[해외자료] Sohae Satellite Launching Station: No Observable Indications of Launch Preparations

Commercial satellite imagery shows that work at North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station is progressing.

[해외자료] Punggye-ri Update: No Indications of Test Preparations

As with ourprevious report, satellite imagery of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility acquired during the past two months shows no significant changes to the area immediately outside the portal to Tunnel No. 3 (also known as the South Portal). This lack of any significant new external developments is

[해외자료] Launch Preparations at Sohae Satellite Launching Station

Earlier today, North Korea announced that its “military reconnaissance satellite No. 1 [is] to be launched in June.”1This announcement came a few days after Japanese media reported that North Korea notified Japan and the International Maritime Organization

[해외자료] Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Expansion Continues, No Visible Signs of Launch Preparations

Recent commercial satellite imagery of North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station shows continued construction and expansion activities continue around both the main complex and coastal areas, making progress against the plansdirected by Kim Jong Unmore than 18 months

[해외자료] Preparations Before Scheduled Dismantlement of Nuclear Test Site

Newly acquired satellite imagery by Beyond Parallelon May 19, 2018 shows that preparations for the shutdown of the North Korean nuclear test site at Punggye-ri appear to be underway, and that a number of facilities have been shuttered. North Korea had

[학술논문] Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S.-ROK Alliance: China, North Korea, and U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Cooperation

...Pyongyang’s inward turn and its apparent lack of interest in returning the negotiating table thus far. ROK-Japan relations remain significantly strained due to disputes over legal accountability and reparations for forced wartime laborers and sexual slavery during Japan’s colonial rule over Korea. Hopes for a full and immediate reset of relations with new leadership in Tokyo and in Seoul this spring...

[학술논문] Applying Judicial and Non-Judicial Approaches for Human Rights Accountability in North Korea

...victims of North Korean human rights abuses. This article (1) reviews the current status and challenges of litigation efforts against the DPRK leadership; (2) examines non-judicial accountability in terms of remedies and reparations under international human rights law; and (3) analyzes how reparative measures are applied by various stakeholders to support victims of North Korean human rights crimes.