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ESSAY: The North Korean 155mm howitzer and the war of attrition — Pyongyang arms Putin for eternity
On June 25, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw a series of weapons tests whose results were broadcast by the official KCNA…
DECODING: The Choe Hyon Destroyer — Kim Jong-un Forges His Nuclear Blue-Water Navy
On June 23, 2026, Kim Jong-un presided over the commissioning ceremony of what North Korea presents as its largest warship: the Choe Hyon, a…
PROFILE: Kim Jong-un Under Fire — On June 25, He Is Not Commemorating, He Is Threatening
Seventy-six years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel to launch the Korean War — a conflict that would…
ESSAY: Kim Jong Un's Exponential Escalation — Pyongyang Caught Democracies Off Guard
For twenty years, the international community treated North Korea as a manageable problem — a dangerous but peripheral curiosity, a miserable regime that would…
REPORT: Choe Hyon Nuclear Destroyer — Kim Jong Un Brings the Pacific Into the Atomic Age
At Nampo port, on the west coast of North Korea, on June 23, 2026, Kim Jong Un personally presided over the official commissioning ceremony…
ANALYSIS: Autonomous guidance on the 240mm — North Korea can now strike Seoul with precision at 90 km
On June 25, 2026 — the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War — North Korea conducted a series of weapons tests…
ANALYSIS: Nuclear Weapons Enshrined in North Korea's Constitution — End of Denuclearization
In 2026, North Korea crossed a threshold analysts had feared for years: the formal inscription of nuclear state status into its Constitution. The amendment…
ANALYSIS: North Korean Destroyer, Missiles, Drones — Kim Jong-un Rewrites the Threat in Northeast Asia
Over the course of a few days in June 2026, North Korea staged several demonstrations of force that deserve to be analyzed together, because…
PROFILE: Kim Jong Un, stage manager of the apocalypse — the man who makes war a national holiday
Some dates in North Korea are never mere commemorations. June 25 is one of them. It marks the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of…