The 3 January 2026 capture and transfer to the United States (US) of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is something which North Korea’s strategic and decisionmaking culture will be analyzing, discussing and responding to. […]
Daily NK reports that the Kim Family compound on the outskirts of Sinu’iju is undergoing a three-month renovation. The construction work began during July and if DNK’s source is correct, it will probably continue until […]
Three events capped off Kim Jong Un’s (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; KJU) March Missile Mania, including his inspection of war heads at the Nuclear Weapons Institute [NWI]. From 25 to 27 March (Saturday through Monday), the DPRK […]
Korean People’s Army [KPA] artillery units launched two short-range projectiles using a 600 mm multiple-launch rocket system [MLRS] on the morning (KST) of 20 February Sukch’o’n County, South P’yo’ngan. The KPA units also conducted tunnel-based […]
The following is a rolling chronology of ballistic missile events (drills and test firings), artillery shelling incidents and external military exercises (US-ROK, US-JP and US-ROK-JP) that have occurred in and around the Korean Peninsula since […]
Satellite imagery shows a combination of ongoing and finished construction projects in two VIP areas in central Pyongyang. These VIP areas are located in central Pyongyang’s “Forbidden City” where Kim Jong Un (KJU; Kim Cho’ng-u’n) […]
DPRK Premier Kim Tok Hun (Kim Tok-hun) visited coal mines and Kwangch’o’n Chicken Farm. He also visited Pukch’ang Thermal Power Plant and the 8 February Jiktong Youth Coal Mine. According to state media the colliers […]