Raid Threatens to Disrupt Trump-Kim Nuclear Talks

By Jefferson Morley May 1, 2019 A cloak-and-dagger invasion at the North Korean Embassy in Spain and resulting criminal charges have become an international incident. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Putin Says Kim Is Ready to Denuclearize, With Conditions

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and ERIC TALMADGE / The Associated Press Apr 25, 2019 The Russian president also claims he is willing to brief the United States on his recent summit with the Supreme Leader of North Korea. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

North Korea Leader Kim to Meet With Putin in Russia

FOSTER KLUG / The Associated Press Apr 22, 2019 Summit will be held "soon" but no date is released. It comes at a key moment of faltering U.S. talks about North Korea's nuclear arsenal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Vietnamese Woman Sentenced in Slaying of Kim Jong Un’s Brother

EILEEN NG / The Associated Press Mar 31, 2019 Originally charged with murder, she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Kim Jong Nam died after being accosted by two women at an airport. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Moving Beyond the Mueller Investigation

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 28, 2019 The special counsel wasn’t ever going to do the work that now needs to happen at the grassroots level. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Reversing New Sanctions on North Korea

DEB RIECHMANN and JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press Mar 22, 2019 The president withdraws sanctions imposed yesterday by the U.S. Treasury Department. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

North Korea Warns That Bolton and Pompeo Are Derailing Nuclear Talks

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Mar 15, 2019 At least one DPRK official has blamed the failed negotiations in Hanoi on the "gangster-like" behavior of Donald Trump's cabinet members. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cohen Hearing May Have Hurt North Korea Talks, Trump Says

KEVIN FREKING / The Associated Press Mar 4, 2019 In a new Twitter salvo, the president accuses Democrats of trying to sabotage his negotiations with Kim Jong-un during their Hanoi summit. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

North Korea’s Kim Leaves Vietnam After Summit Breakdown

FOSTER KLUG and EMILY WANG / The Associated Press Mar 2, 2019 Kim spends his last day in Hanoi laying wreaths at a war memorial and at the mausoleum of Vietnamese national hero Ho Chi Minh. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

North Korea Says Trump Overstated Kim’s Demand on Sanctions

ERIC TALMADGE / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2019 Officials maintain the Supreme Leader sought only partial relief, and that he was willing to commit to a permanent halt on missile testing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Blew His Chance at a Deal With North Korea

Greg Wilpert / The Real News Network Mar 1, 2019 We may never know why the denuclearization talks collapsed, but the president appears to have bowed to the hardliners in his cabinet. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump, at North Korea Summit, Distracted by Cohen

JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Feb 27, 2019 The president's high-stakes meeting with Kim Jong Un in Vietnam is in danger of being upstaged by his former fixer’s betrayal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )