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North Korea’s Execution State: When Law Becomes a Tool of Terror

Public executions showcase that the death penalty in North Korea continues to function as a political tool.

18.11.2025 7

Lee Sang-Yong

The Dark Side of China-North Korea Cooperation: Forced Labor

The Kim-Xi bonhomie shouldn’t overshadow the suffering of North Korea’s “state-dispatched workers” to China.

05.09.2025 4

Lee Sang-Yong

North Korea’s Economic Crisis: Solutions or More Controls?

A pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention – a comprehensive plan to regulate...

03.02.2025 7

Lee Sang-Yong

North Korean Balloons and Kim Jong Un’s New Psychological Warfare

North Korea’s “trash balloons” are billed internally as “enemy attack drills” – and the latest round targeted the Presidential Office in Seoul...

01.11.2024 10

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North Korea’s Execution State: When Law Becomes a Tool of Terror

Lee Sang-Yong

The Dark Side of China-North Korea Cooperation: Forced Labor

Lee Sang-Yong

North Korea’s Economic Crisis: Solutions or More Controls?

Lee Sang-Yong

North Korean Balloons and Kim Jong Un’s New Psychological Warfare

Lee Sang-Yong