China and South Korea are best positioned to play a role in helping North Korea, and should exploit the discretion they are being given to act.

Given that the proposal in the UN Security Council is largely moot given U.S. opposition, what might we glean about Chinese motives?

For the first time since the collapse of the Six Party Talks, we have a document that outlines the Chinese and Russian positions in fairly granular detail.

The report from the party plenum also suggests that the regime’s frustration stems from the fact that sanctions are having material effect.

In lieu of a New Year’s speech, Kim Jong -un convened an unusual plenum of the Central Committee and issuing a widely-distributed Report on the meeting.

Proponents of sanctions typically come at the task with a variety of aims, and the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 is no exception.