Pyongyang maintains icy silence towards new U.S. administration
Geostrategy-Direct The new U.S. administration has made at least two attempts to reach out to the Kim Jong-Un regime, the most recent to explain its new North Korea policy (more…)
Report: Kim regime battling military desertions, especially near ‘frontline’
Geostrategy-Direct North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has reportedly issued guidelines in which he is “dedicating the year 2021 to reducing desertions” in the military. A source told the Daily (more…)
Report: Regime’s bid to confiscate foreign currency again angers North Koreans
Geostrategy-Direct North Koreans who have long had to work around the regime’s heavy hand in order to survive are reportedly angry that it is moving to confiscate all foreign (more…)
Congressional hearing alarmed at Seoul’s deference to Beijing, Pyongyang
Geostrategy-Direct South Korean critics have been warning that the leftist Moon Jae-In government in Seoul is bowing to China and North Korea as it increasingly infringes on freedom of (more…)
‘All options’: Think tanks warn North Korea could have 242 nuclear weapons by 2027
Geostrategy-Direct The United States and South Korea must consider “all options” in dealing with North Korea as the Kim Jong-Un regime continues to stockpile nuclear weapons and improve its (more…)
Kim reportedly building electrified barriers on border with China
Geostrategy-Direct The Kim Jong-Un regime reportedly has deployed a large detachment of construction troops to install concrete barriers and high-voltage wires along North Korea’s northern border with China. The (more…)
North Korea greets Team Biden with missile tests, threats
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea on March 25 reportedly fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea in its first missile test of the Joe Biden administration in Washington. The (more…)
U.S., South Korea monitor ‘signs’ North are deploying rocket launchers on island
Geostrategy-Direct There are “multiple signs” that the Kim Jong-Un regime in North Korea has deployed rocket launchers and other weapons on an inter-Korean border island, South Korean military officials (more…)
U.S. indictment terms North Korean cyber unit ‘world’s leading bank robbers’
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted several North Korean operatives who were part of an infamous hacking unit for their involvement in global cyberattack campaigns against institutions (more…)