North Korea Aggregator

SOPHISTICATED SEARCH

Lightning-fast advanced search lets researchers find exactly what they need in just seconds. Furthermore, you can generate charts based on keywords.

FILTER OUT THE NOISE

Our aggregation system comprises over 150 hand-picked news, think-tank, blog, and academic sources, all known for regular and reliable output on the DPRK.

REAL-TIME TAGGING

With our intuitive 'Filter' system you can browse coverage going back to the mid-1990s on any one of hundreds of topics and issues at the click of a button.

As the tool which powers our daily NK PRO 'Morning Briefing' emails, the NK Aggregator monitors scores of sources worldwide and, similar to Google, databases material to provide a robust news aggregation and search platform.

The Aviation Tracker

The Aviation Tracker tracks commercial flights to, from, and within North Korea.

The world’s only North Korea-specific tool for observing flights going into and out of the DPRK.

Track commercial flights to, from, and within North Korea.

The Aviation Tracker is designed to help you measure the North’s economic activities--especially the transportation of sanctioned materials--as well as understand shifting trends in tourism, and visualize North Korea’s diplomatic relations.

Using radio technology, visual sightings and other open sources, the NK Pro Aviation Tracker provides comprehensive information on the movement of aircraft to, from and within North Korea. Based on historical data going back to 1970, our flight data comes from a unique combination of three sources aggregated in a way not used anywhere else.

Some examples of how you can use the tracker:

Kim Jong Un’s bodyguards arrive in Hanoi on Air Koryo IL-76 cargo plane
In unusual move, five Air Koryo planes head to Vladivostok on Monday
U.S.A.F. cargo plane left Pyongyang on Saturday morning, flight purpose unknown
Amid increased sanctions, Air Koryo flights decreased by 22% in 2017: data
Orascom private jet pays unreported trip to North Korea

Introducing the NK Aggregator

Tracks the public appearance of senior North Korean elites alongside either Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il or Kim Il Sung since 1994
Detect changes in economic priorities and policy changes
Access individual biographies of nearly 500 elites
Map out visits.

Tracking elite appearances can provide useful clues about North Korean policy and the positioning of senior figures within the regime.

How our clients use it:

Gov / Military: Gain rapid-fire access to leaders’ biographies and historical data to guide internal briefings prior to meetings with DPRK officials. This includes leaders’ resumes, developments in their career and rank.

Corporate Sector: Both in terms of identifying key economic officials, emerging economic areas of priority.

Academia: Research on changing priorities and trends in leadership.

News and media: Understand changes in leadership after a major reshuffle and cross reference data to verify possible purges. Quickly identify information about key figures and who they meet.

NGOs: Gain rapid-fire access to leaders’ biographies and historical data to guide internal briefings prior to meetings with DPRK officials.

An unrivaled way to browse, compare, and analyze North Korea coverage

The NK Aggregator includes links to hundreds of thousands of news articles, op-eds, and analyses about the DPRK.

Identify and view changing priorities

Generate charts based on keyword(s) frequency in international media
Chart from multiple or specific media outlets
Chart data within preset 60-day, two-year, all-time ranges

Filter article stream, search results

Join dots you might otherwise be unaware of
Adjust aggregator / search results by coverage category
Filter articles from specific groupings of sources
Links go direct to third-party media websites for easy convenience

Advanced search gets results in a flash

Use advanced search commands and date filters to find exactly what you need
Get results from over 150 different media focusing on DPRK simultaneously
Search by source type or political leaning
Supports English and Korean text entry

Better understand information sources covering North Korea through our custom database, with information on political bias, reporting frequency, country of origin and more all available. Useful for educating newcomers about the nuances of understanding outlets covering the DPRK.

Get outside of your comfort zone on North Korea news

The NK PRO Aggregator tracks the North Korea-focused output of over 150 sources worldwide, saving you hundreds of hours of research time a year.

OVER 150 DPRK-RELATED INFORMATION SOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, UPDATING IN REAL-TIME

Easily keep track of North Korea's
growing state media output

KCNA Watch is the world's most comprehensive, up-to-date and searchable repository of North Korean state media.

Introducing KCNA Watch 4.0

THE BEST SEARCH ENGINE FOR BROWSING UP-TO-DATE DPRK STATE MEDIA IN THE WORLD.

An unrivaled way to browse, compare and analyze DPRK media

KCNA Watch is the largest open-source archive of North Korean media output in the world, with content dating back to 1997.

OVER 150 DPRK-RELATED INFORMATION SOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, UPDATING IN REAL-TIME

Introducing the NK Aggregator

Better understand information sources covering North Korea through our custom database, with information on political bias, reporting frequency, country of origin and more all available. Useful for educating newcomers about the nuances of understanding outlets covering the DPRK.

The NK Aggregator includes links to hundreds of thousands of news articles, op-eds and analyses about the DPRK.

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