Politics

United Nations Command honor guards at a ceremony for the 64th anniversary of the Korean armistice on July 27, 2017. While mainly symbolic at this point, the force nevertheless represents international cooperation on the North Korean issue.
Trump-Kim Summit

Push for Korean peace throws fate of UN forces into doubt

American-led command largely symbolic but still relevant to global cooperation

18 June 2018
A direct line to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un alters the equation of U.S. President Donald Trump's diplomacy with the reclusive state.
China up close

China startled by Trump's hotline to Kim

Beijing's tug of war with Washington now moves on to Taiwan

18 June 2018
Abe may prefer to meet with Kim at the United Nations headquarters in New York, but no North Korean leader has ever visited the U.S. before.
Trump-Kim Summit

Russia or UN? Abe and Kim must agree on summit site

Pleasing Putin will rile China and US, but hurdles high for New York

18 June 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, could meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in September at the United Nations or in Russia.
International relations

Abe campaigns for summit with Kim on abductions

Japan's leader urges 'big decision' by North Korea to settle long-standing issue

17 June 2018
The U.S. is preparing to cancel annual drills that use computer simulations to prepare American and South Korean troops for a contingency on the Korean Peninsula.
Trump-Kim Summit

US to cancel summer drills with South Korea

Trump hopes to extract concessions from North Korea on denuclearization

16 June 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, has given North Korean leader Kim Jong Un his direct phone number.
Trump-Kim Summit

Trump gave Kim his phone number

President says he will call North Korea over the weekend

15 June 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 14. Pompeo briefed Chinese officials on the outcome of the Trump-Kim meeting.
Trump-Kim Summit

Pompeo says sanctions to remain until denuclearization

China calls Trump-Kim summit a historic success

15 June 2018
Admiral Harry Harris testifies at a House Armed Services Committee in Washington in 2017
Trump-Kim Summit

Adm. Harris backs exercise freeze in confirmation hearing

US nominee for South Korean envoy says circumstances have changed

15 June 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to return abducted Japanese citizens. (Getty Images)
15 June 2018
The kidnapping of Japanese by North Korea would be high on the agenda of a proposed summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Trump-Kim Summit

Trump: Kim Jong Un open to talks with Abe

Tokyo to start discussions on summit with North Korean leader

14 June 2018
North Koreans crowd around a newspaper reporting on the U.S.-North Korea summit at a subway station in Pyongyang on June 13.
Trump-Kim Summit

US-North Korea accord riddled with pitfalls, experts say

Vague denuclearization, omission of missiles and drill cancellation all pose challenges

14 June 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Thursday.
Trump-Kim Summit

US, Japan, S Korea to coordinate on North's denuclearization

Chief diplomats express support for joint statement from Trump-Kim summit

14 June 2018
China has much to worry about with the new Washington-Pyongyang relationship.
Opinion

China's private concerns about Trump-Kim

Beijing may look like the summit winner but worries over the budding friendship

14 June 2018
North Koreans crowd around a newspaper reporting on the U.S.-North Korea summit at a subway station in Pyongyang on June 13.
14 June 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, will spearhead high-level talks with North Korea to fill in the details of a denuclearization plan.
Trump-Kim Summit

US wants 'major' denuclearization in Trump's first term

Pompeo says North Korea understands "in-depth verification" needed

14 June 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump on Nov. 6, 2017, with families of Japanese victims abducted by North Korea. Pyongyang's official stance is the issue has been resolved.
Trump-Kim Summit

Kim signals possible shift on Japanese abductees in Trump meeting

North Korean leader did not say the issue had been settled

14 June 2018
The Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit has helped South Korean President Moon Jae-in make the case that liberals were right about engagement all along. 
Trump-Kim Summit

Moon's party on cusp of electoral landslide after Trump-Kim summit

Exit poll shows South Korean leader's engagement with North won over voters

13 June 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens to U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12. 
Trump-Kim Summit

Summit leaves capitalists waiting for a North Korea breakthrough

Arrival and departure on a Chinese airliner shows the future Kim Jong Un covets

13 June 2018
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump both held back during their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island, Singapore, on June 12. (Getty Images) 
Trump-Kim Summit

Five things to know in the wake of the Trump-Kim summit

The foggy agreement is likely to draw out a difficult negotiating process

13 June 2018
A man reads a newspaper in Seoul on June 12 with coverage of the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Trump-Kim Summit

South Korea's media split over Trump-Kim summit

Conservative newspapers lash out, while liberal daily hails historic meeting

13 June 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel in Singapore on June 12. (KCNA via Reuters) 
Trump-Kim Summit

Trump agrees to 'step-by-step, simultaneous action,' says KCNA

North Korean stance highlights differences over pace of denuclearization

13 June 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel in Singapore on June 12.
Opinion

All sizzle and no steak?

Amid the hype, Trump-Kim summit offers, at best, only modest hints of progress

13 June 2018
Trump, right, must ensure that Kim does not lead him away from the goal of complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization.
The Nikkei View

Trump and Kim offer just a glimpse into promised 'new history'

US must tread carefully to avoid giving up too much for too little

13 June 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before their June 12 meeting at a hotel in Singapore.
Trump-Kim Summit

China talks up its role in US-North Korea detente

Russia and South Korea also claim credit for historic meeting

13 June 2018
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, meets with family members of those abducted by North Korea, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)
International relations

Abe renews hopes after Trump raises abductions

Japanese leader eager for direct talks with North Korea

13 June 2018