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North Korea Slams US, Hints at Resuming Nuclear, ICBM Tests
Accusing the United States of hostility and threats, North Korea on Thursday said it will consider restarting “all temporally-suspended activities” it had paused during its di...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Says U.S. Hostility Has Reached 'Danger Line,' Can No Longer Be Ignored
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un accused the United States of hostility and threats, which he used as a reason to resume testing of nuclear explosives and intercontinental balli...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea Gender Divide Emerges as Key Election Issue
The issue of gender has taken center stage in South Korea's fiercely contested presidential election campaign, with both of the leading candidates proposing policies designed ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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N.Korea Fires Missiles, Drawing Both U.S. Condemnation and Appeal for Talks
North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles on Friday, drawing both condemnation and an appeal for dialogue from a U.S. administration that has imposed new sanctions ove...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Fires Missiles From Train in Third Launch of 2022
North Korea’s latest launch involved a pair of missiles fired from a train, North Korean state media reported, offering details about what was already its third launch this ye...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Ten Years of Kim Jong-un as North Korean Leader: How Has He Transformed the Country in His First Decade in Power?
North Korea this week marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, who ruled the country from 1994 to 2011, when he was relieved by his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, w...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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From ‘Tempestuous’ Child to Little Rocket Man: 10 Years of Kim Jong-un
It was not, perhaps, the image Kim Jong-un would have wanted to project in his first public appearance as the latest authoritarian leader of North Korea in 2011. As wailing ci...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Is South Korea Close to Officially Ending the Korean War?
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said this week that the U.S., China and North Korea agreed in principle on declaring a formal end to the Korean War, replacing an armistice ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Analysis-N.Korea After 10 years of Kim Jong Un: Better Armed but More Isolated Than Ever
Ten years after Kim Jong Un assumed power North Korea is better armed but deeply isolated and more dependent on China, despite actions by the young leader that raised - and da...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Explainer: S.Korea sees peace declaration as key to restarting N.Korea talks
In a last-ditch attempt to restart talks with North Korea before his term ends next year, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is calling for a declaration that could eventually...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Restores South Korea Hotline Cut for Two Months
North Korea restored a hotline with South Korea it had left silent for about two months, a gesture of reconciliation after Pyongyang’s tests of new weapons designed to strike ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea to Biden administration: North Korea is ‘strengthening’ its missile program
South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong is calling on the U.S. government to detail more specific incentives it might offer North Korea in face-to-face negotiations, warn...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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The Korean Peninsula’s Arms Race Heats Up
Tensions on the Korean peninsula rose on Wednesday as North Korea and South Korea conducted missile tests within hours of each other. As well as statements of military readine...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea May Have Restarted Nuclear Reactor, UN Watchdog Says
North Korea may have resumed operations at its plutonium-producing Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the past few months, the United Nations atomic watchdog said, a move that could ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea’s Apparent Plutonium Moves Boost Nuclear Program, Invite U.S. Attention
North Korea’s apparent resumption of plutonium production bolsters Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal both as a deterrent and a deal-bargaining chip for potential talks with the U.S....
By Duyeon Kim
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Kim Jong Un Sounds Alarm on Covid With Warning of ‘Great Crisis’
Kim Jong Un’s warning that North Korea faced a “great crisis” over a quarantine breach is raising more questions about what’s going wrong inside his secretive regime. While th...
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden Nuclear Envoy Ready for Talks ‘Anytime’ With North Korea
President Joe Biden’s point man for North Korea said the U.S. was ready for talks “anywhere, anytime” with Pyongyang, providing a strong signal Washington is prepared to reviv...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Tops Agenda for US-Japan-South Korea Meeting
"Every aspect of North Korea policy" will be discussed when national security advisers from the United States, South Korea and Japan meet on Friday, according to a senior admi...
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden vows to ‘respond accordingly’ if North Korea escalates missile testing following latest launch
US President Joe Biden has warned North Korea that the US will “respond accordingly” if it escalates its military testing, after Pyongyang fired two missiles in its first majo...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korean missiles getting more agile, evasive
In resuming its ballistic testing activity after a yearlong pause, North Korea has demonstrated a potentially nuclear-capable weapon that shows how it continues to expand its ...
By Duyeon Kim