Threats of military action from Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, may have delayed South Korean plans for food aid, according to multiple press reports.
Russian envoy says North Korea anger over leaflets was for depiction of Kim’s wife
A series of condemnations over leaflets distributed in North Korea were driven by fury over “dirty, insulting” depictions of leader Kim Jong Un’s spouse, Russia’s top envoy in the reclusive country …
Russia Has ‘No Reason’ To Think Kim Jong Un’s Sister to Lead North Korea
“I think that if you asked comrade Kim Yo Jong whether she was number two, she would answer with a strong ‘no,'” Russian ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora said.
He Sends Up Balloons, and North Korea Wants Him Dead
The third was the man they were there to protect: Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector now living in South Korea and sometimes referred to as “Enemy Zero” by the North. “I’ve already almost died …
Is North Korea Really Prepared to End the Korean War?
The end of the Korean War and peace on the peninsula are no more likely to occur as the result of a peace agreement than has North Korean denuclearization occurred as the result of multiple …
Nearly 90% of South Koreans Think North Korea Will Never Give up Its Nuclear Weapons
It’s this context why the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU)’s latest unification survey is so timely and important. Seven decades after the first shots were fired on the Korean Peninsula …
Beyond ‘Love,’ Trump Has Little to Show from North Korea Talks
Yet two years later, despite two more face-to-face meetings and many exchanges of warm words between the leaders, North Korea continues to build up its nuclear program and test missiles. And even if …
Take a Lesson From History: Millions Died the First Time We Fought North Korea
The United States would have an obvious and distinct advantage over North Korea in a direct military engagement. That doesn’t mean that a war wouldn’t be a grueling and costly endeavor. North Korea’s …
North Korea Is No Pushover, Not Even For America’s B-2 Stealth Bomber
If the Trump Administration chooses to intervene in North Korea, the White House may discover that Pyongyang is a more formidable adversary than many might expect.
Inside ‘Office 39’: North Korea’s illicit global smuggling network
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un vanishes, then pops up. Now, the portly despot is out of sight again, and that raises the question: Who’s minding the store — the one that keeps him in booze and fancy wheels …