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North Korea wants Biden’s attention. The best way to get it: ballistic missiles.
Kim Jong Un fired two short-range ballistic missiles to get on the U.S.’ agenda before a key policy review is finished
March 25, 2021
Kim and Moon are the biggest losers of Blinken’s Asia visit
The Biden administration is not offering Pyongyang the flexibility that both North and South Korea likely hoped for
March 19, 2021
Why Kim Yo Jong will complain about US-ROK military drills until the end of time
Military exercises have little impact on talks with North Korea, regardless of angry words from Kim Jong Un’s sister
March 17, 2021
Japan’s back in the North Korea game, but it faces nearly impossible challenges
North Korea’s long-range nuclear threat could overshadow Japan’s other security priorities
February 23, 2021
Seven decades of friendship and envy: North Korea’s relations with Vietnam
Vietnam achieved what the Kim regime never could: national reunification and a booming economy
February 1, 2021
New US State Department pick spells doom for Moon’s North Korea policies
Jung H. Pak supports using maximum pressure rather than showy summits in order to force Kim into giving up his nukes
January 28, 2021
Why Seoul’s foreign minister nominee won’t be able to score Moon more summits
Chung Eui-yong helped fix 2018 and 2019's summits, but COVID-19 and a reluctant Biden will make more talks difficult
January 22, 2021
A newly-declassified document underscores Trump’s North Korea failures
The U.S. wanted to convince North Korea that it doesn’t need nukes, but Kim is far from persuaded
January 15, 2021
Where Biden’s top foreign policy picks stand on North Korea
Antony Blinken is chosen as secretary of state, while Jake Sullivan is Biden's pick for national security adviser
November 24, 2020
10 years ago, North Korea enraged the South with deadly border island attack
North Korea’s shelling of Yeonpyeong Island killed two civilians, sparking tensions along the inter-Korean sea border
November 20, 2020
