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South Korean President Takes Up Golf Again to Forge a Bond with Trump
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with President-elect Donald Trump, an avid lover of the game. The presidential...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Trump Claims Kim Jong Un ‘Misses’ Him. But He Faces a Very Different North Korean Leader This Time Around
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No United States leader has handled relations with North Korea quite like Donald Trump. The former president went from threatening Kim Jong Un with “fire and fury” if the Nort...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea’s President Denies Wrongdoing in a Growing Scandal
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On foreign policy, Yoon — who has worked closely with Washington and Tokyo to solidify security cooperation in the face of North Korean threats — expressed optimism that the t...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Years After Historic Summits, Trump Faces an Emboldened North Korea
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Donald Trump has long touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but if the U.S. president-elect seeks another summit he will find a North Korean leader emboldened by an expand...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea’s Yoon Praises Trump in Phone Call as Trade Officials Brace for Tariffs
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with Donald Trump on Thursday and congratulated him on winning the U.S. presidency on the "Make America Great Again" slogan as offic...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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U.S. and China in ‘Robust Conversation’ on North Korea Sending Troops to Russia: Blinken
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US and China are engaged in high-level dialogue regarding North Korea sending troops to Russia as the Kremlin wages war on Ukraine, America’s top diplomat said on Thursday.US ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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U.S. Confirms North Korean Troops in Russia amid Fears They’ll Be Sent to Fight in Ukraine
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The United States on Wednesday said at least 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, raising the possibility they will be sent to fight in Russia’s war on Ukra...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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N. Korea’s Support Puts Putin in Its Debt: Experts
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North Korea's dispatch of personnel to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- even if their military involvement is limited or indirect -- could put Russian President Vladimi...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Big Opposition Win in South Korean Parliament Election Poses Setback to President Yoon
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“This election is an assessment of Yoon’s presidency. The stakes for him are whether he’s able to fully implement his liberal democratic agenda, which is his top priority,” Du...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Kim Jong Un Faces Annihilation in Most Korea War Scenarios
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If Kim misjudged and thought the US and South Korea were looking to end his regime — instead of just deliver a message of deterrence — he might preemptively use a nuclear weap...
By Duyeon Kim
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Blinken Concerned by Growing Russia-North Korea Military Ties
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Blinken's brief stop in Seoul demonstrates U.S. commitment to the Korean peninsula and regional issues, and that the allies are implementing agreements made in earlier preside...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Russia-North Korea summit: "Comrades" Putin and Kim send rivals a warning
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"Putin and Kim would both gain from a transactional bargain but they would also gain geopolitically by giving off the impression that their nuclear-armed countries are coopera...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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US-Japan-S Korea summit a coup for Biden but will détente last?
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"Biden, Yoon and Kishida have a chance to make even bigger history that lasts beyond a milestone meeting at Camp David," said Duyeon Kim. "Their respective governments will ne...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security and economic ties at historic Camp David summit
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“If an ultra-leftist South Korean president and an ultra-right wing Japanese leader are elected in their next cycles, or even if Trump or someone like him wins in the U.S., th...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Rare submarine visit reminds North Korea of U.S. nuclear missiles out of sight, in range
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“Placing nuclear weapons offshore and on submarines is actually a stronger deterrent in many ways,” said Duyeon Kim of the Center for a New American Security. “Deterrence is s...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Tests Missiles as US Nuclear Sub Sails to South
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“Seoul and Washington will need to find the sweet spot when it comes to the visibility of America’s extended deterrent,” said Duyeon Kim, an adjunct senior fellow in Seoul at ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into the sea as US docks nuclear submarine in South Korea
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While some South Korean conservatives have expressed disappointment that the Biden-Yoon meeting in April came short of agreeing to station U.S. nuclear weapons or strategic as...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea fires its first ICBM in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights
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“Pyongyang might be manufacturing tensions ahead of its Victory Day to further strengthen solidarity domestically after having failed its first spy satellite launch in May, an...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Fires ICBM After Threat to ‘Shock’ US for Spy Planes
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“Because it’s an ICBM that is designed to target the US homeland, it appears North Korea is protesting the recent flights of US spy planes,” said Duyeon Kim, an adjunct senior...
By Duyeon Kim
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South Korea Turns Up Heat on Kim Jong Un With Hawkish Pointman
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The Unification Ministry in March for the first time publicly released its government assessment of North Korea’s human rights record. The report said Pyongyang, which has bri...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
