If the Trump administration were to consider a significant overhaul of U.S. policy on North Korea, here are 16 issues the incoming administration should consider in developing a new policy.
For the purposes of those with a particular interest in Northeast Asia, and Korea in particular, following are questions that we would love to see asked and answered during the upcoming confirmation hearings.
The Trump Administration should offer talks with Pyongyang to decrease tensions being caused by North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, but it isn’t so simple.
Our annual look at the events that will shape the Korean peninsula in the coming year.
Even Kim Jong-un seemed a little melancholy in his New Year’s speech, reflecting perhaps the sad state of international affairs everywhere this winter.
Whether it was the British vote to leave the European Union in June or the impeachment of the South Korean President Park Geun-hye in December, 2016 will be remembered for a series of unexpected events and the questions they have raised about how they may shape the future.
The United Nations sanctions on North Korea’s fourth nuclear test were flawed. The new round tries to get it right.
Not all is easy for Kim Jong-un as he must soon make important and probably irrevocable decisions with respect to how far he will allow the market economy to expand.
North Korea and South Korea are different, but sometimes it takes a crisis in each country to draw those differences out.
With scant information on American public opinion regarding Korea and its importance, a recent survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs provides valuable insights into public views.