In what is being hailed as a significant step by the United States and South Korea, North Korea has announced that it has suspended missile tests and will shut down its nuclear test site. While seemingly an important step towards denuclearization, the move by North Korea only affirms prior statements by the regime.

There is another surge in interest for Korean pop music, particularly in the United States, ushering in the era of Hallyu 3.0.

Although not without risks, the chance to host the US-North Korea summit is an exceptional chance for a country like Mongolia to raise its global profile.

After a successful Winter Olympics, inter-Korean relations are heading in the right direction with the North-South Summit on April 27.

While there is an argument that the U.S. strike on Syria will deter it, in reality the strike is likely to have little impact on North Korea’s calculus.

While denuclearization will be the focus, the most sensitive and difficult potential agenda item for the inter-Korean summit is human rights.