Tag: North Korea

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Trump’s North Korea gambit flounders

Jamie McIntyre · June 19, 2020 3:00 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National security adviser John Bolton look on as President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Washington.

‘Traitor’: Mike Pompeo accuses John Bolton of lying and hurting US with memoir

Joel Gehrke · June 19, 2020 1:32 am

John Bolton.

Trump: John Bolton ‘set us back’ with North Korea

Zach Halaschak · June 18, 2020 4:55 pm

John Bolton on Trump: ‘I don’t think he’s fit for office’

Madison Dibble · June 18, 2020 12:30 pm

—œI believe that the foundation for anything that comes next is what we’re doing right now,—? Army Gen. Vincent Brooks said. (AP Photo/Kim Kyung-hoon, Pool, File)

National Security

Former US Forces Korea commander: North Korea needs to be ‘agitated’ right now

Abraham Mahshie · June 17, 2020 5:02 pm

Smoke raising in the North Korean border town of Kaesong is seen from Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just inside its border in an act Tuesday that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy with the United States.

National Security

North Korea rejects South Korean offer to send envoys, further escalating tensions

Zach Halaschak · June 17, 2020 12:16 am

Smoke raising in the North Korean border town of Kaesong is seen from Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just inside its border in an act Tuesday that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy with the United States.

National Security

North Korea bombs inter-Korean liasion office near southern border

Mike Brest · June 16, 2020 11:46 am

‘Front line into a fortress’: North Korean military threatens to move into demilitarized zone

Zach Halaschak · June 15, 2020 9:53 pm

South Korea holds emergency meeting after Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens military action

Caitlin Yilek · June 14, 2020 7:07 pm

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un appears at an event.

Trump shouldn’t take his eyes off of North Korea

Washington Examiner · June 13, 2020 4:00 am

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un appears at an event.

Beltway Confidential

North Korea’s week of escalation

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2020 5:36 pm

in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, ahead of Monday's Nuclear Security Summit.

‘Created tension’: South Korea to stop defectors from sending aid to North Korea after communication cutoff

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 6:58 pm