https://www.scmp.com/rss/525426/feed Syrus Solo Jin is the Elihu Rose Scholar of Modern Military History at New York University. He is a historian of US-East Asian relations, diplomacy, the military and the Cold War, and writes widely on security issues facing the United States and the Asia-Pacific. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Syrus Solo Jin Syrus Solo Jin The North Korea that leaves the ninth Workers’ Party Congress is a different country from the one that left the eighth congress in 2021. Five years ago, the centrepiece of the eighth party congress was an ambitious weapons development programme unveiled by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and accompanied by belligerent rhetoric against the United States, both of which indicated the North Korean leadership’s concerns about their vulnerability. Now, Kim’s regime has an improved and resilient... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3345219/nuclear-armed-north-korea-pivoting-reunification-coexistence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3345219/nuclear-armed-north-korea-pivoting-reunification-coexistence?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:30:08 +0000