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The illegal wildlife trade in North Korea is destabilizing the biodiversity of the region, threatening endangered species, as per a recent UCL study. Published in Biological Conservation, the ...
South Korea placed carbon fiber under North Korean sanctions monitoring as it can be used for solid-fuel missiles, while North Korea has boasted of its ability to procure and use such ...
North Korea has conducted a slew of underwater-launched ballistic missile tests since 2016, but all launches were made from the same 2,000-ton-class submarine which has a single launch tube.
North Korea launched a new, perhaps more agile ICBM in its first test in almost a year of a weapon designed to threaten the U.S. mainland, days ahead of the U.S. election.
Lead author Dr Joshua Elves-Powell (UCL Geography) said: “The widespread harvesting of North Korea’s wildlife, driven by the economic limitations of the North Korean state and the shortages of ...