Books Jun 8, 2019
In discussion with Anna Fifield, author of 'The Great Successor'
by Martin Laflamme
The Washington Post Beijing bureau chief Anna Fifield's new book, "The Great Successor," details the life of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
Asia Pacific Jun 5, 2019
North Korea to pause 'mass games' after Kim scolds organizers over shortcomings
Days after this year's "mass games" debuted before North Korea's top leadership, the huge pageant has been put on hold after leader Kim Jong Un expressed his dissatisfaction, foreign tour groups said on Wednesday. Kim and his wife were among the elite at the premiere ...
National / Politics Jun 5, 2019
Lawmaker Antonio Inoki plans to visit North Korea for six days from June 21
Upper House lawmaker Antonio Inoki plans to make a six-day trip to North Korea from June 21 to meet officials there, sources familiar with the plan said Tuesday. The envisioned trip by the wrestler-turned-lawmaker, who has developed close ties with North Korea through sports exchanges, ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jun 5, 2019
'Don't test our patience,' North Korea tells U.S. as one-year anniversary of Singapore summit looms
by Jesse Johnson
In the latest in a spate of increasingly threatening warnings by North Korea, the country's Foreign Ministry has urged the U.S. to "change its current method of calculation" in nuclear negotiations or risk turning last year's Singapore joint declaration into a "mere blank sheet ...
Asia Pacific Jun 4, 2019
Kim Jong Un's sister back in public eye at North Korea's 'mass games'
The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a public event in Pyongyang for the first time in more than 50 days, casting further doubt on media speculation he had ordered her to lay low over the failed nuclear summit ...
National / Politics | FOCUS Jun 3, 2019
by Tomoyuki Tachikawa
Japan's policy on North Korea is under growing scrutiny, particularly since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed willingness to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "without conditions." Since Pyongyang fired projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles on May 4 and ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jun 3, 2019
'Purged' North Korean No. 2 reappears at event with Kim
by Jesse Johnson
The apparent right-hand man of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who a report last week said may have been purged and sent to a labor and re-education camp, has appeared alongside Kim during a musical performance, state-run media said in a dispatch Monday. The ...
Asia Pacific Jun 1, 2019
North Korea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches
The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and other weapons. On Saturday, North Korea state news agency KCNA released reports of Kim providing ...
Asia Pacific May 31, 2019
North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out bloody purge after collapse of Trump summit, report says
North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for the failed Hanoi summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday. Kim Hyok Chol ...
Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS May 31, 2019
On truth of North Korean purge, there are reasons for caution based on South's past record
A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials. But as ever with North Korea, a country that closely guards its secrets, there are reasons to ...
National / Politics May 29, 2019
Japan to propose Abe-Kim summit to North Korean officials next week
The Japanese government plans to reach out to North Korean officials next week in Mongolia to propose a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the North's leader Kim Jong Un, government sources said Wednesday. Abe has said he is willing to meet Kim "without ...
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal May 29, 2019
'Entire' North Korean WMD program violates U.N. security council resolutions, U.S. says
North Korea's "entire" weapons of mass destruction program violates U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday, when asked about recent missile launches by Pyongyang. "I think the entire North Korean WMD program, it's in conflict with the U.N. Security Council ...