Samantha Pitz is a Research Associate at the Stimson Center and Assistant Producer for “38 North,” a web journal that provides policy and technical analysis on North Korea. Prior to joining Stimson, she was a Research Assistant at the US-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She holds a B.A. in International and Area Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.
Press declarations of North Korea’s cement-related modernization efforts and successes often do not match observable markers of modernization or success on imagery
May 14, 2021
Recent commercial satellite imagery of Pyongyang indicates a significant slowdown in efforts to complete the the multi-towered Pyongyang General Hospital complex and its peripheral construction projects.
October 29, 2020
Kim Jong Un’s site visit patterns and practices provide some insights into what his priorities are and how those might shift according to the times.
October 16, 2020
Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates the construction on the exterior of the Pyongyang General Hospital appears to be finished, meeting the ambitious target of completion within 200 days.
October 6, 2020
Recent commercial satellite imagery shows that work on the exterior of the Pyongyang General Hospital is in its final phase.
September 24, 2020
August 29, 2019
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