Assessing North Korea’s Five-Year Effort to Develop 13 New Nuclear and Missile Systems
In his January 2021 report to the Eighth Party Congress of the Korean Workers’ Party, Kim Jong …
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WMD
The realities of North Korea’s WMD ambitions are complex but so are the technological developments that make its programs possible. We will help our readers understand both.
New Missiles But Fewer Launches, a Missile Sub Reveal, and a Nuclear-Armed Air Force
This article is from the third edition (October-December 2025) of 38 North’s quarterly product, …
Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Modernization and Expansion in 2025
Commercial satellite imagery of North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center from …
South Korean Nuclear-Powered Submarine Plan: Unpacking China’s Moderate Reaction
On October 29, President Trump announced that the United States will share nuclear propulsion …