With an economy devastated by sanctions and COVID-19, the regime seems to be funding its missile program with foreign currency stolen by North Korean hackers.
Kim Jong Un's daughter, like Svetlana Stalin, will learn that her father's state crimes were truly "far-reaching, incomprehensible, and incredibly terrifying."
PM Kishida says his administration will do its utmost to return all abductees soonest. North Korea mocks him, launching a ballistic missile over Japan.
Japanese abductees Megumi Yokota and Yaeko Taguchi are still alive, and Japan should keep pushing for direct talks, says former North Korean agent Kim Hyon-hui.
Japan remains constantly exposed to the menace of North Korean missiles, and ominously the Kim regime recently "legalized" its use of nuclear weapons.
Only top-level negotiations backed by pressure from the United States and other international communities will break the deadlock.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has an audacious plan to help the North in return for disarmament. He says he also wants a better relationship with...
Much of North Korean diplomacy seems to be done ad-hoc. “It is person-based,” said Swedish Ambassador Jonas Michael Wendel in an online symposium in the UN....
Taking a look at how Japan might build a more cohesive Korean Peninsula policy, making room for different visions and potential unification or regime changes.
This 2nd prize-winning essay asks us to imagine the families of abductees, grieving the undead, knowing your loved one is alive and just across the sea,...
International partners vow to seize every opportunity in a bid to resolve the abductions issue.
A major policy shift is expected with Yoon Suk-yeol's declaration not to repeat the past mistake of dividing South Koreans between “pro-Japanese” and “anti-Japanese” camps.