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Sun, September 24, 2023 | 08:48

100 years of Czech-Korean friendship

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.

2019-03-12 11:29

Trump, Kim and art of 'no' deal

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.

2019-03-04 17:29

Positives from Hanoi summit

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.

2019-03-03 17:39

Why Kim looks a winner

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.

2019-02-26 17:40

Denuclearization to be long negotiating process

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.

2019-02-26 17:32

To enhance policy credibility

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.

2019-02-18 17:14

Will North Korea, China give Trump big wins?

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.

2019-02-13 17:26

Verification key to North Korea's denuclearization

Verification key to North Korea's denuclearization

On Feb. 1, Bloomberg Business News reported that according to Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, Pyongyang has promised to destroy all its facilities for producing nuclear weapons material, the critical component which actually fuels the massive explosion from such weapons.

2019-02-10 17:23

Trump set to look abroad for victories

Trump set to look abroad for victories

Donald Trump's decision to back down on Friday and reopen the U.S. government could be a pivotal point in his presidency. At the half way point of his term, with much uncertainty over his prospects in the next two years, it may be Richard Nixon who provides historical guideposts to what happens next.

2019-01-30 17:33

Time for Trump to clean foreign policy house

Time for Trump to clean foreign policy house

President Donald Trump rediscovered his core foreign policy beliefs and ordered the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. Official Washington had a collective mental breakdown.

2019-01-28 17:25

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