Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On July 23, North Korean state media revealed images of Kim Jong-Un inspecting a new large submarine under construction in a covered facility. The images (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies secretly helped North Korea build and maintain its commercial wireless network, a report said. Huawei partnered with a Chinese state-owned firm, Panda International (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea is known to severely punish anyone who commits a crime during official mourning periods to mark the passing of the nation’s founder Kim Il-Sung and his (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The absence of several previous North Korean negotiators at the meeting at the DMZ between North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed a shaekup (more…)
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…)
