By Yonho Kim The recent North Korea-Russia summit in Vladivostok drew keen attention from the international society in the sense that it was North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s first summit diplomacy in the two months since his failed Hanoi summit with President Donald Trump. Obviously, Kim had chance to send a strong signal to Washington…
May 6, 2019
By Yonho Kim North Korea threatened to suspend denuclearization talks with the United States about two weeks after the Hanoi summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un failed. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at a news conference in Pyongyang said that Kim was considering discontinuing the 15 month-long moratorium…
March 18, 2019
By Yonho Kim The United States and South Korea finally agreed on a preliminary cost-sharing deal on hosting U.S. Forces in South Korea (USFK), removing immediate uncertainty hovering over the alliance before the upcoming second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. After 10 rounds of negotiations to conclude the 10th…
February 15, 2019
By Yonho Kim As the partial government shutdown in the United States enters its fourth week, preparations for the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is underway. After President Trump said the location of the summit will be announced “in the not-too-distant future,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said…