Tag: Kim Jong-un
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Summit of the Koreas
It would be presumptuous to hazard a guess on the long-term outcome of this week’s summit between North and South Korea in Pyongyang. That the meeting was held ~ for the first time since the armistice of 1953 ~ is in itself a watershed development. Beyond the grandstanding, Kim Jong-un is reported to have signalled …
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September 22, 2018 -
Talk-time on Korea~II
As the talks for a second Trump-Kim summit will soon hit the headlines, there are certain hidden factors that could affect, if not determine, the possible outcome of the summit, if it materialises. One is that the US has urged the UN Security Council for an urgent meeting as it suspects some countries are undermining …
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September 20, 2018 -
North, South Korea agree to jointly bid for 2032 Olympics
The proposal, presented during the meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
September 19, 2018 -
Kim, Trump and the nuclear crisis
This week (Tuesday, Sept 18) South Korean President Moon Jae-in flies to Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The United States and North Korea are working to set up a second meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim. These developments certainly raise hopes for a reinvigoration of negotiations on denuclearising the North, …
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September 18, 2018 -
Trump tweets his thanks to Kim Jong-un for not displaying nukes in parade
US President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his gratitude to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un for not displaying nuclear missiles in the military parade of the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding.
September 9, 2018 -
Donald Trump ‘most likely’ to meet Kim Jong-un again
At their June 12 meeting in Singapore, Kim committed to work toward the "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for security guarantees from the US.
August 21, 2018 -
Kim Jong-un slams international sanctions on N.Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un slammed international sanctions against Pyongyang during a visit to an under-construction tourist complex.
August 17, 2018 -
Was Singapore meet just a coming-out party for Kim?
From all indications this appeared to be the case. In a trice Kim Jong- Un was transformed from a pariah to a confident leader on the world stage. Prior to this he seldom ventured out of his country except for the occasional journeys to China and Russia in armoured trains with practically zero visibility. The …
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August 17, 2018 -
North Korea announces amnesty to celebrate 70th founding anniversary
North Korea plans to implement a general amnesty before celebrating its 70th founding anniversary on September 9, Pyongyang's state media said on Monday.
July 16, 2018 -
The handling of Donald Trump
A seventeenth-century English satirist, Tom Brown, penned a doggerel about the Dean of Christ Church, one of the most prominent colleges, then as now, at Oxford. It went: I do not like thee, Dr Fell The reason why I cannot tell. But this I know, and know full well, That I do not like thee, …
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July 11, 2018 -
Road to Helsinki
International game theory is becoming increasingly complex and quirky. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have reaffirmed a trend that was manifest during the US President’s summit with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un ~ to hold the one-to-one in a third country. If it was Singapore on 12 June, the venue is Helsinki on 16 …
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July 1, 2018 -
Why shouldn’t Trump meet Putin?
Once upon a time the announcement of a summit meeting between the leaders of two powerful and unpredictable states would have been greeted with relief, even hope. But for the second time this year, the response to such news – in much of the Western world at least – has been almost the opposite. When …
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June 30, 2018 -
Kim Jong won
The summit between the American President, Donald Trump, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in Singapore on June 12 made world news, some touting it as the biggest story of the century. Analysts the world over have dissected every bit of what transpired and the contents of the joint statement. Such intense scrutiny on …
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June 27, 2018 -
Donald Trump declares North Korea ‘extraordinary threat’
US President Donald Trump on Friday cited “an unusual and extraordinary threat” from North Korea’s nuclear arsenal to extend sanctions on Kim Jong Un’s regime, despite touting the success of a historic June 12 summit. An official declaration, contained in a notice to Congress, came on Friday despite Trump’s assertion this month that his June …
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June 23, 2018 -
Tariff versus Tariff
It is a cocktail of trade, tariffs, and technology. North Korea and China showcase two starkly different exemplars of Donald Trump’s wholly unpredictable, when not whimsical, foreign policy. In the immediate aftermath of the entente cordiale with Kim Jong-un, the US President has resorted to a bout of economic reprisal against China. This is now …
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June 20, 2018 -
Seeking peace everywhere
Sir Winston Churchill, with his superbly imaginative and insightful mind, once said something like this: “Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.” That means use vitriol, threats, intimidation, even go eye-ball to eye-ball if you must, but do your utmost to stay away from war. This rare piece of wisdom was cracked to a very large extent …
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June 19, 2018 -
The world has seen more than enough conflict: Donald Trump
Observing that the world has seen more than enough conflict, US President Donald Trump said the people of America, the Koreas and the world deserve a future of security and of peace. “Our world has seen more than enough conflict. If there’s a chance at peace, if there’s a chance to end the horrible threat …
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June 16, 2018