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Stay the course: Moon bets on sanctions-free engagement with North Korea

Stay the course: Moon bets on sanctions-free engagement with North Korea

The South Korean President is thinking in the long-term and will likely not be deterred by a rough patch in relations

Stay the course: Moon bets on sanctions-free engagement with North Korea
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Ramon Pacheco Pardo May 11, 2020
Why Kim Jong Un likely won’t be naming a successor anytime soon

Why Kim Jong Un likely won’t be naming a successor anytime soon

Despite his manifest health issues, the North Korean leader likely knows that doing so could provoke a power struggle

Why Kim Jong Un likely won’t be naming a successor anytime soon
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov | Peter Ward May 10, 2020
Trust, but verify: what the media got right about Kim Jong Un’s health

Trust, but verify: what the media got right about Kim Jong Un’s health

Criticism of recent coverage fails to appreciate the day-to-day realities of reporting on North Korea

Trust, but verify: what the media got right about Kim Jong Un’s health
Peter Ward
Peter Ward May 7, 2020
To break the deadlock with North Korea, the U.S. must engage Russia and China

To break the deadlock with North Korea, the U.S. must engage Russia and China

While neither Beijing nor Moscow want a nuclear North Korea, they are wary of instability in the DPRK from U.S. pressure

To break the deadlock with North Korea, the U.S. must engage Russia and China
Anthony V. Rinna
Anthony V. Rinna May 5, 2020
Back from the dead: when South Korean partisan politics hurts North Korea policy

Back from the dead: when South Korean partisan politics hurts North Korea policy

A recent gaffe by a freshman lawmaker highlights how detached from reality the country's conservatives have become

Back from the dead: when South Korean partisan politics hurts North Korea policy
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy May 4, 2020
Why reports of Kim Jong Un’s untimely death turned out to be greatly exaggerated

Why reports of Kim Jong Un’s untimely death turned out to be greatly exaggerated

Something may have happened to the North Korean leader, but the media has failed to learn from past mistakes

Why reports of Kim Jong Un’s untimely death turned out to be greatly exaggerated
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov May 2, 2020
A woman in a man’s world: could Kim Yo Jong really become North Korea’s leader?

A woman in a man’s world: could Kim Yo Jong really become North Korea’s leader?

If Kim Jong Un's sister one day comes to inherit power, she may need to channel her inner Gloriana-esque ruthlessness

A woman in a man’s world: could Kim Yo Jong really become North Korea’s leader?
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin April 27, 2020
Why Kim Jong Un’s health is a very big deal
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Why Kim Jong Un’s health is a very big deal

The latest flurry of speculation highlights a very real, but too often neglected, aspect of North Korea risk

Why Kim Jong Un’s health is a very big deal
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter April 21, 2020
What a landslide ruling party election victory means for South Korean politics

What a landslide ruling party election victory means for South Korean politics

Despite a historic result, President Moon is acutely aware that prospects for diplomacy with the North are dim

What a landslide ruling party election victory means for South Korean politics
Jumin Lee
Jumin Lee April 16, 2020
Why North Korea may have, quietly, scrapped its last five-year economic plan

Why North Korea may have, quietly, scrapped its last five-year economic plan

With sanctions relief unlikely and a "break-through battle" ahead, Kim Jong Un is shifting gears

Why North Korea may have, quietly, scrapped its last five-year economic plan
Wang Son-taek
Wang Son-taek April 15, 2020
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