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Just marked the 13,900th military facility for #AccessDPRK. It's a small hardened storage site in Kangwon Province

To reflect the ever changing reality on the ground, I'm doing a partial update to the #AccessDPRK Pro Map.

I don't have a timeline for completing it, but the focus will be narrow and specific.

As usual, previous customers will be able to receive the updated copy for only a nominal fee.

Here's a decent look at this EW installation in Pyongyang. I haven't seen it fully identified in public sources yet, but the shadow gives a good view of the antenna. @ 39.019902° 125.642016° #AccessDPRK

Bunker Busting North Korea's Nuclear Program Although Iran hasn't demonstrated a working nuclear device, the country was believed to have had one of the most protected nuclear programs...

I don't think North Korea is "next" but here's an interesting run down on which nuclear sites in the country could be vulnerable to bunker busting

#AccessDPRK: Bunker Busting North Korea's Nuclear Program share.google/X6HSB3NdlNKh...

With 192 articles & over 1,500 annotated images, the #AccessDPRK blog has covered topics touching on almost every conceivable sector of North Korea.

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The #AccessDPRK blog just passed 1 million views. The blog explores domestic, economic & military topics about North Korea through the use of satellite imagery & is the companion to the AccessDPRK Map which is the most detailed public map of NK available. mynorthkorea.blogspot.com

Market Growth Post-COVID 2020-2025 Upwards of 90% of North Koreans supplement their official incomes through market activity, and in the years leading up to Pyongyang's closu...

North Korea's markets continued to experience net growth in vendor space over the last 5 years; although, the annual average fell 91% compared to 2019. The latest from #AccessDPRK
mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2026/01/mark...

Possible small fort/fortified settlement north of Kusong/Kuju near the village of Ijung-ni (이중리) in North Korea. Stylistically it looks ca. 11th century or earlier. @ 40.020100° 125.231302°
It would be ancient site #462 located by #AccessDPRK

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Part of my ongoing investigation into KPA land use in North Korea. The most recent area completed is Ryanggang Province. #AccessDPRK supporters on Patreon get free access!
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Lost Villages of the DMZ The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the two Koreas takes its shape from the battle lines that existed at the time of its creation in 1...

From the #AccessDPRK archives, learn a little about the many villages that were depopulated and abandoned during the Korean War for the creation of the DMZ mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2024/05/lost...

COVID Isolation Buildings Begin to Come Down During the COVID pandemic, North Korea closed its borders, expelled all foreign citizens (including diplomatic staff), and engaged in the st...

After building over 120 COVID isolation centers around the country, North Korea appears to be slowly closing them down. #AccessDPRK

mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2025/10/covi...

Satellite image from 2013 of the Mt. Kuwol retractable P-80 radar system in North Korea, with distinctive shaped radars visible.

Satellite image from 2021 of the Mt. Kuwol retractable P-80 radar system in North Korea, with radars removed and the custom-formed storage facilities visible.

Satellite image from 2025 of the Mt. Kuwol former radar site in North Korea. The site has been converted into a tourist site, with an observation pavilion, in traditional Korean architectural style, built over where one of the radars used to be located.

A former North Korea radar installation (P-80/BLACK NET) has been removed and the site turned into a scenic viewing position for local tourists at Mt. Kuwol. 38.500170° 125.263459° #AccessDPRK (Images 2013, 2021, 2025)

Temporary Border Fence Demolished During the COVID pandemic, North Korea began to seal off its entire norther border with China and Russia - marking the first time the full n...

After building ~950 km worth of secondary border fence to help secure the main border fence as it was reconstructed during COVID, North Korea has finally demolished the secondary fence and its 1000s of guard posts. #AccessDPRK mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2025/09/temp...

Bunker Busting North Korea's Nuclear Program Although Iran hasn't demonstrated a working nuclear device, the country was believed to have had one of the most protected nuclear programs...

After the attack on Iran, could bunker busters be used to destroy North Korea's nuclear sites? What about stopping its existing weapons stockpile?
Read the latest from #AccessDPRK to find out
mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2025/08/bunk...

After a delay in construction, work has fully resumed on a new hydroelectric dam on the Nam River north of Sinpyong at 39.000073° 126.768797° #AccessDPRK

A cemetery with nine "elite" (large) burial mounds near Chonnam-ri, Hyongjesan-guyok, Pyongyang was demolished in 2023-24. 39.088748° 125.711521° #AccessDPRK

Check out North Korea's COVID isolation ward in Sungho. It's positioned inside of an active quarry (39° 0'36.57"N 125°58'5.66"E)! It's the 123rd such facility I've located. #AccessDPRK

Pyongyang's Missing Landfills Municipal waste management is a critical part of keeping cities healthy and growing. Normally, when one thinks about what a large city does ...

Most cities have one or two large landfills for their municipal waste. But Pyongyang has used 31 relatively small dumping sites over the last 25 years. From #AccessDPRK

mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2025/07/pyon...

I just want to apologize for not writing on the #AccessDPRK blog in a while. I've been in a complicated situation and haven't had the bandwidth to do any work on it. Hopefully this will resolve soon but I can't promise that anything will come out in the next few more weeks

The Holy Sites of Juche Statue of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il riding horses. Erected in 2012 after the death of Kim Jong Il. For the uninitiated, Juche  is th...

From the #AccessDPRK archives: The Holy Sites of Juche.
Take a tour around North Korea and see some of the most important "official" historic and cultural sites relating to the Kim family and Worker's Party.
mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-...

Preparations for a future greenhouse project? There's a large collection of temporary structures associated with construction & worker's housing at the Ryongsal-ri collective farm 38.893284° 125.861394°. Work began back in July but no permanent bldgs have been added #AccessDPRK

One Blue House, Two Blue House, Three... Between 1948 and 2022, the "Blue House" (officially, Cheong Wa Dae ) was the official residence of the president of South Korea. And with ro...

North Korea has been building replicas of the Blue House for military exercises for at least 60 years. #AccessDPRK explores this history and reveals yet another scale model that hasn't been written about before.
mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2025/04/one-...

North Korea's Underground Navy: A Review Many countries have underground facilities for their navies. Places to protect submarines, places to defend against surprise or nuclear a...

From the #AccessDPRK archive: a review of North Korea's 13 underground/hardened navy bases
mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2020/05/nort...

I think these are the clearest examples of runaway truck ramps I've ever seen in North Korea. They're marked out on the road running east-west out from Pyongsong.
39.267796° 125.759121° #AccessDPRK

I think I've published around 2,000 satellite images of North Korea. That's about one every other day since I began working on #AccessDPRK.
I need to bump up those numbers!

I've had to add a restriction to the use of #AccessDPRK data. It may not be used under any circumstances to train artificial intelligence programs, regardless of their intended use, without gaining additional permissions from me - which may or may not be granted.

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About 4 km south of North Korea's Pip'a-got Submarine Base is this interesting training facility. It's reminiscent of those scale model airbases that China has, but I'm not sure which ROK airbase this could be (or if that's what it is) 38.557024° 124.995087° #AccessDPRK