Korean Peace Talks

The U.S. intelligence community has no evidence that North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un is in grave condition despite media reports that speculated about his failing health, two senior U.S. intelligence officials told Newsweek.The North Korean ruler's failure to attend this year's April 15 national Day of the Sun…

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean and Chinese officials on Tuesday cast doubt on reports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ill after media outlets said he had undergone a cardiovascular procedure and was in "grave danger," while U.S. officials closely monitored the situation. Daily NK, a…

The United States has fast-tracked assistance to North Korea in response to the coronavirus pandemic.The move comes despite the countries' leaders stalled denuclearization-for-peace talks and amid strict international sanctions. A State Department spokesperson told Newsweek that the U.S. had greenlit the delivery of certain goods to the largely closed-off country…

For South Koreans, postponing elections is unimaginable because of their dark past. But little did they know that simply exercising their inalienable right to improve their lives would shine yet another spotlight on their country. The legislative elections proceeded despite a national health crisis while showing the world how to…

Updated April 15, 2020 08:16:36 As the world fights the coronavirus, North Korea is having its busiest period of missile testing on record, while maintaining it has the local epidemic situation under control. Key points:North Korea has reportedly launched 10 missiles since March 2Experts believe Kim Jong-un is taking advantage…

The presumed cruise missiles flew into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan. While North Korea's latest missile test was just a month ago, defense experts find this barrage of missiles particularly noteworthy. North Korea launched several missiles into its eastern sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, adding…

In an April 6 tweet, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper wrote that he appreciated South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo taking his call to discuss “the importance of equitable burden sharing across the alliance.” After all, he noted, “It is critical that we get a fair, balanced, and comprehensive…

Efforts to convince the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) to abandon its nuclear-weapon aspirations and programs have been stuck in a wash-rinse-repeat cycle going on three decades. Carefully negotiated incremental steps and expert-led processes failed to survive the inevitable political hurdles, technical setbacks, and mutual recriminations…

There are signs North Korea is preparing to resume flight tests of long-range, nuclear-capable rockets. The signs are evident in satellite imagery of the North Korean regime’s Sinpo test site. On April 4 and 5, 2020, commercial satellites photographed the test stand at Sinpo several times. The images appear to…

Each day, coronavirus runs rampant throughout the world. As of this writing, there have been over 1,041,126 coronavirus cases globally, while the death toll has exceeded 55,132. The United States alone accounts for approximately 24 percent of the world’s cases.  No one is immune to the crisis, not even North…