Secret North Korea Missile Base: Sinpung-dong - Beyond Parallel
Approximately 27 kilometers from the China-North Korean border, the Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base is an undeclared North Korean missile base.| Beyond Parallel
Approximately 27 kilometers from the China-North Korean border, the Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base is an undeclared North Korean missile base.| Beyond Parallel
Satellite images show North Korea’s first true ballistic missile not yet fully operational, almost two years after its launching.| Beyond Parallel
Satellite imagery and AIS data analysis provide the first comprehensive timeline on the Chinese structures in the South Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone.| Beyond Parallel
This book offers the most definitive study of North Korea's ballistic missile submarine (SSB), submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), and submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) programs.| Beyond Parallel
Recent satellite image shows the construction of a likely new uranium enrichment plant at Yongbyon.| Beyond Parallel
Recent satellite image shows the destroyer which failed launching at Chongjin has now been moved to Najin shipyard for restoration.| Beyond Parallel
Latest satellite imagery shows North Korea having successfully completed the initial salvage operations on the DDGHM at Chongjin.| Beyond Parallel
CSIS' Victor Cha walks through the implications of U.S. troop withdrawal, explains the history of U.S. troop commitment in Korea since 1955, and discusses President Trump's inaction over North Korea's provocations.| Beyond Parallel
What happened to the failed launch and damage of North Korea's second guided missile destroyer on May 21, 2025?| Beyond Parallel
The CSIS Beyond Parallel team compiled an original database of all North Korean provocations since the Korean War in 1953, beginning with the first provocation documented in 1958. There has been more than 280 instances of provocations, including from missile and nuclear tests, airplane hijackings, bombings, exchange of fire, to infiltration and territorial incursions into South Korea.| Beyond Parallel
Latest satellite image of Chongjin shows the ongoing salvage operation of the vessel assessed to be the second Choe Hyon-class guided missile destroyer.| Beyond Parallel
Satellite imagery confirmed North Korea's reporting that a new destroyer at Chongjin has failed to launch, leading to significant damage.| Beyond Parallel
Imagery shows dramatic increases in Sino-North Korean trade at the lesser-known Wonjong-ni-Quanhe border crossing over the past few years.| Beyond Parallel
CSIS Beyond Parallel created a timeline documenting major developments in the growing North Korea-Russia relationship since 2022.| Beyond Parallel
Recent satellite image shows that a second vessel in the Choe Hyon-class of guided missile destroyers (DDGHM) is under construction at the Hambuk Shipyard in Chongjin.| Beyond Parallel
Recent imagery show clearest view yet of North Korea's largest warship, the new guided missile frigate (FFG), with netting removed.| Beyond Parallel
The Yongdok-tong Nuclear High Explosive Test Facility is the only known operating facility in the country for testing designs and components for high-explosive detonation of nuclear weapons. This is the most comprehensive report of this secret facility currently available at the unclassified level.| Beyond Parallel
Latest satellite images of Panghyon Airbase, North Korea's only known site for the flight testing of large strategic UAVs, show notable ongoing development.| Beyond Parallel
In this groundbreaking book, the leading scholar and practitioner Victor D. Cha shines a light into the “black box” of North Korea and draws critical lessons for the possible reunification of Korea after many decades of division.| Beyond Parallel
The ongoing high levels of rail traffic and major modernization of rail facilities at Tumangang indicates that the strategic relationship between North Korea and Russia continues to grow.| Beyond Parallel
This graphic shows two metrics by which Donald Trump may measure his support for NATO and Indo-Pacific allies and partners based on his first term in office and his campaign statements.| Beyond Parallel
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Located 242 kilometers north of the demilitarized zone and only 65 kilometers from the Chinese border, the Yongnim Missile Operating Base is an undeclared ballistic missile operating ICBM base in Chagang Province.| Beyond Parallel
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Satellite image of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Testing Facility acquired on October 4, 2024, a few days before the rapid escalation of tension in the peninsula, shows that the facility continues to be well maintained.| Beyond Parallel
Satellite images of the NK-China border indicate that trade between the two countries is gradually recovering to pre-pandemic levels. However, this restoration of trade was upended when unusually heavy rains struck the area in late July.| Beyond Parallel
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Imagery analysis between February and July 2024 shows a new railcar traffic pattern at the Russia-North Korea border.| Beyond Parallel
Despite the goal of advancing denuclearization of the Korean peninsula through leader-to-leader exchanges in 2018 and 2019, thermal infrared (TIR) imagery of the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center around the summit dates reveals limited impact on Yongbyon’s overall operational status.| Beyond Parallel
This second part of the missile operating bases update covers developments at Sakkanmol, Sangnam-ni, Sino-ri, and Yusang-ni Missile Operating Bases over the past several years.| Beyond Parallel
A map of North Korea's garbage-filled balloons sent into South Korea in 2024.| Beyond Parallel
Satellite imagery shows that North Korea has undertaken numerous small and some significant changes at most of its ballistic missile operating bases over the past five years.| Beyond Parallel
Ammunition supplies have become critical in the Ukraine war. CSIS studied hundreds of commercially available satellite images since August 2023 on the continuing transfer of large quantities of munitions between North Korea and Russia.| Beyond Parallel
The first open-source analysis of declassified satellite imagery suggests that the construction of North Korea's Punggye-ri Nuclear Testing Facility started as early as 1985 to 1986.| Beyond Parallel
