North Korea
News, analysis, and opinions about the US relationship with North Korea and its dictator, Kim Jong Un.
There’s a new “axis” in town. This time, it might be real.
Eighty years after Hiroshima, the idea that nuclear war can be controlled is making a comeback.
Nuclear guardrails are falling apart — and Donald Trump is about to retake the launch codes.
The National Assembly voted down the decree, but the political crisis isn’t over.
It’s the latest — and perhaps strangest — escalation in tensions between the two countries.
North Korea commented publicly on his crossing for the first time this week.
A Papua New Guinea pact reveals the complexity of creating partnerships in the region.
US officials are sold on Japan’s new military posture. Japan’s public might not be.
Kim Jong Un’s military plans are raising tensions with the South to new heights.
Nuclear diplomacy is urgently needed amid rising tensions but politically untenable.
The assassination of Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, shocks a peaceful country.
Civil defense and other “right of boom” approaches could help mitigate the toll of a nuclear war — at least somewhat.
The North Korean leader appointed a new “representative” to the ruling party, indicating the dictator’s willingness to delegate.
What “denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” really means.
Kim Jong Un has both military and diplomatic reasons to launch a series of missiles.
North Korea’s first missile test during Joe Biden’s presidency wasn’t meant as a challenge to him.
The Biden administration is calling North Korea. No one is answering.
North Korea has become a stronger nuclear power on Trump’s watch.
It also turns out about one in 10 Americans has heard of the Oscar-winning South Korean film Parasite.
Why Kim was absent for three weeks is still a mystery.
Is the North Korean leader sick? Dead? Missing? Here’s what we know.
A new book details this stunning moment from early in Trump’s presidency.
Yes it’s hilarious, but it’s no joke.
It’s less than the all-or-nothing approach Washington has taken so far.
Bolton slams Trump in his first public remarks since leaving the White House.
The stakes are high.
Moon Chung-in, a top adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, says there’s an over 70 percent chance of a US-North Korea deal by year’s end.
“The US position has been really harmful,” said a senior adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The Bolton-Trump partnership was never built to last.
The president will likely shrug off this latest test like he has the other recent ones.
“This is an intentional reminder that if diplomacy fails, North Korea will only be stronger and more capable today than it was four years ago,” said one expert.
Trump called the exercises “ridiculous and expensive,” and dismissed North Korea’s fifth weapons test in three weeks.
He’d surely welcome the change of scenery after the tough time he’s had with North Korea.
North Korea keeps testing weapons to get Trump’s attention. He likely won’t listen.
Trump probably won’t care.
It’s likely a message for South Korea and President Trump.
Missile tests. Building provocative submarines. It’s all good.
This is a test for Trump.
The revelation is clearly a message for Trump.
Minimizing the chance of war is nothing to scoff at.