The Chosun Ilbo Op-ed] Is Russia Instigating a Second Korean War? (September 25)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : 'Hwasong-18', "peace through strength", Kim Jong-un, Korean War, North Korea, Putin, Russia, Stalin, UN Security Council, United States

2022AUG17

Blog/Op-ed

[The Chosun Ilbo Op-ed] The normalization of THAAD deployment cannot be delayed any longer (August 8)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Kim Jong-un, MAD, North Korea, nuclear weapons, THAAD, U.S., Xi Jinping, Yoon Suk-yeol