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This is a viewbook prepared following the DPRK's military parade held on 10 October 2020 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Melissa Hanham spoke to Bloomberg on how North Korea's Nuclear Program Quietly Advances.

Deputy Director Melissa Hanham pens a piece for the BBC describing what we learned from the 75th Anniversary Parade in North Korea. Her top three takes: North Korea's new strategic weapon is a giant ICBM, its increased payload means more trouble for US ballistic missile defense, and new heavy duty v...

Deputy Director Melissa Hanham pens a piece for the BBC describing what we learned from the 75th Anniversary Parade in North Korea.

ONN Deputy Director Melissa Hanham's Twitter post was cited by CNN.

Achieving such hyperprecision with nuclear technology is only a secondary pursuit for Mr. Kim, who more covets advances that would bring the U.S. back to the negotiating table, said Melissa Hanham, deputy director of Open Nuclear Network, a think tank.

Arms Control Wonks Jeffrey Lewis and Scott Lafoy sit down with OEF's Open Nuclear Network Deputy Director Melissa Hanham to talk about the intersection of data analysis and peace.

This is a viewbook prepared in anticipation of a military parade likely to be held on or around 10 October 2020 by the DPRK in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

ROK chief negotiator at the Six Party Talks, Amb. Chun Yung-woo, has joined the ONN Engagement Network. In this two part series, he sits down with Jee Lee to discuss approaches to engage North Korea and reminisces about what he has learned in previous negotiations.

ROK chief negotiator at the Six Party Talks, Amb. Chun Yung-woo, has joined the ONN Engagement Network. In this two part series, he sits down with Jee Lee to discuss approaches to engage North Korea and reminisces about what he has learned in previous negotiations.

In a segment of Voice of America Korean Service's Washington Talks, Melissa Hanham, Deputy Director of OEF's Open Nuclear Network programme provides expert insight into North Korea's nuclear capability and other current events on the Korean Peninsula.

Breaking down North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) output in English, we find a clear bifurcation in the pattern of language used when it comes to the discussion of texts related to the topic of nuclear weapons.

The field of election forecasting has become immensely popular in recent years, becoming so ubiquitous that some studies have argued election forecasts themselves can influence voters' perceptions and behavior in elections. While there is some criticism that election forecasting can contribute to a...

By the time 20 Indian soldiers had died and a still-unknown number of Chinese soldiers faced casualties after a high-altitude melee in the normally obscure Galwan Valley on June 15, India and China were already well into a border crisis. The events of June 15 simply had the effect of sharply raising...

This article tries to give a general idea of the technological level of North Korean nuclear weapon’s miniaturization in a bid to better understand the nuclear threat North Korea poses to the region and the globe. Through examining limited open-source materials the author tries to establish a rough ...