Combined with it fourth nuclear test a little more than a month ago, Pyongyang has undertaken two major provocations and the international community has yet to respond more than rhetorically in a coordinated fashion at the United Nations.
In recent days there has been increasing speculation that North Korea is preparing to test a long range missile.
With the Iowa Caucuses approaching KEI has gathered comments by the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on South Korea and North Korea.
From the superhero-esque origin stories of the Kim family to the fantastical inventions they have gifted to the world, here are five of the most outrageous claims from North Korea.
The greatest significance of North Korea’s nuclear test and attempt to attend the World Economic Forum is that they highlight either the DPRK’s misunderstanding of or indifference towards the global economy despite overtly stating otherwise.
In the aftermath of North Korea’s nuclear test, 2016 has already begun with a new crisis on the Korean peninsula.
A good stretch of optimism in inter-Korean relations ended in December, even before tensions rose in early January 2016 with North Korea’s fourth nuclear test.
With the fourth test now behind us, the next question becomes: How should the international community react to the event?
In the aftermath of what appears to be a fourth nuclear test by North Korea the question becomes, what comes next?
As we look back at the events that helped to shape the Korean peninsula in 2015, it is also an opportunity to review the events we highlighted on The Peninsula in our annual 10 Issues to Watch For on The Korean Peninsula in 2015 blog and the key events that we did not predict.