Issue Brief: North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program
December 18, 2017
NCNK has released a newly revised and updated version of its Issue Brief on North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program. ... | Read More
NCNK has released a newly revised and updated version of its Issue Brief on North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program. ... | Read More
We are saddened to hear that Dr. Randall Ireson, a founding member of NCNK and an agricultural development expert with deep experience in North Korea, died recently after a period of illness. He was 72. ... | Read More
Writing in the New York Times, Suzanne DiMaggio and Joel Wit draw on their experience in Track II dialogues with North Korean officials to argue that the Trump administration should try to quietly restart dialogue with Pyongyang. ... | Read More
On November 14, the National Committee on North Korea and the East-West Center in Washington will host a discussion on North Korea's external diplomatic and economic relations, and what the increasing international pressure on these relations could mean. ... | Read More
Randall Spadoni has been traveling to North Korea since 2007 to implement World Vision’s humanitarian programs in North Korea. Check out his story here. ... | Read More
Writing in The Diplomat, NCNK's Keith Luse argues the US should encourage greater contact between Americans and North Koreans - not arbitrarily restrict it. ... | Read More
Ambassador Tony Hall argues that U.S. policy toward North Korea has failed, but that an approach grounded in respect and a serious willingness to negotiate could lead to a diplomatic solution. ... | Read More
We are very saddened to hear of the death of Dr. John W. Lewis, a prolific scholar, advocate for peace, and co-founder of the National Committee on North Korea. He died at his home on the Stanford University campus last week, at the age of 86. ... | Read More
On September 1, a ban on U.S. travel to North Korea went into effect, prohibiting the use of U.S. passports to enter the DPRK except under limited circumstances. The State Department had formally announced the measure a month before it took effect, citing the “serious risk to United States nationals of arrest and long-term detention” while traveling to the country. ... | Read More
On September 3, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test, with DPRK state media announcing soon afterward that the country had successfully tested a "two-stage thermo-nuclear weapon" capable of being fitted to an ICBM. ... | Read More