U.S. envoy arrives in Japan for talks on North Korea and Hong Kong
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun arrived in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss China's crackdown on Hong Kong and the stalled effort to denuclearize North Korea. Biegun, the top American envoy for North Korea, held talks over dinner with Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba ...
North Korean defectors face wrath of both Seoul and Pyongyang
Two brothers who led defector groups were questioned by police last week, after the government sought to have them prosecuted over leaflets sent over the border.
South Korea shakes up security team after North Korea setbacks
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in shook up his security team and appointed veterans in North Korea relations after Kim Jong Un’s regime blew up a joint liaison office that once served as a symbol of his rapprochement toward Pyongyang. Moon named Park Jie-won as the ...
Kim Jong Un scolds North Korea cadres for complacency on coronavirus
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in about a month to chastise some top cadres over their management of the coronavirus, amid speculation he may be isolating himself due to the pandemic. During a Political Bureau of the Central Committee ...
Washington's North Korea envoy doubtful of new Trump-Kim summit
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Steve Biegun pointed to the global COVID-19 pandemic as a "wet blanket" that would make any in-person summit difficult.
Chairman Kim goes back on script
U.S. President Donald Trump's "bromance" with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has played out more or less as most experts expected.
Kim Jong Un’s erratic behavior shows North Korea is stuck
On Wednesday, Kim continued to surprise, announcing the suspension of newly announced “military action plans” against South Korea. Hours later, Seoul said it observed North Koreans removing loudspeakers that were recently installed.
North Korea's Kim backtracks on military threat, but more surprises likely in store
After weeks of vitriol, leader offers apparent off-ramp for defusing rising tensions with Seoul, one day before the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
North Korea blew up the liaison office and its relations with the South
We should anticipate Pyongyang continuing its series of limited provocations in coming months aimed mainly at South Korea.
Worst North Korea economy in two decades pushing Kim to lash out
After destruction of inter-Korean liaison office, analysts warn of even more provocative behavior over the next year.
South Korea blasts John Bolton's Trump-Kim narrative as 'distorted'
South Korea's presidential office on Monday accused former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton of distorting facts and jeopardizing future negotiations with his scathing account of President Donald Trump's North Korea summit strategy. Bolton's forthcoming memoir "The Room Where it Happened" takes both Trump and ...
Japan says it remains on alert over North Korean military moves
The Japanese government said Wednesday it remains on alert after North Korea announced plans to deploy troops to inter-Korean cooperation sites. "We remain on alert to respond to any situation," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference. Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, batteries are ...
