Despite what Washington hawks wish for, the Korea nuclear talks are not dead. The idea of a deal to end the Korean war, de-escalate the military confrontation between North and South, and denuclearize the Korean peninsula is opposed by John Bolton and, oddly, by many Washington Democrats. Still, South Korean President Moon Jae-in seeks to...
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Bolton Takes Control of Trump’s North Korea Policy
Joe Cirincione, chief of the disarmament group Ploughshares, has a cogent analysis of why the Hanoi summit of President Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un failed. The opportunity, he notes, was this: In Hanoi, North Korea wanted to trade some of their nuclear capability for most of the sanctions. Trump offered some of the...
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South Korea Spy Chief May Soon Visit North Korea
Last week I reported on how South Korean president Moon Jae-In is seeking to mediate between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the wake of their abortive summit meeting in Hanoi. Now we have details about how. According to the Korea Times, Moon is sending Suh Hoon, chief of the National Intelligence...
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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...