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Wed, March 20, 2019 | 16:18

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'Maximum pressure' fundamentalism

On March 11, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun said in a conference at the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace that the U.S. is “not going to do (North Korea's) denuclearization incrementally.”

Times Forum | 2019-03-19 20:18

Unsettled assassination

Hundreds of thousands of Koreans attended his funeral July 5, 1949; millions more were grieving across the country. A relative was but eight years old when Kim Koo (1876-1949), the longest-running and final president of the Korean Provisional Government (1919-48) - an entity regarded by President Moon Jae-in as having laid the foundations of the contemporary South Korean stat...

Times Forum | 2019-03-18 17:36

Another Arab Spring?

The slogans of the “Arab Spring” are being heard again in the Arab world. “The people want the fall of the regime,” chant the protesters in Sudan, where almost three months of popular demonstrations challenge the power of long-ruling dictator Omar al-Bashir.

Times Forum | 2019-03-13 17:30

100 years of Czech-Korean friendship

The Czech Republic and the Republic of Korea have been strategic partners since 2015 and next year will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Nevertheless, political contact between Czechs and Koreans began 100 years ago in 1919.

Times Forum | 2019-03-12 11:29

Trump, Kim and art of 'no' deal

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un concluded last weekend a multi-day tour of Vietnam after the collapse Thursday of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The clear differences between the two sides over the scope and pace of denuclearization and sanctions rollback mean there is growing uncertainty whether the talks process will now collapse or continue.

Times Forum | 2019-03-04 17:29

Positives from Hanoi summit

It may be concluded that the Hanoi summit was expected to be better than the Singapore summit but it ended up being worse. People who were looking for a “big” or “small” deal in Hanoi could be rightly disappointed.

Times Forum | 2019-03-03 17:39

Why Kim looks a winner

With significant uncertainty over the outcome of their Vietnam summit, it is North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rather than U.S. President Donald Trump, who so far appears the much bigger winner from the engagement process.

Times Forum | 2019-02-26 17:40

Denuclearization to be long negotiating process

On a scale of one to 10, what are the chances that the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 27 and 28 (or any subsequent meeting) will end with a clear and irreversible commitment to the denuclearization of North Korea? Zero.

Times Forum | 2019-02-26 17:32

To enhance policy credibility

The Moon Jae-in government is suffering from a lack of policy credibility. This problem is not new in Korea. Previous governments have often experienced credibility problems in implementing their economic and social policies.

Times Forum | 2019-02-18 17:14

Will North Korea, China give Trump big wins?

With a March 2 deadline approaching, the United States and China begin a new round of negotiations this week to agree on a breakthrough trade deal. Yet, this is not the only big foreign win Donald Trump is seeking this month as he also prepares for his second summit with Kim Jong-un.

Times Forum | 2019-02-13 17:26

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