- NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
North Korea: Passenger Vehicles Increasing on the Streets of Hamhung
Open GEOINT shows that the number of smaller-than-city-bus passenger vehicles (SPVs) on the streets of Hamhung, North Korea has increased modestly over the past 15 years and has been accompanied by modest improvements in vehicle infrastructure in the city. Our analysis also makes possible an estimate of vehicles per capita in Hamhung and possibly North Korea.
Identification of Deliberate Building Targeting During Ukraine War: Evidence from Donetsk Oblast
We develop and apply a process for identifying the deliberate targeting of building types during ongoing armed conflict by conflict actors. Results indicate that cultural, and secondarily medical, buildings are likely to have been deliberately targeted by combatants. Targeting, however, occurred only in cities where direct fighting (territorial contestation) between Russia and Ukraine was ongoing.