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South Korea warms up to Japan and hopes to see North Korea at the Tokyo Olympics
President Moon Jae-in says he’s “always” ready to talk with Japan and that the Olympics are a diplomatic “opportunity”
North Korea’s increasing reliance on China is a dangerous move for Kim Jong Un
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il skilfully balanced themselves between rival powers, but Kim Jong Un now leans on just one
North Korea ordered to pay $2.3 billion for kidnapping, torturing US Navy crew
Eighty-two USS Pueblo crew members were held captive for nearly a year starting in 1968, while one was killed
Two years later, Trump and Kim’s failed Hanoi summit casts a dark shadow
The U.S. and North Korea missed the chance to strike a deal, experts say — and that opportunity may never come back
Russian diplomats exit North Korea on trolleys built for evacuating foreigners
The eight Russian Embassy staff left amid an overall exodus of diplomats and aid workers who were stationed in Pyongyang
US ballistic missile test sends a hostile message to North Korea, experts say
Pyongyang will use the “Minuteman III” ICBM test launch to justify its own weapons tests, experts say
North Korea must ‘show some good faith’ for sanctions to be lifted: US official
After the Hanoi Summit ended in a no-deal two years ago, a US representative calls on Biden to be ‘more strategic’
US wants to rejoin UN human rights group and investigate North Korea
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for “investigations into abuses in Syria and North Korea”
Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man may be leading a new North Korean security council
Jo Yong Won appears to be heading a mysterious, rumored office that focuses on foreign policy and security
Ex-US marine recounts the day he ‘staged’ a North Korean Embassy raid in 2019
New court documents reveal the testimony of Christopher Ahn, who faces possible extradition to Spain