Johns Hopkins leads all U.S. universities in research spending for 38th year in a row
University spent $2.431B on research and development projects in FY2016, with $2.104B coming from federal agencies.
Meet the 2025-2026 Cohort for the 38 North Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program
This group of scholars will be mentored by senior North Korea watchers to enhance their research methodology and understanding of North Korea.
Trailer: Will Jangmadang (Markets) Lead to an Eventual Opening of North Korea?
Jangmadang (private markets) have emerged as a critical means of survival for average North Koreans. Having replaced the public distribution system as the...
Chinese-North Korean Relations: Drawing the Right Historical Lessons
Starting in the mid-1970s, Pyongyang began reaching out to Washington to replace the Korean War armistice with a peace agreement.
North Korea Uncovered: The Crowd-Sourced Mapping of the World’s Most Secret State
Curtis Melvin, a researcher at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss the crowd-sourced mapping of North Korea.
North Korea Still Faces Significant Challenges in Developing a Sea-Launched Missile: Expert
Following the DPRK's apparent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, John Schilling says even with frequent testing,...
Banking on North Korea’s Banks?
Observers of North Korean domestic developments will remember 2016 as the year that Kim Jong Un further formalized his political preeminence...
North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Unusual Activity Observed
On April 21, 2018 the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), quoted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as saying, “under the proven...
Why the Sunshine Policy Made Sense
Jim Hoare, former U.K. ambassador to the DPRK, argues the merit of engagement policies towards North Korea.
Website 38 North has become a respected source of news on North Korea's closed society
Curtis Melvin spends much of his day scrutinizing pictures of a country that does not like to be photographed—North Korea. He is a specialist in North...
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