Post-Kabul worries

The way the U.S. abandoned Afghanistan after spending trillions of dollars sends a sobering message to other parts of Asia facing potential security threats such as South Korea, Taiwan and even Japan.So far, the Taiwanese are...

2021-08-19

Kim in a corner

Inter-Korean military communication lines have gone dead just two weeks after they were reconnected. That could be North Korea’s reaction to a South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise going ahead as scheduled despite a demand...

2021-08-18

Kim Yo-jong keeps banging drum against drill

Kim Yo-jong, the North Korean leader's sister, lambasted Seoul and Washington Tuesday for their annual summertime joint military exercise and demanded the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula.

2021-08-10

Bandage on back of Kim Jong-un's head draws unsolicited theories

Photographs showing a large bandage on the back of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's head at an official meeting drew attention after they were released by the North's state news agency on Friday.

2021-08-02

Drills are not a political tool

In a stunning development, a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Unification mentioned the need to suspend the annual Korea-U.S. joint military exercise. His remarks came just three days after the restoration of...

2021-08-01

Seoul and Pyongyang restore direct hotlines

South and North Korea restored all hotlines Pyongyang pulled the plug on 13 months ago. Park Soo-hyun, Blue House secretary for public communication, announced Tuesday that Seoul and Pyongyang decided to restore all severed communication lines.

2021-07-27

A shattered mirror

North Korea recently submitted to the United Nations a voluntary national review of the sustainable development goals it agreed to achieve. The report offered a glimpse of the economic conditions in the reclusive state, which...

2021-07-21

North and China reaffirm ties on treaty anniversary

The leaders of North Korea and China pledged greater mutual assistance and cooperation on the 60th anniversary of their treaty of friendship through a letter exchange, according to the North's state news agency on Sunday.

2021-07-11

Kim Jong-un's annual mourning proves he's alive

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang Thursday on the 27th anniversary of the death of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, putting rest to rumors that he himself was dead.

2021-07-08

Why does Moon praise Kim?

In the final year of their term, most presidents seek to define their legacy in ways that historians might find compelling. By that time, democratically elected leaders are lame ducks and often face a series of disappointments...

2021-07-07

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