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Next US president and N. Korea

South Korea and the United States have failed miserably to stop North Korea from developing a nuclear weapon and the delivery system for it, particularly during the past seven years and eight months under the Barack Obama presidency and the two conservative South Korean presidents - Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye.

Tong Kim | 2016-09-25 17:09

Obama's last trip to Asia

Watching last week’s multiple summits between the heads of the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia, taking place on the sidelines of the G20 conference in China and the ASEAN+3 and East Asia Summit gatherings in Laos, we can only conclude that no new effort was sought to alleviate the increasingly perilous situation on the Korean Peninsula.

Tong Kim | 2016-09-11 16:26

North pulls off new ball game

North Korea’s successful firing on Aug. 24 of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is emerging as a game-changer of security strategy in Korea. The North could build an operational SLBM capability within a few years to complete two facets of the “nuclear triad” for delivery of a nuclear arsenal from land and sea, except from the air, targeting as far as Japan, Guam and the U.S.

Tong Kim | 2016-08-28 16:00

Trump presidency still possible

If you look at recent polls or follow media reports, you may conclude that Hillary Clinton will be elected the next president of the United States. The Democratic nominee is eight to 10 points ahead of Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, who also trails in such critical swing states as Ohio and Pennsylvania, and is neck and neck in Florida. Every day, the mainstream media, except the conservative Fox News, capitalize on Trump’s self-inflicted trouble that rises from politically incorrect and gratuitously provocative statements, providing a basis for his critics to paint his temperament unf...

Tong Kim | 2016-08-14 16:22

Crossing the red line

Many have reached a point of fatigue and a sense of futility in talking about denuclearization. There is plenty of blame to go around for Pyongyang, Washington and Seoul.

Tong Kim | 2016-07-31 17:20

Escalating tensions on Korean Peninsula

The strategic situation on the Korean peninsula is getting more complicated because of a recent chain of ill-advised actions and reactions by the relevant adversaries including the two Koreas, the United States, and China. Tensions have escalated, threatening the uneasy peace in Korea, making it more difficult to seek any peaceful resolution to the North Korean issues of nuclear and missile development, and human rights abuses. Forget about unification.

Tong Kim | 2016-07-17 17:08

Completion of Kim Jong-un's control

The Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) - the legislative branch of the North Korean government that rubber-stamps decisions made by the Korean Workers’ Party and the DPRK government - elected Kim Jong-un as “chairman of the State Affairs Commission” (SAC). Kim Yong-nam, president of the presidium of the SPA, said the new title represents “the top post” of the DPRK.

Tong Kim | 2016-07-03 16:55

To prevent nuclear war

As Seoul and Washington stopped talking about dialogue with Pyongyang, some security experts are talking about the worst-case scenario: a nuclear war that could breakout on the Korean peninsula. North Korea continues advancing its nuclear and missile programs, while some call for Seoul’s own nuclear armament. Discussions of a nuclear war are taking place at a time when the Obama administration is distracted from its foreign policy in an election year, and the Park government is crippled by a defeat in recent parliamentary elections. Both administrations are resorting to the dubious efficacy ...

Tong Kim | 2016-06-19 16:05

Pyongyang between China, US

As tensions continue on the Korean peninsula, and while there is no prospect of a breakthrough to the worsening confrontation between Seoul and Pyongyang, the whole issue of North Korea - including its nuclear and missile programs - is getting out of control for South Korea, becoming an issue of strategic competition between Beijing and Washington.

Tong Kim | 2016-06-05 16:27

What to do after party congress

A couple of points of observation ought to be made from the 7th Workers Party Congress that was recently held in Pyongyang. First, the denuclearization of North Korea will not be achieved by negotiation. Second, the young and relatively inexperienced Kim Jong-un has firmly consolidated power, and his regime is not likely to collapse in a foreseeable future.

Tong Kim | 2016-05-22 16:50

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