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Thu, November 15, 2018 | 05:27

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Preparations for summit

Writing about U.S. President Donald Trump's potential meeting with Kim Jong-un has been difficult because of the question of what to make of Trump's constant shifting and deliberate oscillation between on-again and off-again positions. Trump supporters call it strategic maneuvering as part of his “art of the deal” and critics call it his unstable element of danger in the art of diplomacy.

Tong Kim | 2018-06-05 22:31

Behind warnings from Pyongyang

Last week, the North's first vice foreign minister, Kim Kye-gwan, threatened to cancel the U.S.-North Korea summit scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, “if the U.S. is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment.”Why did Pyongyang's most experienced and shrewd strategic negotiator, suddenly show up to raise a red flag to the much-anticipated Kim Jong-un's meeting with Trump?

Tong Kim | 2018-05-20 23:19

Positive signals for US-N. Korea summit

A continuing flow of positive signals from Seoul, Pyongyang and Washington bodes well for the upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In the April 27 Panmunjeom Declaration, the leaders of both Koreas declared “there will be no more war” and they agreed on the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula through “complete denuclearization.”

Tong Kim | 2018-05-06 17:15

What to expect from summit

On Friday morning the world will watch President Moon Jae-in shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the south side of Panmunjeom, probably with broad smiles on their faces.

Tong Kim | 2018-04-25 16:47

End the war, settle peace

U.S. Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo traveled to Pyongyang for a secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the Easter weekend.

Tong Kim | 2018-04-22 17:34

Contending formulas of denuclearization

Since Kim Jong-un mentioned “a phased approach with synchronized measures towards denuclearization” in a surprise meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 26, much discussion has focused on the potential consequences of a Trump-Kim meeting.

Tong Kim | 2018-04-08 14:20

A flurry of summits on Korea

We will soon witness historic events. U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in May. Before that, President Moon Jae-in will meet Kim at the end of April.

Tong Kim | 2018-03-25 18:10

A breakthrough on N. Korea

In a stunning development last week, U.S. President Donald Trump accepted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's invitation to a summit and Trump will meet with him by May, with place and time to be determined later.

Tong Kim | 2018-03-11 18:08

Outcome of Olympics diplomacy

As the PyeongChang Winter Olympics closed Sunday, Olympics diplomacy ended without finding a possible solution to the North Korean nuclear issue. Yet, Olympics diplomacy has remarkably earned an improved inter-Korean relationship through dialogue and interactions on the highest level of both sides with full endorsement of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Tong Kim | 2018-02-25 18:36

Real challenge after PyeongChang

Events leading up to the opening of the PyeongChang Olympics have proven once again how difficult it is to make progress on the most pressing issue of peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Tong Kim | 2018-02-11 17:26

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