The major contents of the 19th revised constitution (hereafter the “New Constitution”), adopted by North Korea during the First Session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly last March, have recently been disclosed. In the preamble to the New Constitution, North Korea advocates popular sovereign...

In late February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale preemptive strike—codenamed Operation Grand Fury—against Iran, citing its nuclear threat, and targeted the Iranian leadership. In response, Iran retaliated by attacking Israel and U.S. military bases in the Middle East. I...

The idea of an “Asian NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)” is not new. For decades, there have been intermittent discussions exploring the feasibility of transforming the U.S.-led “hub-and-spokes” bilateral alliance system into a NATO-like multilateral collective defense organization. Befor...