Coup anxiety? Kim Jong-Un appoints new security chief
Geostrategy-Direct Kim Jong-Un, who unlike his father and predecessor Kim Jong-Il does not trust his own generals, has appointed a new state security chief in what analysts say is (more…)
How to counter North’s outsized, asymmetric military in a Korean War II
Geostrategy-Direct The following, by Geostrategy-Direct contributing editor Miles Maochun Yu, was published in ‘Strategika’ by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. While the world is abuzz about North Korea’s (more…)
Soldier’s desperate sprint to freedom provides reality check on both sides of DMZ
Geostrategy-Direct By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The mad dash of a North Korean soldier across the North-South line in the truce village of Panmunjom exposes the weakness of both (more…)
N. Korean underground churches growing; Defectors detail abuse of believers in prison camps
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea is experiencing a surge in Christian belief with a recent study saying up to half a million residents in the country are secretly practicing Christianity in (more…)
Security sources: North Korea’s cyber forces operate remotely from other nations
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea’s army of 6,000 hackers may be orchestrating cyber attacks from within North Korea, but many of them are physically working from other nations, reports say. North (more…)
North Korea linked to $60 million Taiwan bank robbery of the cyber kind
Geostrategy-Direct A hacking group linked to North Korea is believed to be behind the recent cyber heist of $60 million from Taiwan’s Far Eastern International Bank. Malware which was (more…)
China has 33 of 38 contracts to mine N. Korean minerals, valued at U.S. $2.79 trillion
Geostrategy-Direct The value of North Korea’s untapped mineral resources is 3,200 trillion won, or $2.79 trillion U.S. dollars, the South Korean government reported. The development of minerals in North (more…)
Policy of silence: U.S. still mum on evidence China gave major strategic support to N. Korea
Geostrategy-Direct China has provided North Korea with all the material and technological support its needs to launch a nuclear attack on the United States, analysts say. “Let’s be clear, (more…)
Kim honors father, grandfather and nuclear technocrats on 69th birthday of North Korea
Geostrategy-Direct North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un marked the 69th birthday celebration of the nation by paying homage to his father and predecessor Kim Jong-Il, grandfather and founder Kim Il-Sung (more…)