Shut out of North Korea, many news organizations want to believe the worst about the country ruled by Kim Jong-un. Last week, for example, Chosun Ilbo, a conservative South Korean daily, reported that Kim had ordered the execution of former nuclear envoy Kim Hyok-chol, and imprisoned former spymaster, Kim Yong-chol. The alleged reason: the failure...
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Most 2020 Democrats Scoff at the Trump-Kim Handshake
Over the weekend, President Trump became the first sitting U.S. President to set foot in North Korea, after he stepped over the border during a summit at the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) between North and South Korea. You Can read more about the summit and border crossing here. Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Amy Klobuchar John Hickenlooper...
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VIDEO: North Korean Militants Who Smashed Kim’s Photos Seek FBI Protection
Watch this video and you will see that the strange story of the brazen daytime raid on the North Korean Embassy in Madrid last month keeps getting stranger. Last week, El Pais, Spain’s leading newspaper, reported unnamed sources as saying two of the suspects were connected to the CIA, a charge that an unnamed source...
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South Korea’s Moon Seeks to Mediate between Trump and Kim
The breakdown of the U.S. North Korea nuclear talks was a setback for South Korean president Moon Jae-in who has to battle with both hawks at home and Democrats in Washington who don’t know or care about his agenda of ending the Korean War and denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. From KBS WORLD Radio Moon instructed...
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Democrats Abandon South Korea’s President in Favor of Hawks
As Democrats in Washington reflexively “get tough” on North Korea, they kick away a chance a for peace on the Korean peninsula. Eager to criticize President Trump, they overlook the reality that denuclearization and ending the Korean war are popular ideas in South Korea. As Ploughshares director Joe Cirincione explains, Trump’s diplomacy is is worth...