Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach to North Korea, while unorthodox, has paid off in many ways even as his many critics predicted failure, a former Trump administration official (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct One of China’s largest banks could be prohibited from accessing the U.S. financial decision over North Korea sanctions violations, a report said. Three Chinese banks were found to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Donald Trump is said to have voiced concern over liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-In’s seeming indifference to trilateral cooperation between the U.S., Japan and South (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, had ties to the CIA and almost certainly was in contact with Chinese intelligence, according to an unconfirmed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Western intelligence on North Korea is primarily limited to satellite photos, regional specialists readily admit. Its weakness in human intelligence (HUMINT) was again demonstrated by recent conflicting reports (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Some 75 percent of North Koreans are destitute amid the Kim Jong-Un regime’s practice of paralyzing the local markets which citizens depend on, a UN human rights report (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea was able to develop its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a relatively short period of time with extensive help from Russia and China, a report (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Workers tasked with a construction project of major importance to the Kim Jong-Un regime refused to comply with the regime’s work order, a report said. In October 2018, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct After U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of nuclear talks in Hanoi in late February, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has made several moves that have mystified Pyongyang (more…)
