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ESSAY: Kim Jong Un and the bomb at sea — what North Korea's nuclear navy changes for Asia
On June 23, 2026, at the port of Nampo on the west coast of North Korea, Kim Jong Un personally presided over the official…
NARRATIVE: Pyongyang Tests Its Weapons on June 25 — The Date as a Declaration of Intent
There are coincidences, and there is Pyongyang. In Kim Jong Un's dictatorship, nothing happens by chance — not the images distributed by KCNA, not…
OPINION: 500,000 Pixel Warriors — Seoul Answers Kim Jong-un with a Drone Army
On Friday, June 26, 2026, the South Korean Ministry of Defense announced a plan that would read like a video game premise if its…
DECODING: Kim Jong Un's Choe Hyon destroyer and the doctrine of the bristling sea
On June 23, 2026, in the port of Nampo, west of Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un attended in person the official commissioning ceremony of the…
ANALYSIS: Kim Jong Un Tests Missiles on the 76th Anniversary of the Korean War
June 25, 2026. Seventy-six years to the day since North Korean forces crossed the 38th Parallel to ignite a war that would kill 5…
OPEN LETTER: To Kim Jong-un — June 25, 2026 and the Anniversary of a War That Never Ended
Mr. Kim Jong-un, you chose June 25, 2026 to oversee your weapons tests. This was no accident. On June 25, 1950, your political predecessors…
COMMENTARY: Hanwha Edged Out by the "European United Front" — When Protectionism Weakens NATO
The Korean defense industry — "K-Defense" — has spent recent years accumulating spectacular commercial successes in Europe. Poland, Romania, Norway, and other nations had…
COLUMN: Seoul, 30 million citizens under the direct threat of Kim Jong Un's new weapons
Very few metropolises in the world have 30 million people living 50 kilometres or less from a border armed to the teeth by a…
REPORT: Kim Jong Un's nuclear programme accelerates at a pace that seriously alarms Washington
On June 25, 2026, the 76th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Kim Jong Un personally oversaw a series of weapons tests…