February 12, 2025, by Robert King—
As the transition takes place with the return of Trump and the arrival of Rubio as the new secretary of state, one of the key questions regarding policy toward North Korea is whether the United States will continue to advocate for human rights and remain a participant in the UN Human Rights Council, which has been the central UN body focused on North Korea’s human rights atrocities, as well as human rights abuses in a number of other UN member countries.
January 15, 2025, by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim—
Yoon Suk Yeol, the lionized…
October 28, 2024, by Victor Cha—
This first appeared as a…
September 24, 2024, by Victor Cha—
In this groundbreaking book, the leading scholar and practitioner Victor D. Cha shines a light into the “black box” of North Korea and draws critical lessons for the possible reunification of Korea after many decades of division... 2024, Columbia University Press "[The Black Box] calls on privileged insights into North Korea. Peace,…
June 30, 2024, by Andy Lim and Victor Cha—
Since late May, North Korea has launched thousands of balloons into South Korea filled with trash, marking the return of a long-used tactic of psychological warfare between the two Koreas. Rather than a sign of impending conflict, as some posit, the campaign is a manifestation of Kim Jong-un’s new decoupling policy and a preemption of the new South Korean unification policy focused on the values of freedom and human rights.
August 17, 2023, by Theodore Postol—
Russia's multi-warhead intercontinental ballistic missile…
June 27, 2023, by Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo—
Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo draw on decades of research to explore the history of modern Korea, from the late nineteenth century, Japanese occupation, and Cold War division to the present day. .. 2023, Yale University Press “Korea gives the answer to the lingering enigma of how two extremely…
March 13, 2023—
North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launch Facility has seen significant development over the last year. On this episode of High Resolution, CSIS’ Victor Cha and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. use satellite imagery to provide close-up analysis of the changes that have been made, and those that are still in development. For more, visit beyondparallel.csis.org.
July 19, 2021, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and Victor Cha—
This is the fourth of several reports providing a unique view of the Sinpo South Shipyard, Sinpo area, and Mayang-do navy facilities using a unique high off-nadir (HON) image collected by Maxar Technologies during April 2021. This report looks at the abandoned Kumho-ri Light Water Reactor (LWR) Site on North Korea's northeast coast.
July 15, 2021, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and Victor Cha—
The Sinpo Shipyard is the counterpart to the Sinpo South Shipyard and focuses primarily on the production, maintenance, and repair of small fishing vessels. To a lesser degree, it has also been involved in the production, maintenance, and repair of small Korean Peoples’ Navy combatants. Since about 2009, the graving dock at the shipyard – one of the largest in North Korea – has played a crucial role in maintaining the operational status, repair, maintenance, and scrapping of the nation’s submarine force.
