Xi Jinping's visit to Pyongyang last month marks his first visit in seven years. @csis.org Beyond Parallel database documents high-level China–North Korea visits since 1953, all 186 of them, across five Chinese leaders since Mao, and the three Kims. 🔎: buff.ly/snydj7R 🔗: buff.ly/GSLGMoA

🗓️ 2 DAYS: One Year of the Lee Jae Myung Administration The Capital Cable: @cnas.bsky.social Duyeon Kim, @csds.bsky.social Ramón Pacheco Pardo, and @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social join @csis.org Mark Lippert to take stock of where the Lee administration stands. 🔗: buff.ly/IQQWj0E

July 14, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula 🇨🇳 Wang Huning: buff.ly/G9EPBGm 🤝U.S.-ROK Consultations:https://buff.ly/nh5voTi 🇬🇧 Princess Anne: buff.ly/xpVoqQj

Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear @victordcha.bsky.social & @kristigovella.bsky.social argue on @foreignaffairs.com that despite the fever pitch of the debate, worries that South Korea and Japan are on the brink of nuclearization is exaggerated. 📖 : shorturl.at/LYdjT 📺 : buff.ly/ur7NwTo

🗓️ THIS WEEK: One Year of the Lee Jae Myung Administration The Capital Cable: @cnas.bsky.social Duyeon Kim, @csds.bsky.social Ramón Pacheco Pardo, and @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social join @csis.org Mark Lippert to take stock of where the Lee administration stands. 🔗: buff.ly/IQQWj0E

July 13, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula Read More Here ⬇️ 📉 Stock Market Plunge: buff.ly/UBB3TMO 🏦 National Budget: buff.ly/WY1e19N 🪖 Hyundai Rotem: buff.ly/RxhC6W2

🗄️ As court records last week revealed how a Moscow firm used fake subcontractors to hide North Korean workers, it is clear that the DPRK-Russia axis continues to deepen. See @csis.org @korea.csis.org's cooperation tracker for these updates, among many others: 🔗 shorturl.at/OzQE4

ICYMI | North Korea's Surprising Economic Boom Last week, @victordcha.bsky.social, @wsj.com Timothy Martin, and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Minyoung Lee joined @csis.org host Mark Lippert to discuss what's driving North Korea's growth. Watch their insights here: buff.ly/LnnA6bO

📢 The 2026 World Cup: Sports and Conflict Across 96 years, World Cup adversary matches are rare. 2026 confirmed this: all 4 potential conflict pairs faced eliminations before they could even meet. @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & @andysaulim.com discuss implications below: 🔗: buff.ly/jPgAHzd

Special Commentary On Victor Cha’s “Cold Peace” According to EAI scholars at Global NK, @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social's Cold Peace argument represents a major pivot in his view regarding East Asian security order. Chaesung Chun, Jihwan Hwang, and Dong Ryul Lee weigh in. 🔗: buff.ly/YwELIWY

After 3 decades of the same denuclearization framework, the DPRK's arsenal has only grown. @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org argues in @foreignaffairs.com it's time to stop pretending the old framework works and instead build a "cold peace" Read: buff.ly/Y1XYbNU Recent responses: buff.ly/YxAaRZR

🚨 South Korea’s Market Boom—and the Bubble Beneath It South Korea's KOSPI is outperforming the world, mostly thanks to 2 firms: SK hynix shares are 10 times more valuable than a year ago, while shares in Samsung are 5 times higher. More from @evanramstad.bsky.social on @csis.org: buff.ly/zpKm7bz

July 10, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula Read More Here ⬇️ 🇰🇵 DPRK Intelligence Expansion: buff.ly/4OmAbxU 🟧 SK hynix: buff.ly/a6n1o6L 🏢 Gwangju Air Base Relocation: buff.ly/RxhC6W2

In this @foreignaffairs.bsky.social issue, @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social responds to 3 letters on “North Korea as It Is” • Missed Opportunities: Choi Jong Kun, Joel Wit • Sidelining Seoul: Lee Shin-wha • Better Together: Nicholas Eberstadt, Robert Joseph, David Maxwell 📚 : buff.ly/YxAaRZR

🎙️ Is America's North Korea Policy Out of Touch with Reality? On Pivotal States, @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social joined @carnegieendowment.org Christopher Chivvis to examine why Washington's focus on denuclearization has failed and what a more realistic U.S. policy looks like 🔗: buff.ly/Pq1Ecqt

After 3 decades of the same denuclearization framework, the DPRK's arsenal has only grown. @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org argues in @foreignaffairs.com it's time to stop pretending the old framework works and instead build a "cold peace" Read: buff.ly/Y1XYbNU Recent responses: buff.ly/YxAaRZR

July 9, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula Read More Here ⬇️ 🇨🇳 Pak Thae-song's Visit: buff.ly/CFKGtfN 🇲🇳 Lee's Mongolia Summit: buff.ly/TfKhHNl 📈 BOK Rate Hikes: buff.ly/l7Q65L8

📌 ICYMI | The Impossible State Kateryna Bondar and Bruce Klinger joined @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.socia to discuss North Korean lessons from its support of Russia's war effort. As Bondar said, "what cannot be easily replicated or bought for money is battlefield experience.” 🔗: buff.ly/jMgw4Dv

Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear @victordcha.bsky.social & @kristigovella.bsky.social argue on @foreignaffairs.com that despite the fever pitch of the debate, worries that South Korea and Japan are on the brink of nuclearization is exaggerated. 📖 : shorturl.at/LYdjT 📺 : buff.ly/ur7NwTo

📉 South Korea’s Market Boom—and the Bubble Beneath It Even as Samsung set records for the most profitable quarter, the chipmaker's stocks fell 6.3% while SK Hynix lost 5.7% @evanramstad.bsky.social with @csis.org warns of the risks caused by the dominance of these 2 companies 📚: buff.ly/dQv2TZH

July 8, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula Read More Here ⬇️ 🛡️ Lee-Zelensky Summit: buff.ly/Y3L2k3S 📉 Samsung Overtakes Nvidia: buff.ly/96AQY5c 🌐 Michelle Steel: buff.ly/qISFCQv

📌 ICYMI: The Future of Extended Deterrence: Will Japan and Korea Go Nuclear? @geopolitics.csis.org @willtodman.bsky.social with @victordcha.bsky.social, @kristigovella.bsky.social, Michael Green, and Heather Williams discussed new surveys of strategic elites in Japan and Korea. 🔗: buff.ly/ur7NwTo

Special Commentary On Victor Cha’s “Cold Peace” Global NK published a series on @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social's major pivot in his view regarding East Asian security order. Chaesung Chun, Jihwan Hwang, and Dong Ryul Lee weigh in. 🔗: www.globalnk.org/publication/...

🎙️ Is America's North Korea Policy Out of Touch with Reality? On Pivotal States, @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social joined @carnegieendowment.org Christopher Chivvis to examine why Washington's focus on denuclearization has failed and what a more realistic U.S. policy looks like 🔗: buff.ly/Pq1Ecqt

South Korea’s Market Boom—and the Bubble Beneath It As the KOSPI tumbles after significant gains in the first half of 2026, @evanramstad.bsky.social highlights the implications of this volatility in a recent article with the Korea Chair @csis.org. Read it here: buff.ly/zpKm7bz

July 7, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula Read More Here ⬇️ 🛡️ Seoul Security Team: shorturl.at/pf886 📉 KRX Circuit Breaker: shorturl.at/KARTF 🌐 NATO Summit: shorturl.at/aRl3b

🎙️ Is America's North Korea Policy Out of Touch with Reality? On Pivotal States, @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social joined @carnegieendowment.org Christopher Chivvis to examine why Washington's focus on denuclearization has failed and what a more realistic U.S. policy looks like 🔗: buff.ly/Pq1Ecqt

July 6, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula Read More Here ⬇️ 🚢Cruise Missile Launch: shorturl.at/WO6ru 🇨🇳 China-NK Development: shorturl.at/DodIN ⚙️ Future Response Fund: shorturl.at/d991V

🎙️ Is America's North Korea Policy Out of Touch with Reality? On Pivotal States, @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social joins @carnegieendowment.org Christopher Chivvis to examine why Washington's focus on denuclearization has failed and what a more realistic U.S. policy can look like 🔗: buff.ly/Pq1Ecqt

On June 30, ROK President Lee Jae Myung confirmed that all but two South Korean vessels have left the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there. What comes next for Seoul's policy choices and the road home? 📊 Read @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social and @andysaulim.com analysis: shorturl.at/4KRCX