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A new missile base in North Korea’s Sinpung-dong, near the Chinese border, may host ICBMs and expand the country’s nuclear strike capabilities, according to CSIS.

The IAEA has warned that North Korea may be expanding uranium enrichment at Yongbyon, raising concerns of accelerated nuclear weapons development.

Victor Cha of CSIS says Trump could seek another summit with Kim Jong-un at Panmunjom if he visits South Korea during the APEC summit in October.

Reducing U.S. forces in Korea could embolden North Korea and weaken deterrence, warns CSIS expert Victor Cha, amid renewed tensions and shifting U.S. priorities.

North Korea has fully restored operations at Uiju Airfield in Sinui­ju, redeploying 34 Il-28/H-5 bombers nearly four years after converting the site into a pandemic-era freight terminal. The reversal follows the normalization of cross-border trade and flood damage to the rail infrastructure in 2023.

Satellite imagery analyzed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies reveals that North Korea is building a large guided missile frigate at its Nampo Naval Shipyard, potentially the country's largest domestically produced warship.

Victor Cha, Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and an expert on the Korean Peninsula, predicted that "North Korean...