April 13, 2026, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Recent imagery shows the completion of a building at Yongbyon, widely believed to be a new uranium enrichment plant... Overview image showing the Radiochemistry Laboratory and new building at Yongbyon, April 2, 2026. Copyright © CNES 2026, Distribution Airbus DS. Image may not be republished without permission. Please contact imagery@csis.org. Satellite imagery from this month…
March 9, 2026, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Satellite imagery shows rapid expansion of Russian UAV and UCAV production infrastructure at the Yelabuga Special Economic Zone, with reports suggesting potential North Korean labor involvement... Download Report PDF The Yelabuga drone factory has been identified in open-source reports as a…
March 3, 2026, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Recent imagery shows two types of North Korean UAVs at Panghyon Airbase, observed together for the first time at the location... Saebyeol-4 and Saebyeol-9 UAVs at Panghyon Airbase, February 25, 2026. Copyright © 2026 by Vantor. Image may not be republished without permission. Please contact imagery@csis.org. A February 25, 2026, satellite image shows both a...
February 2, 2026, by Jennifer Jun, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Victor Cha—
The Atlantic Amsterdam, a Chinese platform that was a point of tension between South Korea and China due to its unilateral placement by Beijing in the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ), arrived at a commercial shipyard in China last week... View of the Atlantic Amsterdam, the Chinese “central integrated management platform” located in the PMZ in October 2022, relocated to Weihai…
January 28, 2026, by Jennifer Jun, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Victor Cha—
CSIS imagery analysis and AIS data collection finds that China has begun relocating the Atlantic Amsterdam from inside the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) on January 27. .. View of the Atlantic Amsterdam, the Chinese “central integrated management platform” for its aquaculture cages, in the…
December 15, 2025, by Jennifer Jun, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Victor Cha—
China’s deployment of buoys near the Korea-China PMZ signals expanding monitoring and gray zone pressure in the Yellow Sea (West Sea)... Sources: CSIS Beyond Parallel; Republic of Korea Navy Headquarters Report submitted to the South Korean National Assembly, shared with the press Download Report PDF This...
December 11, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Satellite imagery shows that North Korea has made significant progress at the port-of-entry site for the much-delayed New Yalu River Bridge.
October 27, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Satellite imagery show that the construction of the new Russia-North Korea road bridge has made significant progress in the past six months.
October 27, 2025, by Jennifer Jun, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Victor Cha—
Recent AIS analysis show continued standoff between South Korean and Chinese Coast Guards in the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ)... Left: Image of the Shen Lan 1, the first of the two aquaculture cages to be deployed inside the South Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ),...
October 2, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Recent images of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station show indications of an engine test preparation and continued expansion of the facility.
