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

In a new NCNK Issue Brief, Paul K. Lee looks at efforts to reunite Korean-Americans with their long-separated family members in North Korea. ... | Read More

This is the fifth in an ongoing series of updates by NCNK Executive Director Keith Luse about what is known about the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in North Korea, and the international humanitarian response. ... | Read More

A compilation of recent analysis and publications from NCNK Members. ... | 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