Starting in September, North Korea launched extensive preparations to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), branding it the “grand festival of victors.” By early October, the regime had completed a series of celebratory events to mark the occasion. This year’s anni...

The peaceful use of nuclear energy is a sovereign right of every nation. However, in South Korea’s case, the current “Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the United States of America Concerning the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy” (here...

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