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Dasl Yoon

ARTICLES BY DASL YOON

The Hwasong district of Pyongyang.

The world’s most surprising economic success story is…North Korea

10 min read . 08 Jun 2026

The Greek-flagged crude oil tanker (AFP)

How Asia’s biggest nations are riding out the energy shock

4 min read . 22 Apr 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to a cement factory in Sangwon, North Korea, on Sunday.

U.S. strikes on Iran reinforce North Korea’s nuclear resolve

3 min read . 04 Mar 2026

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 26, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) and other party officials leaving the venue of the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) / South Korea OUT/

Kim Jong Un offers Trump coexistence or confrontation

3 min read . 26 Feb 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

A confident Kim embarks on new era of defiance at North Korea conclave

3 min read . 20 Feb 2026

Pyonyang citizens walk in the street of Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) (AP)

Inside North Korea’s obsession with dominating girls soccer

4 min read . 11 Jan 2026

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, center right, inspect a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Han Sang-kyun/Yonhap via AP) (AP)

Why China stopped publicly urging for North Korean denuclearization

3 min read . 05 Jan 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waving alongside his daughter Kim Ju Ae (L) during an event in Pyongyang. Kim has praised his troops as forging an invincible alliance with Russia in a new year's message, state media said on January 1. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

North Korea’s Kim welcomes 2026 with a salute to Russia

2 min read . 01 Jan 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (File Photo: KCNA VIA KNS /AFP / South Korea OUT/)

How an elusive banker allegedly kept North Korea’s dirty money flowing

8 min read . 25 Dec 2025

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo)

Why North Korea has scaled back its missile tests this year

3 min read . 23 Oct 2025

In a photo released by North Korea, the country’s leader Kim Jong Un waves to a crowd during a military parade in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA/Reuters

North Korea’s Kim flaunts new ICBM able to reach US

3 min read . 11 Oct 2025

Kim’s new policy proclamation was delivered during a recent inspection of a North Korean institute specializing in armored vehicles. (AP)

Kim Jong Un wants a military that’s more than just nukes—and Russia can help

5 min read . 24 Sept 2025

The two leaders met at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in 2019. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Kim Jong Un’s proposition to Trump: Let’s talk—but not about nukes

2 min read . 22 Sept 2025

A banner depicting US President Donald Trump is held by a protester at Incheon Airport on September 12, 2025, as hundreds of South Korean workers return from Atlanta following a US immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG plant. (Photo: AFP)

Confusion, anger, relief: Korean engineer tells of week in US ICE detention

3 min read . 12 Sept 2025

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (centre R) and his daughter Kim Ju Ae (4th R) being greeted by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre L) upon their arrival at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing. Kim arrived in the Chinese capital by armoured train on September 2. (Photo: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP)

The child among autocrats: Kim Jong Un’s young daughter visits China

3 min read . 04 Sept 2025

Kim Jong Un visited a flood-affected area near the border with China in a photo released in 2014. Photo: kcna/Reuters

Kim Jong Un’s missiles fly. He doesn’t.

3 min read . 02 Sept 2025

North Korea hasn’t commented publicly on the recent expansion at Sohae. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) / South Korea OUT / (AFP)

North Korea expands satellite launching facility

4 min read . 06 Aug 2025

A Chinese navy ship with bow number 525 in the disputed South China Sea. China claims all of the South China Sea. (AFP)

The Yellow Sea is the new flashpoint for China’s regional power play

4 min read . 04 Jul 2025

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. (AFP)

North Korea races to fix capsized warship by Kim’s deadline

2 min read . 04 Jun 2025

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter at the April launch of a Choe Hyon-class warship in Nampo. Photo: KCNA/Reuters

The risky ‘side launch’ that doomed Kim Jong Un’s new warship

4 min read . 29 May 2025