South Korea, US, Japan show unity against North Korea's provocation - Yonhap

Sunday, February 13, 2022

News Type: USIP in the News

South Korea, the United States and Japan demonstrated a united front against North Korea's provocations via trilateral talks among their top diplomats in Honolulu, Saturday. Experts, in general, gave a positive assessment of the high-level session among the regional powers meant to find ways to engage with North Korea, especially its timing, despite no immediate breakthrough in sight...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

An End-of-War Declaration on the Korean Peninsula - The National Bureau of Asian Research

Friday, December 3, 2021

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NBR reached out to several experts in its network to gather perspectives on the politics and strategy of an end-of-war declaration on the Korean Peninsula. The concept of an end-of-war declaration has become a polarizing topic in both Washington and Seoul. This Q&A with Frank Aum is part of the roundtable “The Politics and Strategy of an End-of-War Declaration on the Korean Peninsula” that aims to clarify the key issues in the debate and offer policy options for congressional action...

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Prospects for Diplomacy With North Korea - Center for America Progress

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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At the end of July 2021, South Korea announced that the two Koreas restored four communication lines that North Korea had cut off in June 2020 when North Korea severed all inter-Korean governmental communication. Days later, North Korea stopped answering routine South Korean calls in apparent protest of the joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises scheduled for August. In October, North Korea began answering military and liaison office communication lines again...

Global Policy