4 Ideas From Kim Jong Un’s New Year Speech
The North Korean leader’s big curtain-raiser for 2019 comes after a couple of very tumultuous years.
N. Korean Leader Calls for More Talks With South in New Year
Kim Jong Un sends a letter to Moon Jae-in calling for more peace discussions between the leaders following their active engagement in 2018.
Koreas to Form Joint Military Committee
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says that to defuse crises and prevent accidental clashes, the Koreas have agreed to establish a committee to evaluate how to reduce tensions and maintain communication.
Moon and Kim Arrive at Guesthouse for Luncheon
The North Korean leader and the South Korean president arrive in Pyongyang, where they are expected to have talks over lunch.
At Emotional Korean Reunions, Genuine Talk Often Is Difficult
In a tightly controlled event, about 200 South Koreans and their family members cross into North Korea for three days of meetings with their northern relatives.
Korean Voices Missing From Major Papers’ Opinions on Singapore Summit
In opinion coverage of the Trump-Kim meeting, the people with the most to lose and gain from it were almost uniformly ignored.
Trump's North Korea Summit Reveals Democratic Party Fault Lines
After his historic Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the president sustains a barrage of criticism that he gave away too much to his adversary and gained nothing.
North Korea Nuclear Threat Is Over, Trump Declares on Twitter
The president makes a bold and questionable claim following his summit with leader Kim Jong Un, which produced few guarantees on how and when Pyongyang would disarm.
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A Victory for Sanity in World Politics
Whatever one’s prejudice against President Trump, he deserves credit for risking peace instead of war.
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How Corporate Media Got the Trump-Kim Summit All Wrong
The media have assumed that North Korea cannot live without nuclear weapons—but have failed to make any effort to understand Kim Jong Un's strategy.
