Komdok Mining Region: A Pending Promise
The back-to-back typhoons late last summer, and in particular, Typhoon Maysak, ravaged the mining area of Komdok, destroying many of…
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North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Three Years After Its Dismantlement
Three years ago, on May 24, 2018, in the lead-up to the first US-DPRK summit, North Korea dismantled the Punggye-ri…
North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Satellite Update
New commercial satellite imagery of North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center indicates: 1) continued activity at the Radiochemical Laboratory…
North Korea’s Cement Industry: More Than Meets the Eye
Background For decades, cement has been the preferred building material in North Korea. Limestone, a key ingredient in making cement, is…