With a thriving black market, just how effective can North Korea sanctions be?
The United Nations imposed another round of sanctions on North Korea this week to deprive Pyongyang of billions of dollars in revenue and needed components for its nuclear program, but will it work?
Lost in translation?
President Trump’s love of Twitter could be a double-edged sword when he tweets about North Korea.
Is it time to get real about accepting North Korea as a nuclear state?
Russia is increasingly advocating an arms control strategy that’s counter to the position held by the US and its allies — and even, to a degree, China.
‘Hydrogen bomb’ and ‘North Korea’ top the list of blocked online topics in China
Beijing orders Chinese media organizations and websites to close comment sections on North Korea’s nuclear test and to ‘not hype’ the story.
Was North Korea’s latest missile test a special message for Washington?
North Korea fired a missile Tuesday that passed over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean in what analysts say was a political move.
Would a strike on North Korea require Seoul’s OK?
No military action against North Korea can happen on the Korean peninsula without his government’s consent, says South Korea’s president, but former US military commanders aren’t exactly on board with that.
UN sanctions could wreak havoc on North Korean economy, says defector
A formerly high-placed North Korean official says the losses could deal a huge blow to Kim Jong Un’s ambitious nuclear and missile programs.
Ukraine quashes any suggestion that it would help arm North Korea
VOA’s Ukrainian Service interviews the analyst who made the allegation, who says Russia also might be involved.
Why thousands of North Koreans are visiting the US
The US issued more than 10,000 visas to North Koreans over the past 20 years, 18 of them this year from March to June, according to a VOA analysis.
Is he dreaming the impossible dream?
How close is Kim Jong Un to achieving his dream of being able to strike the continental US with a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile?
