The ‘Washington Declaration’ unveiled during the state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives Seoul a greater role in coordinating a nuclear response strategy.
Running a few bilateral ideas up the flagpole.
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People who get too close to the seat of power in North Korea, including the Supreme Leader’s relatives, have a way of ending up dead.
The 2018 Pyongyang Joint Declaration, signed between then South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, may be suspended over North Korean missile testing.
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A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show that North Korea’s leader is intent on reunification on his terms.
Repression running in the genes?
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Kim Jong Un has followed his father and grandfather in ruling by fear. The coronavirus pandemic has made North Korea ever more isolated, while expanded military capabilities make it a growing threat.
Kim Yo-jong: now widely thought of as a possible successor to her older brother Kim Jong-un.
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The increasing prominence of Kim Jong-un’s younger sister has prompted speculation about whether she is positioning herself for ultimate power in North Korea.
North Korea’s test of two new missile systems have stoked fears of a nuclear confrontation in Asia. But the North Korean leader may not be as unstable as he is made out.
Kim Jong-un’s COVID-19 border closures have caused a food shortage in North Korea, reminiscent of the “arduous march” of the 1990s.
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Kim Jong-un’s border closures appear to have blocked the spread of COVID-19 in North Korea, but they have also caused a food crisis threatening the survival of his people.
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in the Korean demilitarized zone in June 2019.
Donald Trump avoided a major crisis with North Korea. But the North Korean nuclear issue remains unresolved as the country continues to develop its nuclear and ballistic capabilities.
President Donald Trump may have removed his mask, but the uncertainty posed by his positive COVID-19 test continues.
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With signs North Korea has suffered in the coronavirus pandemic and is now facing a further threat to its shaky economy, the ratcheted up of tension with the South is ominous.
South Korean television shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watching a missile launch in late March.
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Reader in Asia Pacific Studies (with special reference to Korea), MA North Korean Studies Course Leader, Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies, University of Central Lancashire