Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans North Korea conducted what appeared to be another test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off the east coast on Saturday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and a report by Seoul’s Yonhap News Agency. The missile was reportedly…
Anonymous Suspected of Attacks on Central Banks in Indonesia and South Korea
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Authorities in Indonesia and South Korea have told Reuters about recent DDOS attacks aimed at the websites of their central banks. Both Bank Indonesia and Bank of Korea took action by blocking IPs from parts of the globe they don’t usually…
Trapped in No-Man’s-Land: The Future of US Policy Toward North Korea
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans US policy toward North Korea has reached a dead end. Built upon a foundation of dubious assumptions, the Obama administration’s approach—whether called “strategic patience” or by some other name—has failed to achieve any progress toward US objectives in the region and…
The 7th Party Congress in North Korea: A Return to a New Normal
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The single most remarkable thing about the 7th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) is that it took place. After a 36-year hiatus, it was, without doubt, a noteworthy event, but the truly big news we were waiting for—such…
A Second Look: Media Coverage of the 7th Workers’ Party of Korea Congress
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With a few exceptions, the Western press and broadcast corps that trooped into Pyongyang to cover the recent 7th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) deserves praise and our thanks. It was not an easy assignment. But let’s face…
A New Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile for North Korea
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Summary North Korea has revealed images of a submarine-launched ballistic missile test indicating that it has abandoned the liquid-fuel design that has consistently failed in the past and switched to a more robust solid-propellant system that will have a better chance…
Internal Developments in North Korea: The Economy
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On July 15, 2010, 38 North held a workshop that gathered together experts from the U.S., South Korea, Europe, China and Japan, to discuss the latest developments regarding North Korea, both internal and external, with the goal of identifying future research priorities. We…
Internal Developments in North Korea: Succession
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On July 15, 2010, 38 North held a workshop that gathered together experts from the U.S., South Korea, Europe, China and Japan, to discuss the latest developments regarding North Korea, both internal and external, with the goal of identifying future research priorities….
What do Fox News and North Korea Have in Common?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Greta Van Susteren of Fox News and Pyongyang seem to be in agreement, or at least to share assumptions about the puppet-puppetmaster nature of the U.S.-ROK relationship. ”Why won’t South Korea back us 100%? We don’t need 95%, we need 100%”…
When Dynastic Successions Work: North Korea Takes Cues from the Middle East
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans North Korea is in the throes of a generational triple play: passing power to the son of the son of founder Kim Il Sung. How successful that transition will be remains to be seen. In seeking to enthrone Kim Jong Un,…
