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Years After Historic Summits, Trump Faces an Emboldened North Korea
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Donald Trump has long touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but if the U.S. president-elect seeks another summit he will find a North Korean leader emboldened by an expand...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Explainer: S.Korea sees peace declaration as key to restarting N.Korea talks
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In a last-ditch attempt to restart talks with North Korea before his term ends next year, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is calling for a declaration that could eventually...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Restores South Korea Hotline Cut for Two Months
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North Korea restored a hotline with South Korea it had left silent for about two months, a gesture of reconciliation after Pyongyang’s tests of new weapons designed to strike ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea to Biden administration: North Korea is ‘strengthening’ its missile program
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South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong is calling on the U.S. government to detail more specific incentives it might offer North Korea in face-to-face negotiations, warn...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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The Korean Peninsula’s Arms Race Heats Up
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Tensions on the Korean peninsula rose on Wednesday as North Korea and South Korea conducted missile tests within hours of each other. As well as statements of military readine...
By Duyeon Kim
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Nuclear watchdog sounds warning over restart of North Korean reactor
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The UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned that North Korea appears to have restarted a critical reactor at its biggest nuclear materials complex, raising another security challenge...
By Van Jackson
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North Korea May Have Restarted Nuclear Reactor, UN Watchdog Says
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North Korea may have resumed operations at its plutonium-producing Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the past few months, the United Nations atomic watchdog said, a move that could ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea’s Apparent Plutonium Moves Boost Nuclear Program, Invite U.S. Attention
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North Korea’s apparent resumption of plutonium production bolsters Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal both as a deterrent and a deal-bargaining chip for potential talks with the U.S....
By Duyeon Kim
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Kim Jong Un Sounds Alarm on Covid With Warning of ‘Great Crisis’
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Kim Jong Un’s warning that North Korea faced a “great crisis” over a quarantine breach is raising more questions about what’s going wrong inside his secretive regime. While th...
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden Nuclear Envoy Ready for Talks ‘Anytime’ With North Korea
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President Joe Biden’s point man for North Korea said the U.S. was ready for talks “anywhere, anytime” with Pyongyang, providing a strong signal Washington is prepared to reviv...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Tops Agenda for US-Japan-South Korea Meeting
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"Every aspect of North Korea policy" will be discussed when national security advisers from the United States, South Korea and Japan meet on Friday, according to a senior admi...
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden vows to ‘respond accordingly’ if North Korea escalates missile testing following latest launch
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US President Joe Biden has warned North Korea that the US will “respond accordingly” if it escalates its military testing, after Pyongyang fired two missiles in its first majo...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korean missiles getting more agile, evasive
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In resuming its ballistic testing activity after a yearlong pause, North Korea has demonstrated a potentially nuclear-capable weapon that shows how it continues to expand its ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Reaction to North Korea's ballistic missile launch
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North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, Japan’s prime minister said, fuelling tensions ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and ramping up pres...
By Duyeon Kim
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Denuclearisation of what? U.S. switch on North Korea wording raises debate
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Officials with U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration have begun emphasising the “denuclearisation of North Korea”, rather than the whole peninsula, in a subtle but noticea...
By Duyeon Kim
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As Biden Mulls North Korea, Some Urge Arms Control Approach
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump tried threats of "fire and fury,” followed by personal letters and made-for-TV summits to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give u...
By Duyeon Kim
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CNAS Launches Indo-Pacific Security Program, Names Lisa Curtis as Director
Washington, February 8, 2021—The Center for a New American Security today launched its new Indo-Pacific Security Program, one of seven core research programs within CNAS. Lisa...
By Cole Stevens
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North Korea’s Kim could be planning missile launch to welcome Biden administration
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North Korea appears to be taking steps toward a new test of a powerful submarine-launched missile, U.S. weapons experts said, as it steadily dials up the pressure on President...
By Duyeon Kim
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If Kim Jong Un destroyed North Korea's economy to keep Covid-19 out, will sanctions stop him from pursuing nuclear weapons?
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After arguably the most challenging year of his near-decade rule of North Korea, Kim Jong Un is sticking to his guns. Kim announced last week at the Eighth Workers' Party Cong...
By Duyeon Kim
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'Your move, Mr President': North Korea sets the stage for Biden
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un celebrated his birthday with a long wish-list of new weapons. It included more accurate long-range missiles, super large warheads, spy satellit...
By Duyeon Kim
