North Korea’s International Scientific Collaborations: Their Scope, Scale, and Potential Dual-Use and Military Significance

This report examines the scope, scale, and potential military and dual-use significance of North Korea's international scientific collaborations between 1958 and April 2018. Analyzing a dataset of over 1,300 publications, the study identifies at least 100 articles with direct dual-use implications in fields such as missile damping, materials science, uranium purification, and optical tracking, while assessing potential violations of UN Security Council sanctions regimes.