Tag: North Korea

This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting in Pyongyang.

Kim Jong Un says he’s ‘determined’ to denuclearization in letter to Trump

Joel Gehrke · October 2, 2018 5:37 pm

Editorial: The Joke’s on Us

The Editors · October 2, 2018 3:10 pm

Beltway Confidential

If Trump’s romance with Kim Jong Un were a rom-com

Erin Dunne · October 1, 2018 6:20 pm

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday at U.N. Headquarters.

North Korea: US needs to build our trust, and sanctions lower it

Associated Press · September 29, 2018 5:05 pm

Ri Yong Ho (left), Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters.

Syria, North Korea to have their say at UN gathering

Associated Press · September 29, 2018 2:23 pm

South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Beltway Confidential

South Korea wants to brainwash students to whitewash North Korea’s bloody history

Michael Rubin · September 28, 2018 5:49 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow on Tuesday. Russia and China agreed Tuesday that North Korea should halt missile tests and the United States should not deploy a missile shield or conduct large-scale military exercises with South Korea. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

China and Russia call for easing of North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2018 5:29 pm

FILE - This is Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 file photo of CIA Director Michael Pompeo, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Iran nuclear deal was in near terminal condition and on life support even before President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but his dismissal this week may hasten its demise. As CIA chief and Iran hawk Mike Pompeo prepares to take the helm of the State Department, the Trump administration is weighing whether to withdraw from the agreement earlier than the president has threatened, according to officials and outside advisers briefed on the matter.

Pompeo warns China, Russia to stop violating North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2018 4:16 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference in the press briefing room at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Pompeo headed to North Korea ‘next month’

Joel Gehrke · September 26, 2018 4:05 pm

Trump teases announcement in ‘very near future’ on second meeting with Kim

Melissa Quinn · September 26, 2018 1:38 pm

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster reportedly told the National Security Council that using the term "radical Islamic terrorism" is not helpful because terrorists are "un-Islamic." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

H.R. McMaster: ‘Wholly appropriate’ for Gary Cohn to remove letter from Trump’s desk

Daniel Chaitin · September 26, 2018 12:05 am

U.S. Marines join in an ongoing U.S.-Thai joint Cobra Gold U.S.-Thai joint military exercise on Hat Yao beach in Chonburi province, eastern Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. Approximately 11,000 military personnel from the U.S., Thailand, and South Korea are taking part in the annual drill.

National Security

Trump’s cancellation of exercises caused ‘slight degradation’ of military, nominee for US Forces Korea says

Travis J. Tritten · September 25, 2018 3:21 pm