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Unified Korean Team, Victor on the Court, Tries to Win Hearts, Too
In The News
When North and South Korea fielded a joint women’s ice hockey team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the decision turned out to be more symbolic than practical: The team lo...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump’s Cancellation of Pompeo Trip Dashes Hopes in South Korea
In The News
The past few days have been a roller-coaster ride for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. On Thursday, the United States secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced that he ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea is still developing nuclear weapons, says IAEA
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North Korea is continuing to develop its nuclear weapons programme, according to a report by the UN atomic watchdog, raising questions over the country’s commitment to denucle...
By Duyeon Kim
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As Trump Thanks Kim Jong Un, North Korea's Military Leadership Gets Another Shake-Up
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed a new military chief in the latest shake-up of his military top brass. The country’s state media said that Ri Yong Gil is taking...
By Duyeon Kim
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Now North Korea has returned US remains, the next move is on Trump
In The News
It's one of the four points listed in the joint statement US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un signed on June 12, the day of their historic meeting in Singa...
By Duyeon Kim
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In private, Trump vents frustration over lack of progress on North Korea
In The News
When he emerged from his summit with Kim Jong Un last month, President Trump triumphantly declared that North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat and that one of the world...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump administration weighed sanctions against major Chinese banks tied to North Koreas
When President Trump announced new sanctions against North Korea last week, he called them the “strongest . . . we have ever put on a country.” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuch...
By Peter Harrell
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UN report: North Korea ties to Syria
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North Korea has been sending chemical weapons supplies to Syria, according to an unreleased UN report. CNAS senior fellow Dr. Patrick Cronin joins The Situation Room ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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An attack on North Korea would be massive — and massively stupid
In response to worries that it is planning a “bloody nose” strike on North Korea, the Trump administration has been offering an odd reassurance. Any attack on the regime of Ki...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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U.S. experts assess Pyongyang’s invitation
American experts weighed in on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation for a summit with President Moon Jae-in, delivered by his younger sister and special envoy, Kim Yo-...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pence Signals Openness to Talks With North Korea at Olympics
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence declined to rule out talks with North Korean officials while attending Winter Olympics events in South Korea, even as he urged the isolated regi...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump's first year: handling North Korea
President Trump has shaken America's dynamic with North Korea during his first year. Brian Todd reports....
By Patrick M. Cronin
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In confronting North Korea, Trump risks disaster
President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday was heavy on misleading claims and nationalist vitriol, yet rather light on foreign-policy chat. What Trump did discuss...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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North Korea — Kim Jong Un hits ‘the bunny slope of tension-reductions’
North and South Korea plan to march under the same flag at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, and field a combined women’s ice hockey team. The Hermit Kingdom’s Kim Jong Un...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump and North Korea: the perils of a pre-emptive strike
Days before his inauguration, Donald Trump dismissed the claim from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he would soon test an intercontinental ballistic missile. “It won’t ha...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump’s tweets rattle the globe, but aides say North Korea policy is carefully calibrated
President Trump’s taunting tweet this week raising the specter of nuclear war with North Korea sparked fresh concerns in the Pentagon, at the State Department and even in the ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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It sure looks like China is secretly selling oil to North Korea
China has apparently been secretly selling oil to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions and its own promises to drastically curb trade with the country. A report from South...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Tillerson Open to Talks With North Korea
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson swung the door wide open to negotiations with North Korea, saying on Tuesday he is open to talks without preconditions as soon as Pyongyang si...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Tillerson’s offer of talks with North Korea left hanging
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s surprising diplomatic offer of unconditional talks with North Korea hinges on two big X factors: Does the North even want talks...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Launch of new missile increases pressure on U.S. policymakers to confront North Korean threat
Pyongyang’s launch of a new, long-range missile this week deepens a chief foreign policy dilemma for the Trump administration, putting the threat of a North Korean nuclear str...
By Patrick M. Cronin
