Inter-Korean

For understandable reasons, the international community has been focused on North Korea's nuclear program, concerned that Pyongyang could have a weapon capable of such massive destruction. But should they also…

In the recent agreement between Seoul and Pyeongyang to defuse tensions along the DMZ, the two governments included a promise to "vitalize" non-governmental organization (NGO) exchanges in various fields.   …

Volcanologist Dr. Kayla Iacovino traveled to North Korea in 2013 as part of a team that was collaborating with North Korean scientists to study Mt. Baekdu, one of Korea's most…

Over the past few years, North Korea has been holding press conferences starring so-called re-defectors – people who fled to the South and chose to return. Researchers Steven Denney and…

By Robert R. King Last week delegations from South and North Korea met jointly with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss the two Koreas’ proposal for joint North-South participant in some sports at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.  They also raised their proposal to present a…

By Yonho Kim As the partial government shutdown in the United States enters its fourth week, preparations for the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is underway. After President Trump said the location of the summit will be announced “in the not-too-distant future,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said…

By Troy Stangarone 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 as U.S. President Donald Trump met North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un at the first ever U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore. If 2018 was the year the diplomacy…

By Troy Stangarone Since the first summit meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in April, efforts by North and South Korea to repair and reconnect road and rail lines on the Korean Peninsula have received significant attention, including the recent announcement that they will be holding a groundbreaking…