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Kim Jong Un is doing what he said he would
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As Today’s WorldView noted last week, talks between the United States and North Korea have hit a rut. Now a new report from a respected Washington think tank that identified h...
By Duyeon Kim
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Newly revealed North Korean missile bases cast doubt on value of Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un
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On Monday, a new report from a Washington think tank identified more than a dozen hidden bases in North Korea that could be used to disperse mobile launchers for ballistic mis...
By Duyeon Kim
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U.S., North Korea Toughen Stance Ahead of Nuclear Talks
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As the U.S. prepares to resume nuclear negotiations with North Korea this week, both sides are hardening their positions, dimming hopes for a compromise. North Korea says it ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea issues nuclear threat ahead of high-level talks with US
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As the United States and North Korea prepare for another round of high-level talks this week, Pyongyang's increasingly heated rhetoric has analysts worried that the stalemate ...
By Duyeon Kim
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South Korea reveals plan to break stalemate in U.S.-North Korea talks
South Korea is proposing that the United States hold off on a demand for an inventory of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and accept the verified closure of a key North Korean nu...
By Duyeon Kim
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Mike Pompeo floats prospect of officially ending Korean War ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Given the Trump administration's goal of a complete, verifiable denuclearization of North Korea during President Trump's first term, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is eager to...
By Duyeon Kim
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South Korea's Moon Jae-in: Caught between Trump and Kim
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Moon Jae-in is the man in the middle. The South Korean president has become the mediator between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un and is leading the diplomatic efforts to try to ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Moon Jae-in prepares for make or break inter-Korean summit with Kim Jong-un
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The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, will seek to salvage stalled nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the US during a summit with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Tues...
By Duyeon Kim
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When Moon travels North, will he return with a gift for Trump?
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For the first time since he chose to engage with the world, North Korea's Kim Jong Un has proposed a possible timeline for ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons: by ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump called off top U.S. diplomat’s Pyongyang visit after belligerent letter from North Korea: report
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The White House last week canceled a planned trip to Pyongyang by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, just hours before the top U.S. diplomat was due to leave, after receiving a b...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump’s Cancellation of Pompeo Trip Dashes Hopes in South Korea
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The past few days have been a roller-coaster ride for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. On Thursday, the United States secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced that he ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Unified Korean Team, Victor on the Court, Tries to Win Hearts, Too
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When North and South Korea fielded a joint women’s ice hockey team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the decision turned out to be more symbolic than practical: The team lo...
By Duyeon Kim
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What does North Korea want from the US?
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Less than three months after the pomp and ceremony of the Singapore summit, relations between the US and North Korea are stuttering and the point of contention is clear: Pyong...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea is still developing nuclear weapons, says IAEA
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North Korea is continuing to develop its nuclear weapons programme, according to a report by the UN atomic watchdog, raising questions over the country’s commitment to denucle...
By Duyeon Kim
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As Trump Thanks Kim Jong Un, North Korea's Military Leadership Gets Another Shake-Up
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed a new military chief in the latest shake-up of his military top brass. The country’s state media said that Ri Yong Gil is taking...
By Duyeon Kim
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Now North Korea has returned US remains, the next move is on Trump
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It's one of the four points listed in the joint statement US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un signed on June 12, the day of their historic meeting in Singa...
By Duyeon Kim
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In private, Trump vents frustration over lack of progress on North Korea
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When he emerged from his summit with Kim Jong Un last month, President Trump triumphantly declared that North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat and that one of the world...
By Duyeon Kim
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What’s Missing From Kim Jong Un’s ‘Very Nice Note’ to Trump
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Donald Trump called it “a very nice note.” And it is super-nice! In the letter that the president published on Twitter on Thursday, Kim Jong Un refers to Trump as “Your Excell...
By Duyeon Kim
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America’s Moment of Truth With North Korea Is Coming
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One eight-word assumption underlies American and South Korean negotiations with Kim Jong Un: “North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons.” That’s what the analyst Cheon Seon...
By Duyeon Kim
