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January 17, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Expressen about “Ikea” appearing in a North Korean propaganda video on TikTok. International media picked up Niklas Swanström’s interview with Expressen, examples are: International Business Times: ‘IKEA’ Finally Opens In North Korea—But There’s A Catch The Mirror: North Korea opens knock-off Ikea store in […]

January 15, 2025: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, talked about “South Korea’s democracy in crisis: How and when will the chaos end?” in Turkish TRT. South Korea faces its deepest political crisis in decades after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed declaration of martial law. With […]

January 14, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed in Studio Ett, Sveriges Radio, about the captured North Korean soldiers in Ukraine. Niklas Swanström explains that there is little information available, but it is very likely that many of the soldiers did not know clearly what they could expect of their journey to Russia. […]

January 13, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish Epoch Time about missile tests in North Korea and their possible significance. He highlights that North Korea’s missile tests pose a serious threat to stability in the region. He argues that the country is using the tests to develop its military technology […]

January 9, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Expressen about North Korean Tiktok propaganda. In a recent Tiktok video, Ikea appeared in a new shopping mall in North Korea. The shown store is no real Ikea store. Niklas Swanström says the Tiktok film is a clear example of North Korean propaganda. “Nothing […]

January 8, 2025: ISDP is delighted to welcome Go Myong Hyun as Guest Researcher at the Stockholm Korea Center in January 2025. Go Myong Hyun is a senior fellow and director of Hybrid Threat Research Center at the the Institute for National Security Strategy. While at ISDP, he will focus on hybrid threats in Northeast […]

January 7, 2025: Lars Vargö’s book “Obeständigt – Kontraster i japansk kultur” was highlighted in SvD Ledare’s advent calendar. “In this year’s Christmas calendar, SvD Ledare offers 24 good tips on newly published books. Lars Vargö’s “Obeständigt – Kontraster i japansk kultur” is the best introduction to Japanese culture in our time.” Read the article […]

January 7, 2025: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and Distinguished Military Fellow, and In-bum Chun, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, were interviewed by LIGA.net on how North Korean soldiers are fighting against Ukraine. “This is no longer a war between Ukraine and Russia, this is a war between Ukraine and the coalition. […]

January 7, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, recently published an Opinion Piece in the Diplomat together with Varuna Shankar on “COP29 Failed the ‘Third Pole’: Wither Tibet in the Climate Agenda?” ANI shared a summary of the piece.

January 7, 2025: A new contingent of North Korean soldiers in Russia? In-bum Chun, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was quoted by CNN. “Lieutenant General, Chun In-bum, of the South Korean army stressed that soldiers belonging to the Storm Corps, one of the elite units of the Kim Jong-un-led regime’s armed forces, would be […]