Topic: North Korea

New Eyes on North Korea: Emerging Scholar Perspectives

38 North’s 2025-2026 cohort of the Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program will discuss findings from their original research and offer perspectives on their colleagues’ work. Fellows will cover a range of policy-relevant topics related…

New Frontiers for North Korean Surveillance and Repression

Since 2020, North Koreans at home and abroad have experienced unprecedented isolation, control, and surveillance. As the country launches an ambitious new five-year plan to modernize the economy, the government is doubling down…

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress: Domestic and Global Implications

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress will offer a clearer picture of Kim Jong Un’s domestic and foreign policy roadmap for the next five years. It will shed light on critical questions with far-reaching…

Recalibrating US Extended Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula

In Northeast Asia, great power competition is intensifying, North Korea’s nuclear program continues to advance, and a nuclear arms race is gaining momentum. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also threatened the integrity of…

North Korea’s Komdok Mining Region: Empty Promises?

Without substantive investments, such as developing better transport networks or improving energy provision, North Korea’s Komdok mining region will remain underperforming….

North Korea Beyond the Six Parties: Examining ties with Central Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa

Featured Speakers Camilo Aguirre Torrini, Doctoral Researcher, University of Sussex and Associate Researcher, Universidad Central de Chile Virginie Grzelczyk, Reader (Associate Professor), International Relations, Aston University Hoyoun Koh, Assistant Professor, Political Science and International…

Biden’s North Korea Policy Review: Perspectives from the Region

Featured Speakers Yun Sun, Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Yuki Tatsumi, Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the Japan Program at the…

Blinken’s Asia Trip: What’s Next With North Korea?

Featured Speakers Jenny Town, Senior Fellow and Director of 38 North, the Stimson Center Joel Wit, Distinguished Fellow in Asian and Security Studies, the Stimson Center Robert Carlin, Nonresident Fellow, 38 North, the…

Clint Work

Former Nonresident Fellow…

Samantha Pitz

Former Research Associate and Assistant Producer…

David Kim

Former Research Analyst…