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The Korean Peninsula’s Arms Race Heats Up
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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Reaction to North Korea's ballistic missile launch
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North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, Japan’s prime minister said, fuelling tensions ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and ramping up pres...
By Duyeon Kim
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Denuclearisation of what? U.S. switch on North Korea wording raises debate
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Officials with U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration have begun emphasising the “denuclearisation of North Korea”, rather than the whole peninsula, in a subtle but noticea...
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden team's China focus puts South Korea on the spot ahead of talks
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For the first time in years there are liberal presidents in South Korea and the United States, but the change in U.S. administrations hasn’t made it any easier for Seoul to ba...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Rules Out U.S. Talks in Jab at Visiting Biden Envoys
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North Korea ruled out further talks with the U.S. for now, as Kim Jong Un’s regime sought to raise pressure on top Biden administration officials visiting Seoul.A senior North...
By Duyeon Kim
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U.S., South Korea reach military cost-sharing agreement after deadlock under Trump
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The United States and South Korea announced that they have reached a cost-sharing agreement for U.S. troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula, breaking through a deadlock stem...
By Duyeon Kim
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As Biden Mulls North Korea, Some Urge Arms Control Approach
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump tried threats of "fire and fury,” followed by personal letters and made-for-TV summits to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give u...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump's Gone, But North Korea Tensions Still Loom in US-South Korea Alliance
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After U.S. President Joe Biden took office last week, perhaps no world leader breathed a bigger public sigh of relief than South Korean President Moon Jae-in. “America is bac...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea’s Kim could be planning missile launch to welcome Biden administration
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North Korea appears to be taking steps toward a new test of a powerful submarine-launched missile, U.S. weapons experts said, as it steadily dials up the pressure on President...
By Duyeon Kim
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If Kim Jong Un destroyed North Korea's economy to keep Covid-19 out, will sanctions stop him from pursuing nuclear weapons?
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After arguably the most challenging year of his near-decade rule of North Korea, Kim Jong Un is sticking to his guns. Kim announced last week at the Eighth Workers' Party Cong...
By Duyeon Kim
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'Your move, Mr President': North Korea sets the stage for Biden
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un celebrated his birthday with a long wish-list of new weapons. It included more accurate long-range missiles, super large warheads, spy satellit...
By Duyeon Kim
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South Korea urges Kim Jong Un to return to nuclear talks
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South Korean president Moon Jae-in has urged Kim Jong Un to return to talks with Seoul and Washington, as uncertainty builds over how Joe Biden's incoming administration will ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Kim Jong Un to unveil new economic plan as North Korea crisis deepens
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will chair a five-year gathering of senior officials early in the new year, state media said, which is expected to include the unveiling of a n...
By Duyeon Kim
