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As the days tick down before the expiration of a key military intelligence-sharing pact between Japan and South Korea, Washington is dialing up pressure on Seoul to reverse its decision to terminate the agreement. The only problem? Washington appears...
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho launched a scathing attack against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
North Korea's second missile tests in less than a week are casting doubts over the early resumption of working-level talks between the North and the United States to dismantle the regime's nuclear weapons program. On June 30, U.S. President Donald Trump said...
North Korea's ballistic missile launches on Thursday mark a new turn in the on- again, off-again negotiations to dismantle the regime's nuclear weapons program, with experts agreeing talks are unlikely to happen in the near future. The launch of...
N Korea threatens to develop weapons to counter, if S Korea continues to acquire advanced F35 stealth fighters from the US.
The U.S. and North Korea are expected to revive stalled negotiation talks after President Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea. “A lot of progress has been made. A lot of friendships have been made,” said President Trump. Trump said meeting...
America’s top diplomat swept through the grandiose lobby of the famed Peninsula Hotel with purpose early on a recent morning. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo couldn’t have slept much since arriving late the night before, but he had a bounce in his step as a clutch of reporters attempted to...
Most likely, we will see a return to the ad hoc, irregular diplomacy at the Pompeo and Biegun level we saw after Singapore. This is unfortunate because a consistent, working-level process is necessary for real progress on denuclearization and peace. The two sides will probably focus on narrowing...
President Trump and his top advisers expressed optimism through the weekend that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization talks with Pyongyang can be revived, despite reports of North Korean ballistic missile and nuclear activity. National Security Adviser John R. Bolton sought to dampen the hype around...
In Hanoi, Donald Trump overturned the widely held assumption he would be willing to settle for an interim agreement on North Korea’s denuclearization. But despite the breakdown of the summit and the atmosphere of scepticism that now abounds, the US president seems determined to stick with his “all or nothing” approach...