Foreign Concept
Impeachment is going to make foreign policy under Trump even dicier
Impeachment may be the main drama of the coming months, but the rest of the world isn’t going to sit and wait.
North Korea
Foreign Concept
What to expect from this week’s Trump-Kim summit? It’s not clear that even Trump’s advisers know
Trump told a rally in September that Kim had written him “beautiful letters,” and that “We fell in love.” Even for Trump, that was a pretty weird thing to say.
Eric Black Ink
Singapore summit outcome? It all depends on what happens next, and then next …
As far as those who say Trump gave Kim Jong Un a huge undeserved gift by shaking his hand and meeting with him, I have no use for that argument.
Foreign Concept
How China’s relationship with North Korea could complicate a Trump-Kim meeting
Kim’s visit to Beijing this week, including a photo op with China’s newly confirmed leader-for-life Xi Jingping, could change a whole lot of calculations.
Foreign Concept
What Trump should do about North Korea: Talk
It would be hard to do. And it’s by no means risk free. But it’s a lot better than the alternatives.
Eric Black Ink
‘Frontline’ on North Korea: ruling-family weirdness and the desire for nukes
“North Korea’s Deadly Dictator” mixes together two main narratives.
Eric Black Ink
Trump’s UN speech was a statement of conservative principles? That doesn’t make sense
It’s only “state sovereignty” when we do it.
Eric Black Ink
On Trump’s eruption, Kim Jong-Un’s nuke plans, and why we have two Koreas
We can’t keep overreacting to every bizarre Trumpian eruption — we’ll just be freaked out all the time.
Christian Science Monitor
Amid controversy, Japan weighs reinterpreting its pacifist Constitution
Japan’s postwar Constitution renounced war as a right. An advisory group to Prime Minister Abe will suggest amendments Tuesday to enable Japan to militarily defend its interests and those of allies
Christian Science Monitor
N. Korea releases Australian missionary. A sign of human rights progress?
Some see the release as an indication of a charm offensive, but that good will does not extend toward those in North Korea’s prison camps.
Christian Science Monitor
Amid US-South Korean war drills, Korean families meet across the divide
North Koreans stick to the script by praising their government and refusing gifts from their relatives in wealthy South Korea, where US troops have begun annual joint exercises.
Global Post
When friends visit in North Korea, they get offered meth instead of tea
It’s that casual
Global Post
Incarceration in North Korea: 5 Americans who got out
As Kenneth Bae pleads for release, here’s how five Americans won freedom from the Kim clan’s wardens — including one who founded a university in Pyongyang.
Christian Science Monitor
UN inquiry hears harrowing reports on N. Korean prison camps
Will isolated state face Hague indictment? Probe on crimes against humanity includes look at women and at starvation as a weapon.
Global Post
Just how bad is tuberculosis in North Korea?
So bad that the regime is letting big-nosed Americans in to help.
Christian Science Monitor
North Korea attempts to woo defectors home
Far fewer North Korean defectors have made it to South Korea since Kim Jong-un took power in 2012. A few escapees have reportedly returned.
Global Post
North Korea media reports Kim Jong Un’s uncle has been executed
Kim Jong Un must now contend with the ousted kingmaker’s vast coterie.
Christian Science Monitor
North Korea’s public purge may have hinged on economic plans
North Korea today confirmed the abrupt dismissal of Kim Jong-un’s top adviser, Jang Song-thaek, who was seen as supporting capitalist policies.
Global Post
How the Iran nuclear deal matters for North Korea
South Koreans react to whether their nuclear-armed neighbor will ever follow suit.
Global Post
Why did North Korea detain an American veteran?
The detention of 85-year-old Merrill Newman is perplexing and opaque, even by North Korean standards.
