Korean Peace Talks

Now is the time to offer sanctions relief to safeguard against instability, and perhaps make an opening for peace. North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on March 29, the fourth such launch this month as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.…

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Opening a gallery in Hong Kong this month, former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin and his son, Arthur, have hope their contributions will further enrich the city’s cultural scene. Photo: Sophie Palmier, Arthur and Dominique de Villepin Spending time in his home country of Morocco before moving to Venezuela,…

SEOUL (Xinhua): Nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Thursday (April 2) over the Korean Peninsula issues, according to the South Korean foreign ministry. Lee Do-hoon, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, talked over phone with US Deputy Secretary of…

American and allied security continue to suffer from an unresolved war with nuclear-armed North Korea, as talks collapsed under the weight of a confused and fruitless sanctions regime. The coronavirus crisis offers political space to correct this policy failure, as it challenges Washington’s usual conceptions of security with the prospect…

By: AP | United Nations | Published: April 1, 2020 7:19:19 am North Korea has conducted 17 sets of missile launches since May 2019 including four this month, the latest on March 29. (Photo via AP)The UN Security Council didn’t issue a statement after discussing North Korea’s latest missile tests…

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council didn’t issue a statement after discussing North Korea’s latest missile tests but six European nations on the council are condemning Pyongyang’ repeated launches, saying they illustrate its ongoing efforts to develop its ballistic missile programs and expand its arsenal.Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany,…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council didn’t issue a statement after discussing North Korea’s latest missile tests but six European nations on the council are condemning Pyongyang’ repeated launches, saying they illustrate its ongoing efforts to develop its ballistic missile programs and expand its arsenal.Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany,…

The threat of the Corona virus has changed the global security environment. A conflict qualifies as a war by standard statistics of violence if it produces at least 1000 battle deaths per year. Since March 27, Covid-19 has produced more than three times that number, every single day. By the…