Bradley Martin

Analysis: 5 reasons the US should avoid squandering diplomatic capital on Korean-American Kenneth Bae’s release.

Pyongyang has inflicted significant economic harm on South Korea without firing a shot.

What are the chances we’re about to see a Deng Xiaoping-style transformation of the North Korean economy?

North Korea recently boasted that its nuclear weapons could reach the US. This theory has been rebuked by many scientists in the West, though fear of an Asian arms race is developing.

Hint: Being a journalist won't help you much.

Questions and theories abound after Kim Jong Un fired North Korea's military chief, Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho, and hired Hyon Yong Chol.