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North Korea
North Korea Comes to Terms With Internal and External Challenges
By Ankit Panda
North Korea, like much of the world, is looking forward to 2021.
Peace in Korea Can Happen Without Denuclearization
By Daniel R. DePetris
Pyongyang is going to remain a nuclear weapons state for the foreseeable future. U.S. policymakers must learn to live with this reality.
No Interest in Resumed Talks With the US: Senior North Korean Diplomat
By Ankit Panda
A veteran North Korean diplomat ruled out the possibility of new talks.
Making Sense of Japan’s Decision to Scrap Aegis Ashore Missile Defense
By Ankit Panda
James Schoff joins the podcast to discuss Tokyo’s options on missile defense.
New Film Tells Tale of North Korean Orphans Sent to Europe
By Associated Press
Some 5,000 orphans were sent to live in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and East Germany in the 1950s.
After Rapidly Rising Inter-Korean Tensions, North Korean Leader ‘Suspends’ Plans for Military Action
By Ankit Panda
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
North Korea Cuts off Inter-Korean Communication Lines: What Now?
By Ankit Panda
Does Tuesday’s step mark the final end of the rapprochement that began between the two Koreas in 2018?
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Oversees Politburo Meeting
By Ankit Panda
The meeting marked Kim’s third public appearance since April.
South Korea: Kim Jong Un Did Not Have Surgery Amid Lingering Rumors
By Associated Press
The North Korean leader did not undergo a surgery, according to South Korean authorities.
Kim Jong Un Reappears to Open Fertilizer Plant After Rumor-Heavy Absence
By Ankit Panda
Kim opened the Sunchon Phosphate Fertilizer Plant — a facility he had drawn attention to months earlier.
Kim Jong Un’s Quiet April: Exceptional, or Par for the Course?
By Ankit Panda
Plus: China-Australia tensions; U.S. export controls; offensive cyber from Vietnam
Kim Jong Un Death Rumors Expose Washington’s Lacking Diplomacy and Strategy
By Bonnie Kristian
Whatever Kim Jong Un’s health status, the United States needs to correct course on North Korea policy.