Drought in North Korea — What Should Be the Response?
Just a few days ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a report that North Korea is facing its worst drought in 16 years.
Scratch North Korea from your Vacation Plans
According to news reports, the State Department will soon publish a new regulation to ban Americans from visiting North Korea for tourism.
Secondary Sanctions on North Korea Should Be About More than China
While sanctioning Chinese entities that are evading sanctions to do business with North Korea is a key step, the administration should continue to go after non-Chinese actors engaged in sanctioned activities with North Korea.
Korean Summer Reads 2017
With summer already well underway, KEI staff members wanted to share a few books that are on our personal reading lists before autumn is on our doorstep!
A Conversation with Charlie Rangel, Former Congressman and Korean War Veteran
KEI President Donald Manzullo, a former member of the House of Representatives, recently interviewed Charlie Rangel, a former Congressman from New York and a Korean War Veteran, for the KEI podcast.
The North Korean ICBM Test: A Significant Step, But Still Just a Step
It usually takes some time to figure out the details of what a North Korean missile test has accomplished – what type of missile it was, how it performed, its capabilities – but from the initial information regarding North Korea’s July 4th missile test, it appears that they have successfully tested an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).
Dennis Rodman and “the good side” of North Korea
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman made his most recent visit to North Korea at the same time American college student Otto Warmbier was medically evacuated to the United States after being imprisoned there for the last 17 months, and during the last 14 of those months he was in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness.”
Is China Helping? We Might Be Surprised
President Trump made lots of people a little nervous last week, tweeting that China had been “helpful” on North Korea but that “It just hasn’t worked out.” As if resigned to the inevitable, he typed “At least it tried”.
North Korea, Fake News, and getting Clickbaited by Kim Jong-un
We are told that we now live in a post-truth society where elections can be influenced by clickbait, and the topic of North Korea is one that lends itself incredibly well to this new-era of sensationalist headlines and questionable reporting.
By the Numbers: The Frequency of North Korean Missile Tests Under Kim Jong-un
Since assuming leadership in North Korea, Kim Jong-un averaged 10.8 missile tests per year in the 2012-2016 period.