• State Department Announces Deadline for North Korea Denuclearization
    State Department Announces Deadline for North Korea Denuclearization
    September 20, 2018 | By Holly Kellum
    The U.S. State Department said for the first time that it has a deadline for North Korea to denuclearize: January 2021, according to comments by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The deadline was announced as South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un, wrapped up a three-day summit in Pyongyang. In […]
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  • Trump Touts Progress After Pyongyang Yanks ICBMs From Parade
    Trump Touts Progress After Pyongyang Yanks ICBMs From Parade
    September 9, 2018 | By Ivan Pentchoukov
    President Donald Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following reports that a military parade held in Pyongyang didn’t feature any intercontinental ballistic missiles. To mark the 70th anniversary of its founding, the communist regime staged a military parade on Sept. 9 focused on conventional arms, peace, and economic development. Unlike the prior years, […]
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  • Russia Says Visit by North Korean Leader Being Discussed
    Russia Says Visit by North Korean Leader Being Discussed
    September 6, 2018 | By Reuters
    MOSCOW—Moscow and Pyongyang are discussing the possibility of a visit by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, to Russia, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sept. 5. “The possibility of such a visit has been discussed, the invitation has been sent, we are discussing this with the Korean representatives but no date has been […]
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  • North Korea’s Kim Expresses Wish to Denuclearize in Trump’s First Term
    North Korea’s Kim Expresses Wish to Denuclearize in Trump’s First Term
    September 6, 2018 | By Reuters
    SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants to denuclearize the Korean peninsula during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term, as he agreed to hold a third summit with his South Korean counterpart this month in Pyongyang, Seoul officials said on Sept. 6. Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in the […]
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  • North Korea Has Suffered Its Biggest Economic Drop-off in 2 Decades
    North Korea Has Suffered Its Biggest Economic Drop-off in 2 Decades
    July 21, 2018 | By Allen Zhong
    The North Korean economy shrank 3.5 percent last year, according to a report released on Friday, July 20, by South Korea’s central bank. It was the biggest drop-off since 1997, when North Korea’s Gross Domestic Production (GDP) decreased sharply by 6.5 percent. In contrast, the economy of the democratically governed, South Korea grew by 3.1 […]
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  • North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Visits China After Summit With Trump
    North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Visits China After Summit With Trump
    June 19, 2018 | By Frank Fang
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in China on June 19, his third visit to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this year. Kim’s visit, just a week after the historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore, did not come as a surprise. The two leaders met in Beijing. China welcomed Kim […]
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  • Trump and Kim Sign Joint Statement During Historic Summit
    Trump and Kim Sign Joint Statement During Historic Summit
    June 11, 2018 | By Charlotte Cuthbertson and Jasper Fakkert
    Update 5:34 p.m. local time/5:34 a.m. EST: President Trump just finished a wide-ranging press conference where he took questions for close to an hour before leaving Sentosa Island en route to Paya Lebar Air Force base to fly out on Air Force One. Trump expressed optimism and confidence that Kim Jong Un will follow through […]
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  • Trump–Kim Summit: What to Look for
    Trump–Kim Summit: What to Look for
    June 7, 2018 | By Paul Huang
    The upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, scheduled to take place on June 12 in Singapore, is highly anticipated and will perhaps be one of the most consequential events in 2018. Here is a rundown of what the principal players other than the United States ( see: In […]
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  • US Reinstates Billions in Tariffs After China Fails to Do More on North Korea
    US Reinstates Billions in Tariffs After China Fails to Do More on North Korea
    May 31, 2018 | By Frank Fang
    North Korea is the primary reason behind the United States’ decision to go ahead with proposed tariffs on China, according to China affairs experts. The joint statement between the United States and China released on May 19 put trade spats between the two countries on hold. Ten days later, however, the White House reversed course […]
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  • Top North Korean Officials Travel to US, Singapore in Summit Preparations
    Top North Korean Officials Travel to US, Singapore in Summit Preparations
    May 29, 2018 | By Reuters
    SEOUL/TOKYO—North Korea has dispatched top officials to the United States and Singapore, media reported on Tuesday, the latest indication that the on-again-off-again summit with U.S. President Donald Trump may go ahead. North Korea’s Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee, was scheduled to fly to the United States on Wednesday […]
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  • There’s Been A Trail of Broken Promises From North Korea, Say US Officials
    There’s Been A Trail of Broken Promises From North Korea, Say US Officials
    May 25, 2018 | By Epoch Times Staff
    U.S. officials said on Thursday that the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un had been called off because a “successful outcome” did not seem possible. Earlier on Thursday, Trump called off the summit with Kim that was scheduled for June 12, citing Pyongyang’s “open hostility.” Trump wrote […]
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  • North Korean Envoys Arrive in Beijing Amid Reports of New Details About Kim-Xi Meeting
    North Korean Envoys Arrive in Beijing Amid Reports of New Details About Kim-Xi Meeting
    May 15, 2018 | By Frank Fang
    With less than a month before the historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, negotiations are underway to decide how the North Korean regime will dismantle its nuclear arsenal. Meanwhile, the Chinese regime—North Korea’s communist ally—has been eager to exert itself into U.S.-North […]
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  • Kim Jong Un’s Sister Is Back From the Olympics and Pregnant
    Kim Jong Un’s Sister Is Back From the Olympics and Pregnant
    February 21, 2018 | By Ivan Pentchoukov
    The sister of North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong Un is pregnant with her second child, according to her statements to Seoul officials during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. According to The Korea Herald, Kim Yo Jong told officials that she felt some discomfort during her three-day visit and that she was pregnant. Kim Yo Jong […]
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  • Treat Kim Like A Criminal To Fix The North Korea Problem, Says Expert
    Treat Kim Like A Criminal To Fix The North Korea Problem, Says Expert
    January 8, 2018 | By Matthew Little
    North Korea is a regime sustained largely on criminal enterprises, from slavery to illegal arms deals, with a carnivorous economy now left gnawing at bones due to international sanctions. A hint at the size of the problem comes from Kim Jong Un’s recent New Year’s speeches where he mentioned his recent nuclear advances just 42 […]
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  • China Prepares Refugee Camps at Border with North Korea
    China Prepares Refugee Camps at Border with North Korea
    December 7, 2017 | By Frank Fang
    The day after a rather unusual Chinese news article was published about how citizens can better protect themselves in the event of a nuclear attack, a document circulating online has revealed the Chinese authorities’ plans to take in North Korean refugees in the event of a war. The document, an internal memo from the Baishan […]
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  • Kim Jong Un’s Siblings: Politburo Member, Assassination Victim, Eric Clapton Fan, Mystery Woman
    Kim Jong Un’s Siblings: Politburo Member, Assassination Victim, Eric Clapton Fan, Mystery Woman
    October 27, 2017 | By Chris Jasurek
    North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un appears in the headlines frequently, tossing threats at the Western world while presiding over missile launches and nuclear weapons tests. Much less well-known are his siblings—two sisters and two brothers, one of whom is now dead. Kim Jong Un’s sister appeared briefly in the news when she was named […]
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  • Former North Korean Official: Dissent Is Growing
    Former North Korean Official: Dissent Is Growing
    October 17, 2017 | By Jasper Fakkert
    A high level North Korean defector shed light on the brutality of Kim Jong Un’s regime and its failing economic policies. In his first public appearance in the United States since defecting from North Korea in 2014, former senior North Korean economic official Ri Jong Ho said dissent is growing within the highest ranks of […]
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  • North Korea Unlikely to Negotiate Until It Can Hit US With Nukes, Says Former Ambassador
    North Korea Unlikely to Negotiate Until It Can Hit US With Nukes, Says Former Ambassador
    October 16, 2017 | By Matthew Little
    One of the men that helped negotiate the nuclear deal that North Korea secretly violated for years thinks the United States should go into negotiations again, and without any conditions. The only problem, in his view, is that North Korea isn’t likely to want to negotiate until it has proven a nuclear strike capability that […]
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  • Four More Suspects in Kim Jong Nam Assassination Named in Court
    Four More Suspects in Kim Jong Nam Assassination Named in Court
    October 12, 2017 | By Reuters
    KUALA LUMPUR—Four suspects charged with two women accused of killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader were identified for the first time in a Malaysian court on Thursday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong were charged in March along with four unnamed others for the murder of Kim Jong Nam at […]
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  • Special Report: In Kim Jong Un’s Summer Palace, Fun Meets Guns
    Special Report: In Kim Jong Un’s Summer Palace, Fun Meets Guns
    October 10, 2017 | By Reuters
    In the seaside city of Wonsan, North Korean families cook up barbecues on the beach, go fishing, and eat royal jelly flavor ice cream in the summer breeze. For their leader Kim Jong Un, the resort is a summer retreat, a future temple to tourism, and a good place to test missiles. He is rebuilding the […]
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  • CIA Analyst on What Drives North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
    CIA Analyst on What Drives North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
    October 5, 2017 | By Matthew Little
    North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un may launch a missile or take some other calculated action on Columbus Day, but that doesn’t make the dictator irrational, suggested a top CIA official for the Korean Peninsula. Not speculating as to what exactly Kim may do, Yong Suk Lee, deputy assistant director of the CIA’s Korea Mission […]
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  • Nerve Agent VX Found on Shirts of Women Accused of North Korean Murder, Expert Says
    Nerve Agent VX Found on Shirts of Women Accused of North Korean Murder, Expert Says
    October 5, 2017 | By Reuters
    KUALA LUMPUR—Traces of a deadly nerve agent that killed the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were found on the clothes worn by the two women accused of the sensational murder, a Malaysian court was told on Thursday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, a Vietnamese, are charged with […]
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  • Putin Says Around 40,000 North Koreans Work in Russia, Casts Doubt on Efforts of Military Strike
    Putin Says Around 40,000 North Koreans Work in Russia, Casts Doubt on Efforts of Military Strike
    October 4, 2017 | By Reuters
    Russia President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that a military strike against North Korea designed to destroy its nuclear and missile program might not succeed because Pyongyang could have hidden military facilities that nobody knows about. Putin, speaking at an energy forum in Moscow, made it clear he had serious doubts about the military efficacy of such […]
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  • Russia Throws North Korea Lifeline to Stymie Regime Change
    Russia Throws North Korea Lifeline to Stymie Regime Change
    October 4, 2017 | By Reuters
    MOSCOW—Russia is quietly boosting economic support for North Korea to try to stymie any U.S.-led push to oust Kim Jong Un as Moscow fears his fall would sap its regional clout and allow U.S. troops to deploy on Russia’s eastern border. Though Moscow wants to try to improve battered U.S.-Russia relations in the increasingly slim […]
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  • Defense Disputes Nerve Agent Used to Kill North Korean Leader’s Half-Brother
    Defense Disputes Nerve Agent Used to Kill North Korean Leader’s Half-Brother
    October 3, 2017 | By Reuters
    KUALA LUMPUR—Lawyers for two women accused of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday low enzyme levels in his blood may have been caused by liver disease or hormone pills rather than a lethal nerve agent. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, a Vietnamese, are […]
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  • Two Women Deny Murdering North Korean Leader’s Half-Brother
    Two Women Deny Murdering North Korean Leader’s Half-Brother
    October 2, 2017 | By Reuters
    KUALA LUMPUR—Two women accused of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a banned nerve agent pleaded not guilty at the start of a high-profile murder trial in a Malaysian court on Monday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, a Vietnamese, are charged with killing Kim Jong […]
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  • President Trump Strikes Nerve With North Korea
    President Trump Strikes Nerve With North Korea
    September 22, 2017 | By Jasper Fakkert
    North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-Un responded forcefully to President Donald Trump’s UN speech, vowing to make the United States “pay dearly” for it. In his speech on Tuesday, President Trump called out the North Korea regime for its continued development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. “The United States has great strength and patience, but […]
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