Tag: Kim Jong Un

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Singapore.

Beltway Confidential

Trump needs a new realist strategy for North Korea

Tom Rogan · July 9, 2018 8:43 pm

People watch a news program on TV reporting about the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 28, 2018.

China denies undermining US-North Korea talks

Joel Gehrke · July 9, 2018 8:16 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 file photo, U.S. and South Korean army soldiers pose on a floating bridge on the Hantan river after a river crossing operation, part of an annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States against a possible attack from North Korea, in Yeoncheon, south of the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, South Korea. The Pentagon on Monday, June 18, 2018, formally suspended a major military exercise planned for August with South Korea, a much-anticipated move stemming from President Donald Trump's nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

National Security

Pentagon finally says how much canceled ‘war games’ with South Korea cost

Jamie McIntyre · July 9, 2018 5:33 pm

Trump has ‘confidence’ Kim Jong Un will denuclearize, warns China against ‘negative pressure’

Caitlin Yilek · July 9, 2018 3:16 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference on North Korea in the briefing room at the White House on Thursday.

Pompeo: ‘Kim is still committed’ to denuclearization

Joel Gehrke · July 7, 2018 2:56 pm

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., gestures during a campaign kickoff rally in Richmond, Va., on April 2, 2018. Kaine is running for a second term in the Senate.

National Security

Tim Kaine snarks on unconfirmed report of Trump gifting Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’ on CD

Katelyn Caralle · July 6, 2018 5:53 pm

Smoke and debris rise in the air as barracks buildings for guards and tunneling workers at North Korea's nuclear test site are blown up at Punggye-ri, North Korea.

Time to get the inspectors into North Korea

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2018 2:45 pm

Trump: ‘If not for me,’ US would be at war with North Korea

Caitlin Yilek · July 3, 2018 7:58 am

People watch a news program on TV reporting about the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. North Korea's leader Kim and his Chinese counterpart Xi sought to portray strong ties between the neighbors and long-time allies despite a recent chill, as both countries on Wednesday confirmed Kim's secret trip to Beijing this week.

China dismisses report about North Korean missile factory upgrades

Joel Gehrke · July 2, 2018 9:01 pm

Mike Pompeo to visit North Korea for nuclear talks this week

Gabby Morrongiello · July 2, 2018 8:37 pm

In this undated photo provided on July 2, 2018, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Sinuiju Chemical Fibre Mill in Sinuiju, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.

Beltway Confidential

Trump should give North Korea two weeks to stop playing him

Tom Rogan · July 2, 2018 5:43 pm

A North Korean flag flies above a CCTV surveillance camera attached on the entrance gate at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 13, 2017. Malaysia's health minister said Monday that the government will give relatives of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half brother two to three weeks to claim his body before deciding what to do with it.

US intel report suggests North Korea is boosting fuel creation for nuclear weapons: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · June 29, 2018 11:39 pm