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Wed, August 15, 2018 | 09:02

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Protracted peace in Korea

It is hard to know exactly what caused the current stalemate on the issue of North Korea's denuclearization. Yet, from sporadic reports, we can reconstruct what has happened since the dramatic U.S.-DPRK summit in June, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

Tong Kim | 2018-08-12 17:34

Deadlock on nuclear talks

In recent weeks, U.S.-North Korea talks appeared to have hit a snag, with no further agreement on details to carry out North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's commitment to denuclearization. This was not a surprise to many critics of Trump's policy but a puzzling set back to its proponents, including the Seoul government.

Tong Kim | 2018-07-27 16:46

Back to reality on North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's third visit to Pyongyang July 6-7 was considered a failure with no gains, no meeting with Kim Jong-un and no progress on a much-expected plan of action for denuclearization.

Tong Kim | 2018-07-13 17:04

A long path to denuclearization

More than two weeks after the U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, June 12, the two sides have yet to hold follow-up negotiations that should lay out a specific path toward the announced goal of “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.” Many are wondering what is going on now.

Tong Kim | 2018-07-01 17:45

Beginning of denuclearization process

The outcome of the historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore was met by an outpouring of comments _ mostly negative for the lack of specificity in the signed joint statement, doubting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's “firm and unswerving” commitment to “the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

Tong Kim | 2018-06-15 17:04

Preparations for summit

Writing about U.S. President Donald Trump's potential meeting with Kim Jong-un has been difficult because of the question of what to make of Trump's constant shifting and deliberate oscillation between on-again and off-again positions. Trump supporters call it strategic maneuvering as part of his “art of the deal” and critics call it his unstable element of danger in the art of diplomacy.

Tong Kim | 2018-06-05 22:31

Behind warnings from Pyongyang

Last week, the North's first vice foreign minister, Kim Kye-gwan, threatened to cancel the U.S.-North Korea summit scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, “if the U.S. is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment.”Why did Pyongyang's most experienced and shrewd strategic negotiator, suddenly show up to raise a red flag to the much-anticipated Kim Jong-un's meeting with Trump?

Tong Kim | 2018-05-20 23:19

Positive signals for US-N. Korea summit

A continuing flow of positive signals from Seoul, Pyongyang and Washington bodes well for the upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In the April 27 Panmunjeom Declaration, the leaders of both Koreas declared “there will be no more war” and they agreed on the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula through “complete denuclearization.”

Tong Kim | 2018-05-06 17:15

What to expect from summit

On Friday morning the world will watch President Moon Jae-in shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the south side of Panmunjeom, probably with broad smiles on their faces.

Tong Kim | 2018-04-25 16:47

End the war, settle peace

U.S. Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo traveled to Pyongyang for a secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the Easter weekend.

Tong Kim | 2018-04-22 17:34

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