NCNK's new report examines how the strategies individual market participants adopt to succeed in a difficult economic environment in North Korea may be slowly reshaping social relations, creating the beginnings of a public sphere and the building blocks of civil society ... | Read More

This NCNK Special Report looks at the details of the U.S. and UN sanctions regimes targeting North Korea, how these sanctions have worked in practice, and their policy and humanitarian implications ... | Read More

In an article for 38 North, NCNK Program Manager Daniel Wertz looks at recent North Korean rhetoric about the need to re-centralize control of the economy, and assesses whether the Covid-19 crisis might provide the country's leaders with an opportunity to realize this goal. ... | Read More

Writing for 38 North, NCNK Program Manager Daniel Wertz takes a close look at recent Chinese trade data with North Korea, looking at how this economic relationship has changed - and how it hasn't - over the past three years. ... | Read More

NCNK Program Officer Esther Im and NCNK Member Andray Abrahamian teamed up recently to write an article published by 38 North about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and North Korea's response ... | Read More

Analysis of provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act related to North Korea policy, including new sanctions measures and restrictions on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea. ... | Read More

In a new NCNK Special Report, Larry Niksch assesses the sources of opposition which would potentially arise if the U.S. were to decide to withdraw troops from South Korea. ... | Read More

On February 27, NCNK hosted a discussion on balancing multiple interests in addressing the North Korea crisis, featuring remarks by Dr. Moon Chung-in and Dr. John Linton. Video of their remarks is below. ... | Read More

Writing in the New York Times, Suzanne DiMaggio and Joel Wit draw on their experience in Track II dialogues with North Korean officials to argue that the Trump administration should try to quietly restart dialogue with Pyongyang. ... | Read More

On September 1, a ban on U.S. travel to North Korea went into effect, prohibiting the use of U.S. passports to enter the DPRK except under limited circumstances. The State Department had formally announced the measure a month before it took effect, citing the “serious risk to United States nationals of arrest and long-term detention” while traveling to the country. ... | Read More