Even as Washington presses Pyongyang on its arsenal, a growing number of analysts worry that unconditional denuclearization is a strategic dead end
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In the Shadow of North Korean Threats, South Korea Shrugs
Nobody does bluster better than Pyongyang. In the past few weeks the country’s hardworking propagandists declared a “state of war” with South Korea, announced plans to restart a plutonium-producing reactor and threatened the U.S. …
Viewpoint: North Korea’s Gaddafi Nightmare
Pyongyang and Kim Jong Un may be acting up because they believe they know the lessons of giving up weapons of mass destruction
Scenes from North Korea’s Kaesong Industrial Zone
Kaesong Industrial Zone, an area located in the Cold War-era DMZ between the two Koreas, has earned an estimated $2 billion a year in trade for the impoverished North Korean state. The joint factory zone remained closed to South …
Poker on the Korean Peninsula: Why Kim Jong Un Keeps Raising the Stakes
The North Korean leadership almost certainly does not want to go to war. So what’s with all the saber rattling?
North Korea’s Saber Rattling: Is the Bark Worse Than the Bite?
The world may finally be taking North Korean threats seriously. On March 28, after the U.S. announced that two nuclear-capable stealth bombers flew from Missouri to South Korea as part of a major military exercise — which …
North Korea Ratchets Up Tension on The Peninsula
In keeping with the dynasty’s tradition of erratic behavior, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to bombard a South Korean island with 5,000 residents, further raising alarms in Seoul and the U.S., which is beefing up …
North Korea Under Kim Jong Un: Old Threats and New Worries
North Korea’s fiery rhetoric isn’t new, but the tempo has clearly quickened under Kim Jong Un.
Muhammad Ali in Pyongyang: A Little Less Love than Rodman
Dennis Rodman seemed to enjoy his short jaunt to North Korea. When Ali visited almost two decades ago, he was less impressed
WATCH: Gloomy Kim Jong Un Bored by State Choir
North Korean despot Kim Jong Un could not hide his boredom at a state concert.
5 Things We Hope Dennis Rodman Learned About North Korea
When Dennis Rodman landed in Pyongyang, the isolated capital of the world’s most isolated country, he announced his arrival with a tweet: “I come in peace. I love the people of North Korea!” One wonders whom the 51-year-old …
Strange, but True: Dennis Rodman is Going to North Korea
Dennis Rodman, a.k.a. ‘The Worm,’ is set to arrive in Pyongyang on Tuesday for some ‘basketball diplomacy.’
North Korea Confirms ‘Successful’ Nuclear Test
North Korea conducted its third test of a nuclear device Tuesday, raising fears of conflict in Northeast Asia and new questions about whether the regime can be stopped in its decades-long effort to develop nukes