Konstantin Asmolov

The author is beginning an important series of articles that give a better understanding of the situation on the Korean peninsula:  • How North Korea and the West view each other and how much they both distrust and misunderstand each…

A new round of sanctions has been imposed on North Korea, and an answer has been found to the question, “What more can they ban?” The sanctions affect North Korean diplomats, who must henceforth be subject to enhanced “vigilance over…

So North Korea has launched its rocket, and it was neither a bluff nor an action it had previously offered to cancel in exchange for economic assistance or some other benefit for the country. The launch was recorded by an…