Asia March 3, 2021 NORTH KOREA: Pyongyang could expand cyber attacks as economic crisis continues North Korea, Politics cyber, editorial Tobias Harris, Victor Cha The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in February that it was indicting three members of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), a clandestine agency that manages cyber warfare... Read More...
Asia March 25, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: New administration works to strengthen cooperation with Seoul North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles – possibly its solid-fueled KN-23, which it tested multiple times in 2019 – on Thursday, 25 March. The test... Read More...
Asia March 18, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: New administration works to strengthen cooperation with Seoul North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Seoul on Wednesday, 17 March for meetings with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Defense Minister... Read More...
Asia February 4, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: North Korea’s domestic woes could mean opportunity for Biden North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha North Korea’s economy continues to struggle due to border closures even as the country remains highly vulnerable to Covid-19. Domestic conditions could mean Pyongyang refrains from missile or... Read More...
Asia January 20, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: Biden will likely face early challenge from North Korea North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha Kim Jong Un, speaking on the final day of the eighth congress of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party on 12 January, warned, “We must further strengthen the nuclear war... Read More...
Asia August 14, 2020 KOREAN PENINSULA: Flooding exacerbates already severe economic crisis in north North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris North Korea may be reeling from its worst economic shock in decades, as heavy rains have inflicted widespread devastation on a country already suffering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.... Read More...
Asia July 29, 2020 KOREAN PENINSULA: Border crossing shows Pyongyang’s insecurity in Covid-19 era North Korea, Politics, South Korea editorial, Pyongyang Tobias Harris, Victor Cha After months of denying that it had any cases of Covid-19 in the country, the North Korean government convened an emergency meeting on Saturday, 28 July to announce that it would... Read More...
June 25, 2020 KOREAN PENINSULA: Kim calls off threats but tense conditions will likely remain North Korea, Politics, South Korea Pyongyang Tobias Harris, Victor Cha South Korean President Moon Jae-in marked the seventieth anniversary of the start of the Korean War on Thursday, 25 June, by calling for peace with North Korea but warning that the... Read More...
June 16, 2020 KOREAN PENINSULA: Pyongyang returns to form with new provocations North Korea, Politics, South Korea Korea Tobias Harris North Korea has cut off communication with South Korea and has threatened to break the 2018 inter-Korean agreements that once promised a new era of cooperation on the Korean Peninsula. This pattern... Read More...
April 27, 2020 KOREAN PENINSULA: Questions about succession as Kim’s condition remains unknown North Korea, Politics, South Korea Kim's death, Kim's Health, Kim Jong Un, North Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha ● North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health remains the subject of rumor and speculation after not being seen in public since 11 April. ● North Korea’s neighbors claim that they have... Read More...
