Commentary / World Aug 4, 2017
Let's get real about the Kim Jong Un threat
by Andray Abrahamian
Pyongyang is very good at calculating its provocations to stop short of an actual war.
Asia Pacific Jul 21, 2017
South Korea calls on North to respond to military talks offer
South Korea's proposed military talks aimed at easing tension between the two Koreas planned for Friday failed to happen after the North snubbed the call, a setback for new President Moon Jae-in's hopes for dialogue. The North has remained silent on the South Korean proposal, ...
Commentary / World Jul 7, 2017
Negotiations won't stop Pyongyang from getting nukes
by Eli Lake
Pyongyang has given the U.S. two options: acquiescence or war.
Commentary / World Jul 7, 2017
Living with a nuclear North Korea
by Gwynne Dyer
North Korea will probably get its nuclear deterrent in the end, and we will all learn to accept it.
Commentary / World May 18, 2017
Vladimir Putin holds the key to the North Korea quandary
by Leonid Bershidsky
Unless the U.S. wants to risk using force in North Korea, it needs Russia's cooperation in resolving the crisis.
Commentary / World May 10, 2017
The North Korean crisis: why now?
by Gwynne Dyer
The Trump administration may have pushed a military confrontation with North Korea precisely in order to pre-empt Moon Jae-in's new Sunshine Policy.
Commentary / Japan Apr 26, 2017
Abe's dreams and nightmares
by Kevin Rafferty
The issue of North Korea is instructive for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan because the room for maneuver is limited and Japan is trapped.
World Sep 19, 2016
U.S., South Korea drill to model attack on North's nuclear facility
South Korean and U.S. warplanes will simulate strikes on North Korea's nuclear facilities in drills in Alaska next month, the Yonhap news agency quoted unidentified military officials as saying. The maneuver will take part amid Exercise Red Flag, held at Eielson Air Force Base from ...
Asia Pacific Jul 27, 2016
North Korea offering 'no-strings' nuclear talks: U.S. expert
by Alastair Wanklyn
North Korea may be offering nuclear talks pretty much without preconditions, a U.S. expert who took part in negotiations with Pyongyang has said. Former U.S. State Department North Korea specialist Robert Carlin said Pyongyang this month set out five preconditions that demand little of Washington ...
Asia Pacific Feb 12, 2016
South Korean firms fear heavy losses from North's seizure of Kaesong
Seoul cut water and power supplies to the Kaesong industrial park in North Korea on Friday, a day after the North deported all 280 South Korean managers from the site. North Korea prevented them from taking equipment and finished products, saying it has seized the ...
Asia Pacific Jan 22, 2016
Seoul to set up intelligence data link that connects it to Japan-U.S. system
South Korea will set up a military data link to share imagery and real-time intelligence with Japan and the United States.
Asia Pacific Jan 11, 2016
Kim Jong Un calls for better bombs, uses nuke test to boost propaganda
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on his scientists to do more to boost the country's arsenal after the regime conducted its fourth nuclear test last week in defiance of neighbors including China and South Korea. Speaking to the scientists responsible for building what ...