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In fight over COVID-19 aid to North Korea, sanctions relief now seems inevitable
Calls for economic pressure to continue will be difficult to maintain should the situation in the DPRK worsen
April 6, 2020
Why the coronavirus could sharpen the battle over sanctions relief for the DPRK
Difficulties in COVID-19 prevention could support the Chinese and Russian position that U.S.-led sanctions are too harsh
March 4, 2020
The U.S. should empower ROK defense, not squeeze the country for more money
The allies should focus dialogue on how to reduce U.S. troop numbers while maintaining structures for American support
February 28, 2020
Why it’s time for Washington and Seoul to reassess the U.S.-ROK alliance
Bilateral relations face various challenges, including military cost-sharing disputes and stalled talks with the North
February 19, 2020
Twenty years after the DPRK-Russia friendship treaty, what’s been achieved?
Attempts to further cooperation, following an early post-Cold War downturn in relations, have been plagued by sanctions
February 11, 2020
As North Korea’s year-end deadline looms, Russia fears a return to high tensions
Moscow has moved to reassert its importance to the North Korea issue as DPRK-U.S. diplomacy has flagged
December 17, 2019
Choe Son Hui in Moscow: Russia tries to resuscitate flagging DPRK-U.S. diplomacy
Good relations with Pyongyang are cold comfort to a Russian government eager to see nuclear talks produce results
November 24, 2019
At Moscow conference, slim progress on North Korea’s “window of opportunity”
Moscow's hopes of creating a forum for multilateral dialogue on DPRK issues may have been stalled, at least for now
November 10, 2019
Why North Korean and Russian state media are joining forces to fight “fake news”
Pyongyang hopes to use Russia's multilingual news outlets to shift the international narrative on the DPRK
October 31, 2019
What to make of this week’s North Korean-Russian parliamentary talks in Moscow
At follow-up to April's Kim-Putin summit, Pyongyang and Moscow express growing solidarity as targets of U.S. sanctions
October 23, 2019
