List of North Korea articles
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on March 1. (Minh Hoang/AFP/Getty Images) There’s a Silver Lining in the Clouds Over the North Korea Negotiations
The failure of high-level discussions may force Washington and Pyongyang to start more effective working-level talks.
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U.S. President Donald Trump departs his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi on Feb. 28. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Was Right to Walk Away
In resisting the temptation to make a bad deal, he avoided failure at the Hanoi summit.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hold a meeting during the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi on Feb. 28. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Pompeo: Time to ‘Regroup’ After Vietnam Summit
North Korea disputes Trump's account of what went wrong in Vietnam. Can diplomats salvage Trump's ultimate deal with Kim Jong Un?
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South Koreans watch U.S. President Donald Trump meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a television screen at a railway station in Seoul on Feb. 27. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Sanctions or Saving Lives? Washington Juggles Another Pyongyang Dilemma
Trump administration pares back controversial “maximum pressure” strategy to allow charities to work in North Korea.
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South Koreans watch U.S. President Donald Trump meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a television screen at a railway station in Seoul on Feb. 27. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Sanctions Relief for Pyongyang Should Start Small
A gradual lifting of sanctions can keep North Korea incentivized to dump nukes.
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U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, take part in the Warrior Strike VIII exercise at the Rodriguez Range in Pocheon, South Korea, on Sept. 19, 2017. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) The U.S. Can Afford a Peace Deal in Korea
Opponents of an end-of-war declaration are sorely mistaken.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk at the White House in Washington on June 7, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Hanoi Summit Has Tokyo Feeling Left Out
Japan worries its interests will be ignored in deal between U.S. and North Korea.
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A porter and a woman in the lobby of Kumgangsan Hotel at Mount Kumgang on Sept. 15, 2018. The hotel is the site of reunion meetings between North and South Korean families, which were most recently held in August 2018. (Tariq Zaidi for Foreign Policy) The Changing Face of North Korea
As Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump prepare for their second summit, is the country shedding its “Hermit Kingdom” image?
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton listen to President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 11, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) The Real North Korea Summit Is Inside the Trump Administration
It’s clear by now what North Korea is willing to offer in nuclear negotiations. The question is what the United States makes of it.
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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands after meeting at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12. The pair became the first sitting U.S. and North Korean leaders to meet. SUSAN WALSH/AFP/Getty Images Our Best Weekend Reads
What to look for at next week’s meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, and trouble filling key U.S. government vacancies.
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Signs depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi on Feb. 20. (Linh Pham/Getty Images) At the Hanoi Summit, Trump Should Hold Himself to His Own Standards
A freeze-for-freeze deal is exactly what the administration once swore it would not accept.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) walks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a break in talks at their historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) What Trump and Kim Won’t Be Talking About in Hanoi
North Korea continues to sell arms and chemical weapons material around the world, says a confidential U.N. report.
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A public signboard near the U.S. Embassy on Feb. 21 in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Linh Pham/Getty Images) Trump and Kim Gotta Have Faith
There's no reason for the United States and North Korea to trust each other. But they have to try anyway.
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A signboard welcomes the upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a restaurant in Tu Liem District in Hanoi on Feb. 20. (Linh Pham/Getty Images) Hanoi Is Happy Cozying Up to Trump
At the U.S.-North Korea summit, the host may be the biggest winner.
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American prisoners of war captured by North Korean forces await liberation at the 38th parallel on Oct. 5, 1950. (Soviet Photo Agency/Bettmann/Getty Images) Brainwashed
A new book on interrogation during the Korean War sheds light on how the 20th century imagined prisoners of war.
