Commentary / World Nov 28, 2018
How Kim has gotten the best of Trump
by Kent Harrington and John Walcott
Since the historic June summit, the North Koreans have reaped significant benefits without having to make any real concessions.
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Asia Pacific Nov 28, 2018
North Korea's Kim reportedly open to inspections at main Nyongbyon nuclear complex
by Jesse Johnson
Exactly a year since nuclear-armed North Korea last tested a missile — its most powerful to date — news has emerged that leader Kim Jong Un is open to inspections at his country's main nuclear complex. Citing a senior diplomatic source, South Korea's Yonhap news ...
Asia Pacific Nov 22, 2018
by Jesse Johnson
In a bid to keep Washington's ongoing denuclearization talks with North Korea from faltering, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that a major joint military exercise with South Korea would be scaled back. "We have taken a decision," Mattis said, according to a transcript ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Nov 22, 2018
Kim Jong Who? South Korea revamps how students study their northern neighbor
A year of warming relations between North and South Korea has raised the prospects of closer ties, if not some form of unification for the still-warring neighbors far in the future. But it might not be obvious in a typical South Korean classroom. "I really ...
Asia Pacific Nov 19, 2018
North Korea's new 'tactical' weapon test highlights military modernization
North Korea's claim last week that it had tested an unidentified "ultramodern tactical weapon" highlighted its desire to upgrade its conventional arms and reassure its military even as talks are underway to end its nuclear program, analysts said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un witnessed ...
Asia Pacific Nov 16, 2018
Key U.N. committee condemns North Korea's rights violations, urges Pyongyang to end abuses
A key U.N. committee adopted a resolution Thursday condemning North Korea's "long-standing and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights" and strongly urging its government to immediately end the abuses. The General Assembly's human rights committee approved the resolution by consensus after Sudan ...
Asia Pacific Nov 16, 2018
North Korea's Kim inspects testing of newly developed 'tactical' weapon
by Jesse Johnson
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test of a new "ultramodern tactical weapon," the North's state-run media reported Friday in the first mention of such a test in months. Kim hailed the "great success," which he said "serves as another striking demonstration ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 14, 2018
Chemical arms team to assign blame for Syrian attacks despite Russia, Iran opposition
The global chemical weapons watchdog will in February begin to assign blame for attacks with banned munitions in Syria's war, using new powers approved by member states but opposed by Damascus and its key allies Russia and Iran. The agency was handed the new task ...
Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Nov 13, 2018
by Jesse Johnson
A U.S. think tank says it has uncovered 13 of an estimated 20 North Korean missile operating bases inside the country — including those believed to house ballistic missiles capable of striking anywhere in Japan and the U.S. — highlighting the difficult road ahead ...
National Nov 13, 2018
U.S. tells Japan it may resume military drills with South Korea next spring: sources
The United States has told Japan it may resume large-scale joint military exercises with South Korea as early as next spring, if there continues to be no tangible progress on the denuclearization of North Korea, Japanese government sources said Monday. Since September, the administration of ...
Asia Pacific | FOCUS Nov 9, 2018
Kim Jong Un woos South Korean investors on reviving Mount Kumgang resort
by Eric Talmadge
The two-lane highway south from North Korea's Mount Kumgang across the Demilitarized Zone is lined by tall green fences and street lamps that are only turned on for special occasions. Children play on a parallel stretch of railroad that hasn't been in regular use ...
National / Politics Nov 8, 2018
President Donald Trump accused Japan on Wednesday of treating the United States unfairly on trade, claiming that Japan exports cars with low tariffs but does not take American cars. Speaking at a news conference a day after the Republican Party lost control of the House ...