A look at 10 issues that will have an impact on the Korean peninsula in the year ahead.

Despite the positive tone and candidness, Kim Jong Un's new year's address is ultimately disappointing since he gives little indication that real reforms are in the works

If 2017 was the year of “fire and fury,” 2018 saw the United States and North Korea turn from the rhetoric of war to diplomacy.

North Koreans who were struggling to overcome the economic crisis began marketization and developed and business vehicles called ‘servi-cha.’

Pyongyang's promise of prosperity runs up against hard realities that even the Worker's Party cannot deny. With little changes to the broken economic structure, time may not be on Kim Jong-un's side.

New strategies from Seoul and Washington for engaging with Southeast and South Asia are also creating new opportunities to further expand the relationship.