South Korean politicians and analysts are divided over North Korea’s proposal for a summit between dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang. Some are supportive of the idea or, at least, think it is worth a few days of President Moon’s time, while others believe the summit could be counterproductive or even dangerous.
Kim Yo-jong, North Korea’s head of Propaganda and Agitation and sister of Kim Jong-un, invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the “earliest date” to visit Pyongyang at her brother’s request.
Contents: Kim Yo-jong, the North Korean dictator’s sister, charms the Olympics; Kim Yo-jong returns to Pyongyang with fond memories and an invitation for Moon; Moon Jae-in faces some difficult decisions
In a bizarre display of willful blindness, U.S. liberal media have lavished praise on North Korea’s dictatorship during the first days of the Winter Olympics, gushing over its “charm offensive” and comparing it favorably to the Trump administration.
Just hours ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday, South Korean protesters scuffled with police as they burned North Korea flags and images of dictator Kim Jong-un.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Workers’ Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Director Kim Yo-Jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister, shook hands at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday, an unprecedented diplomatic gesture between Seoul and Pyongyang.
North Korea launched its Olympic “charm offensive” in earnest on Thursday with performances by cheerleaders and a mostly-female marching band, followed by an announcement that dictator Kim Jong-un’s sister will meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Contents: NY Times publishes a generational analysis of South Korea; North Korea cancels joint cultural event because of ‘insulting’ media reports; Brief generational history of South Korea since World War II
North Korea has called for unification with South Korea on a number of issues despite the build-up of tensions between both countries and their allies.
A South Korean diplomat told reporters Wednesday that the leftist government of President Moon Jae-in believes “now is the best time” for dialogue between the United States and the rogue communist regime in North Korea.
Despite the diplomatic “thaw” that made North Korean participation in the Winter Olympics possible and a general media atmosphere of excitement around Pyongyang’s relative openness after years of defiant isolation, South Korean officials say North Korea has not responded to their call for military talks.
Multiple polls of South Korean citizens taken this week have found a drop in approval ratings for President Moon Jae-in, who has risked his legacy on a scheme to include North Korea in next month’s Winter Olympics that may come at the price of some South Korean athletes’ lifelong dream.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in gave a press conference on Wednesday in which he said President Donald Trump “deserves big credit for bringing about the inter-Korean talks” that were held this week.
Delegations from North and South Korea met at the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday to discuss North Korea’s participation at the Winter Olympics and generally improving the tense situation on the peninsula. At the meeting, North Korea made an obvious play to fracture the international coalition aligned against its nuclear missile program and weaken South Korean resolve.
Contents: North Korea reveals major change in strategic direction; North Korea’s ‘clarification’ of the New Year speech; The stark choice facing the Trump administration
President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in decided in a phone conversation on Thursday to suspend joint U.S.-South Korean military drills during the 2018 Winter Olympics in a diplomatic overture to North Korea, which constantly complains about such exercises.
South Korea’s left-wing president Joon Mae-in has described a compensation deal between his country and Japan over the treatment of wartime sex slaves as “seriously flawed” and threatened to revoke it.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in promised China a “new start” in diplomatic relations following a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, following months of tensions caused by Seoul’s close relationship with the United States.
The U.S. Air Force conducted joint bombing exercises with South Korea on Wednesday in another impressive show of military force just a week after North Korea tested an alleged intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) over Japan.
North Korea described the missile it launched on Tuesday as its “greatest ICBM,” a weapon capable of delivering a “super-large heavy nuclear warhead” to the “whole mainland” of the United States.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss his latest op-ed, “America’s Decision on North Korea Hinges on Trump’s Asia Trip.”
President Donald Trump announced during a joint press conference with South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on Tuesday that Seoul “will be buying a tremendous” amount of American military equipment.
President Donald Trump said that the United States was demonstrating “unparalleled strength” in response to the hostile actions of the North Korean regime.
President Donald Trump dismissed another question about gun control from the American press, during his visit to South Korea.
Contents: China and South Korea reach an agreement on THAAD missile defense system; Chinese geologists warn of looming nuclear disaster from North Korean tests
Recently elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in made the odd announcement this week that he thinks the way to bring peace between militant dictator Kim Jong-un’s North Korean state and South Korea is through the Olympic games.
The U.S. military has announced that it will carry out evacuation drills for Americans based in South Korea in preparation for any sort of military attack.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, assessing South Korean opposition to his aggressive nuclear and missile programs, must believe his predecessors — father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung — are out there working in the netherworld to do what they can to influence acceptance by the world community of Pyongyang as a nuclear-armed power.
President Donald Trump praised China’s central bank after they ordered banks to cease doing business with North Korea.
North Korea has lashed out at recent sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council, accusing the body of trying to “physically exterminate” the country and its governing dictatorship.
Responding to North Korea’s latest missile launch, which once again sent an ICBM soaring over Japan, White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said on Friday: “We’ve been kicking the can down the road, and we’re out of road. So for those who have said and have been commenting about the lack of a military option, there is a military option.”
The government of South Korea confirmed Wednesday that it would allow for the installation of four new missile defense launchers, part of a larger U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system designed to protect from a North Korean attack.
President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, revealing to reporters that China claims to want to help reduce North Korea’s increasingly hostile actions.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha claimed following a chat with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Tuesday that China could potentially support harsher sanctions on North Korea following its sixth illegal nuclear test on Sunday.
A recent poll from South Korean news network YTN found 68 percent support for the return of American tactical weapons to South Korea, an idea Defense Minister Song Young-moo seemed to endorse on Monday, or at least refrain from dismissing out of hand.
North Korean authorities sent a delegation to Russia on Monday to participate in a regional forum led by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
South Korea put on a tremendous show of military force in a set of live-fire drills on Monday, as South Korean intelligence reported signs of activity at North Korean launch sites, possibly indicating more provocative missile launches are coming soon.
North Korea’s increased belligerence in the face of new administrations in Washington and Seoul has culminated in a sixth nuclear test this weekend, an event President Donald Trump took as an opportunity to challenge his leftist South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, on his policy of dialogue with the communist regime.
Contents: Will we have to accept a world in which North Korea is a nuclear power?; World leaders express outrage and call nuclear test ‘unacceptable’; Will the United States take some military action against North Korea?
President Donald Trump said “appeasement will not work” with the “rogue nation” of North Korea, because “they only understand one thing,” after dictator Kim Jong-un conducted the Communist nation’s sixth and most powerful nuclear bomb test.
