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November 6, 2020 In Beyond ParallelIn a new piece published on Beyond Parallel, Markus V. Garlauskas offers a commentary on the status and risks of North Korea’s strategic weapons systems, including a North Korean multiple nuclear-capable reentry vehicle (RV) capability.
With the upcoming Korean Workers’ Party Foundation Day celebration on October 10, a SLBM test should not be ruled out as a possibility for Kim Jong-un’s self-proclaimed “October surprise.” Such a test would be consistent with
September 23, 2020
| Victor Cha In Beyond ParallelBeyond Parallel looked at whether there are patterns to North Korean behavior around U.S. elections. Is there truth to the narrative often found in the media and expert analysis that the North uses provocations to capture the attention of the United States?
September 9, 2020
| Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. In Beyond ParallelA satellite image of the Sinpo South Shipyard acquired on September 9, 2020 — as the remains of typhoon Haishen struck the Korean Peninsula — continues to show activity within, and adjacent to, the secure boat basin.
September 8, 2020
| Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Dana Kim In Beyond ParallelThe Hungnam Fertilizer Complex has long been associated with producing chemical feed stocks or agents for North Korea’s nuclear weapons, chemical weapons and ballistic missile programs.
A satellite image of the Sinpo South Shipyard acquired on September 4, 2020 shows some activity suggestive of preparations for an upcoming test of a Pukguksong-3 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the submersible test stand barge based here.
May 29, 2020
| Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha In Beyond ParallelThe Pyongsan Uranium Concentrate Plant occupies a critical role in North Korea’s nuclear research and weapons programs as the sole known provider of uranium oxide (yellowcake) for fuel fabrication or enrichment.
After having gone missing for twenty days, Kim Jong-un reappeared on May 1, 2020 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new fertilizer production facility in Sunchon.
In a joint baseline analysis with Jane’s Intelligence Review, the Center for Strategic and International Studies surveys a previously undisclosed facility near Pyongyang International Airport in North Korea that is likely related to its expanding ballistic missile...
Widely considered as a midterm referendum on President Moon, the April electoral victory will breathe new life into his administration’s heretofore stalled diplomatic efforts with North Korea, a key pillar of which is inter-Korean railway cooperation. In the context of...
February 5, 2020 In Beyond ParallelIn 2020, the CSIS Korea Chair is launching a study of North Korea’s health infrastructure. Health is critical to both the current well-being of the North Korean people as well as developing future human capital potential of a reconciled Korean peninsula.
January 14, 2020
| Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha In Beyond ParallelA new facility in Ippul-tong is speculated to be a storage facility for ballistic missile transporter-erector-launchers (TELs), mobile-erector-launchers (MELs), or transporter-erectors (TEs).
