New U.S. Amb. Michelle Steel undeterred by chilly reception in Seoul
Geostrategy-Direct, August 4, 2026 New U.S. Amb. to South Korea Michelle Steel was born in Seoul in 1955 to parents who fled the North and has advocated for North (more…)
Report: North Korean media crackdown focuses on university students
Geostrategy-Direct, July 28, 2026 North Korean authorities have intensified a strict media and ideological crackdown targeting university students, utilizing a group of operatives called Youth League to monitor everyday (more…)
New buildings, 32 miles North of Seoul, seen housing missile systems
Geostrategy-Direct, July 21, 2026 Satellite imagery shows North Korea built at least 21 identical, 52-meter-long drive-through structures south of Kaesong, just 32 miles (52 kilometers) north of Seoul. Analysts (more…)
China has not released U.S. seismologist who studied North Korean nuclear tests
Geostrategy-Direct, July 14, 2026 A U.S. expert of underground nuclear tests has been detained by China for more than two years with no trial, according to his family, U.S. (more…)
What should a Trump-Kim deal look like? Fred Fleitz vs Victor Cha
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump wants an agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, but the American president “has made it clear that it must be (more…)
Kim Jong-Un’s not-so-royal bloodline could have the ‘impact of a nuclear bomb’
Geostrategy-Direct, June 30, 2026 In North Korea, the ideological purity of the Kim Il-Sung communist dynasty is a given, and details about the birth of current ruler and Kim’s (more…)
Nuclear North squeezes citizens for human waste output despite fertilizer surplus
Geostrategy-Direct, June 23, 2026 North Korea has a surplus of fertilizer this year, but the Kim Jong-Un regime says it needs more human waste for presumably more fertilizer. Why? (more…)
North Korea reportedly cracks down on border gatherings, talk about South Korea
Geostrategy-Direct, June 16, 2026 The Kim Jong-Un regime has intensified its crackdowns on gatherings and private conversations near North Korea’s border areas. The regime ordered that groups of three (more…)
How bonding with Russia transformed North Korea’s military, economy
Geostrategy-Direct, June 9, 2026 South Korean and Western intelligence agencies estimate that thousands of North Korean soldiers have died fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war. Those battlefield losses have however (more…)