Topic: North Korea

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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

March 19, 2026
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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

March 2, 2026
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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

February 23, 2026
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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

August 31, 2022
Commentary

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.
August 17, 2022
Peter Makowsky
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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),

May 14, 2021
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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

April 12, 2021
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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

March 18, 2021

Clint Work

Former Nonresident Fellow
January 29, 2020

Samantha Pitz

Former Research Associate and Assistant Producer
January 10, 2020

David Kim

Former Research Analyst
January 10, 2020