Korean Peace Talks

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The spread of coronavirus around the globe is raising questions about how the United States should help its adversaries mitigate the disease.The Trump administration has sent a message to Iran, via the Swiss, offering to help with the disease, while also criticizing Tehran for suppressing information about its spread.Then there’s…

Analysis Virus outbreak tests US military readiness in South Korea The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, "Dagger" 1st Infantry Division, conducts a transfer of authority ceremony Wednesday, March 4, 2020, after arriving in South Korea for a nine-month rotation amid fears of the spread of a new coronavirus. SIMON MCTIZIC/U.S.…

China Power | Diplomacy | East Asia The vice-ministerial talks touch on THAAD, the Korean Peninsula, and (implicitly) soft balancing. Russian, left, and Chinese flags sit on a table before a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 8, 2018. Credit: AP Photo/Mark SchiefelbeinThat China and Russia have been…

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council discussed North Korea’s latest ballistic missile tests Thursday and didn’t issue any statement but its five European members condemned the “provocative actions,” saying the test undermine regional and international peace, security and stability.Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, who called…

The world's most popular nuclear treaty went into effect 50 years ago, marking an unprecedented step in global arms control that has since witnessed major transformations with the emergence of non-signatory nuclear states and new technologies spurring renewed competition among major powers.The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, or…

Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong calls South Korea a 'frightened dog’ for protesting its live-fire weapons drills in a rare sign of her growing powerJim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong has issued insults towards its rival South Korea She criticised the South for expressing concerns over the North's…

Key point: There has never been a modern, post-WWII carrier on carrier battle. How might such a fight have looked like? On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (“May 25”) scrambled to load six A-4Q Skyhawk attack planes with four…

U.S. warplanes carried out an airstrike against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, just days after the two sides signed a tentative peace agreement that now seems at risk. The U.S. planes targeted militants in Helmand province who were assaulting a checkpoint held by the Afghan army, according to…