Bradley K Martin

GlobalPost

The problem with North Korea’s celebrity defectors

Kim Jong Un’s regime exposes a human rights icon as a fabricator — and there may be other culprits.

The problem with North Korea’s celebrity defectors

Kim Jong Un’s disappearance may be a trick

Kim Jong Un’s disappearance may be a trick

Did Kim Jong Un’s money man really defect with $5 million?

Did Kim Jong Un’s money man really defect with $5 million?

The folly of Rodman's North Korean sports diplomacy

The folly of Rodman's North Korean sports diplomacy

Kim Jong Un’s executed uncle ‘had been plotting a coup since mid-1990s’

Kim Jong Un’s executed uncle ‘had been plotting a coup since mid-1990s’

What ordinary North Koreans may be thinking after Jang Song Taek's execution

Avunculicide in Pyongyang: Reading between the lines of Kim's uncle's 'confession.'

What ordinary North Koreans may be thinking after Jang Song Taek's execution

North Korea media reports Kim Jong Un's uncle has been executed (UPDATED)

Kim Jong Un must now contend with the ousted kingmaker's vast coterie.

North Korea media reports Kim Jong Un's uncle has been executed (UPDATED)

General's (alleged) ouster: How Kim Jong Un wields power

Analysis: He’s the third son in a culture that exalts first sons. But he's the dictator because his dad considered him the toughest. General Jang Song Taek may be his latest victim.

General's (alleged) ouster: How Kim Jong Un wields power
The World

Should Obama rescue the US missionary imprisoned in North Korea?

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

Should Obama rescue the US missionary imprisoned in North Korea?

Who pays for North Korea's mind games?

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

Who pays for North Korea's mind games?

North Korea: Is there reason to hope?

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

North Korea: Is there reason to hope?

North Korean nukes unlikely to reach US

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

North Korean nukes unlikely to reach US

Notorious North Korean prison camp is reportedly shuttered

Analysis: The reported defection of a Camp 22 warden could lead to damaging revelations, after an earlier witness alleged that scientists tested chemical weapons on inmates.

Notorious North Korean prison camp is reportedly shuttered

How to report from inside North Korea

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

How to report from inside North Korea

We could be wrong about North Korea

Maybe Kim Jong Un has a cunning plan after all.

We could be wrong about North Korea