There has been much discussion in recent weeks regarding the policy implications of the respective party platforms, but both party platforms contain significant sections on foreign policy, defense, and international trade.
On June 16, Uganda officially kicked North Korea to the curb, asking approximately 60 DPRK troops and state security officials to leave the country. This move may be yet another sign that South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s so-called Summit Diplomacy is working.
Reports of visible improvements in Pyongyang (but much less in the countryside), nuclear and missile testing, cyber-attacks, and Kim Jong-un’s public appearances have dominated recent media coverage and have caused memories of North Korea’s agricultural problems to fade. Now, however, hunger in North Korea may be reemerging as a concern.
What are the practical implications of the U.S. Treasury Department designating North Korea a primary money laundering concern?
With the Democratic and Republican presumptive nominees now identified, here is our comprehensive list of what the two candidates have said about the Korean peninsula since the beginning of the race.
Will last week’s action by the U.S. Treasury Department to designate North Korea as a primary money laundering concern join the list of failures of unilateral sanctions?
China’s Customs Bureau on Tuesday released its global trade report for April that includes details of the country’s trade with North Korea.
While addressing the North Korean economy’s need for reliable sources of energy would be a key part of any economic revival in North Korea, the emphasis on nuclear power suggests that the North Korea is less interested in economic development than the rhetoric might indicate.
Trump’s comments raise a series of questions in regards to the conditions under which he would be willing to speak with Kim Jong-un.
With the field of presidential candidates narrowed down to three, here is a look at some of the more recent comments by Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump on the Korean peninsula.