Diplomatic Review, Oct 2025: First Visit by a Chinese Premier to the DPRK in 16 Years
Li Qiang’s visit to Pyongyang to mark 80th WPK anniversary continues escalation in high-level diplomacy
The Long Crane of the Law: Liaoning Corruption and the Customs Bureau
Chinese President Xi Jinping steps up anti-corruption drive against customs officials amid strong trade growth with the DPRK and South Korea
Yongusil: Russia’s New Great Game on the Korean Peninsula
Russia’s recent embrace of North Korea represents a Northeast Asia gambit that goes beyond transactional bilateralism and the conflict in Ukraine
RG 242 Files: Corruption, and Cult of Personality, at Kim Il-sung University
NARA document describes embezzlement and efforts to conceal malpractices at North Korea’s first university during early operations in 1946
Relative Power: A Review of ‘The Sister’, by Sung-Yoon Lee
First book-length take on Kim Yo-jong, youngest sibling of North Korea’s ruler, examines the sudden rise of Pyongyang’s most powerful woman
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