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US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Is Trump set to give away the store in Korea?

by Bradley K. Martin October 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Tanks take part in a military parade in Pyongyang on September 9. Photo: AFP

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North Korea marks 70th anniversary with carefully calibrated parade

by Andrew Salmon September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Chinese city of Dalian in May. Photo: AFP

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Xi shuns Kim’s National Day bash, but the two may meet again soon

by Frank Chen September 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian school students wave flags as they welcome a visiting North Korean nominal head of state in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Weda

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Why Indonesia loves North Korea

by Erin Cook September 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Sakie Yokota, left, the mother of Megumi Yokota - a girl abducted by North Korea in 1977, and Teruaki Masumoto speak to the media after meeting top officials in Tokyo in August 2017. Photo: AFP/ Yomiuri Shimbun

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Pyongyang ‘ready to discuss abductions’ with Japan

by Robert E. McCoy August 1, 2018February 18, 2020

A monument to socialism in Pyongyang. Photo/iStock M Torres

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Pyongyang: Behold Asia’s ‘socialist fairyland’

by Andrew Salmon July 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Tourists look into North Korea from across the border in China. Change is in the air, but the question is what will change? Photo: AFP

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Kim Xiaoping and Pyongyang glasnost: Can North Korea change?

by Andrew Salmon June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

The Arch of Triumph in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Photo: AFP/Vitaliy Belousov/Sputnik

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What really is North Korea?

by Andrew Salmon June 11, 2018February 18, 2020

This KCNA image purports to show Kim Jong-un attending a sub launch in 2016. Photo: KCNA

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Getting to Yes with Kim Jong-un

by Yoon Young-kwan June 10, 2018February 18, 2020

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Tracking the man behind the myth of Kim Jong-un

by Andrew Salmon June 9, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (C) with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong (L) and North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam, who has now been replaced. Photo AFP/KCNA VIA KNS

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Young(er) blood in North Korean military ahead of summit

by Bradley K. Martin June 7, 2018June 8, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a pensive mood. Photo: Reuters

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North Korea’s history of regime resilience and coup resistance

by Robert McCoy June 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Chinese city of Dalian on May 8, 2018. Photo: KCNA via KNS and AFP

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China, North Korea remain reluctant brothers in arms

by Bertil Lintner May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranians burn an image of US President Donald Trump during an anti-US demonstration outside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Atta Kenare

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Axis of atoms: Washington, Tehran and Pyongyang

by William Pesek May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attend a welcoming ceremony in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone on Friday morning. Photo: Korea Summit Press Pool via Reuters

Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Kim crosses border, greeted by Moon as inter-Korean summit begins

by Andrew Salmon April 27, 2018February 18, 2020

The truce huts of conference row – Kim Jong-un will cross here on Friday. Photo: Asia Times/Andrew Salmon

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Kim Jong-un to get photo-op of the century at Inter-Korean Summit

by Andrew Salmon April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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Why the Trump-Kim talks will fail

by Bertil Lintner April 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Is Kim Jong-un's latest entreaty legit, or is he attempting yet another hustle in the tried and true Kim family regime tradition? Photo: Reuters / KCNA

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Another North Korean con job in the offing?

by Bradley K. Martin March 25, 2018March 27, 2018

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Hawk flies back into the White House to shake up world order

by Asia Times staff March 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Kim Jong-un and Shinzo Abe: Meeting might help Abe more than Kim. Photos: Reuters (Kim via KCNA)

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Abe may be mulling summit with Kim: Japanese reports

by Andrew Salmon March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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History in the making: US president to meet North Korean leader

by Andrew Salmon March 9, 2018February 18, 2020

The holiday home of the late North Korean dictator and “eternal president” Kim Il-sung. Photo: Andrew Salmon / Asia Times

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A little piece of North Korea in South Korea

by Andrew Salmon February 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Worst case scenario: Are North Korea's nuclear weapons designed for actual use? Photo: iStock

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The critical question: Why is North Korea going nuclear?

by Andrew Salmon January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands next to a Hwasong-15 ballistic missile. Photo: Reuters / KCNA

Beijing, China, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Be afraid, be very afraid: North Korea’s long-term strategy

by Bradley K. Martin January 10, 2018January 10, 2018

North Korea's first ICBM Hwasong-14 and its detachable platform. Photo: KCNA

North Korea, Northeast Asia

Next N. Korea missile test could occur around December 17: CSIS

by Asia Times staff November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Kim Han-sol gave an interview with Finnish television in 2012. Photo via Youtube

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Oh where has Kim Jong-un’s nephew gone… and with whom can he be?

by Doug Tsuruoka November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a celebration for nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb test, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Sept 10. Photo via Reuters

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

North Korea’s Kim dynasty a hodgepodge of influences

by Ian Buruma October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of a Malaysian youth group call for peace and diplomatic cooperation between Malaysia and North Korea outside the gates of the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 10, 2017 after the murder of Kim Jong-nam at the capital's international airport. Photo: AFP/ Suwanrumpha

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Malaysia gives Pyongyang a pass on Kim Jong-nam murder

by Nile Bowie October 19, 2017February 18, 2020

A missile is launched during a drill in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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Rational actors – including China – must rein in Kim

by Todd Royal September 11, 2017

The front of an annual central report meeting released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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Kim clan’s third generation myth

by Bertil Lintner April 19, 2017February 18, 2020