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The U.N. special envoy on North Korean human rights has called for Pyongyang to introduce a moratorium on executions as a first step toward abolishing the death penalty, criticizing the country’s reliance on capital punishment. In her report to the U.N. General Assembly released Tuesday, special rapporteur Elizabeth…
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to shorten a major military exercise with South Korea, while calling for strengthening extended deterrence in response to deepening ties among North Korea, China, Iran and Russia. Harris made the remarks at the Seoul-based…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a sweeping law enforcement crackdown against North Korea’s remote information technology (IT) worker schemes on Tuesday, charging over a dozen people with helping the workers obtain fraudulent employment at American companies. The crackdown resulted in charges against 14…
U.S. federal prosecutors have agreed to drop charges against Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst and prominent North Korea expert accused of secretly working for South Korea’s spy agency. The deal effectively ends the high-profile case that sent shockwaves through the Korea watcher community when announced two years…
Russian filmmakers have revealed plans for a war movie starring a South Korea-born actor as a North Korean soldier fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, a state-funded project that has sparked debate about how prominently the DPRK’s role will be depicted. The military biopic titled “Sudzha. Brothers in Arms”…
China and North Korea will finally open the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, according to Chinese state media, more than a decade after it was built. “A new bridge will officially open to traffic on Thursday across China’s border river with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” the state-run Xinhua News…
Edward Goldring, senior lecturer in political science at the University of Melbourne and author of the new book “Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive,” joins the podcast to discuss why authoritarian leaders remove senior officials and what those purges can reveal about political survival. Goldring explains why a…
A North Korean studies researcher who defected to South Korea has become the new president of the Korea Hana Foundation, a government-funded organization tasked with helping defectors resettle in South Korea. Kim Young-hui, who previously led the North Korea Development Institute (NKDI) since May, is the first North…