by John West | 12 Nov 2024 | Asia, China, Decoders, History, Politics, Russia
The renegade nation launched ballistic missiles into the sea and sent troops to Russia and rubbish to its southern neighbor. Can Kim Jong Un be controlled? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and then-U.S. President and current President-elect Donald Trump prepare...
by Sarah Edmonds | 12 Feb 2020 | Asia, Health and Wellness, North Korea
Wary of the coronavirus, North Korea has all but shut its borders, choking its economic lifelines. How grim a toll might the disease take? A wedding in Pyongyang (Photo by Sarah Edmonds) North Korea vaulted back into international headlines this month, with Western...
by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 6 Jun 2018 | Americas, Asia, North Korea, Politics, United States
What if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un challenged U.S. President Donald Trump to a round of golf in a high-stakes gamble at a historic summit? Donald Trump hits out of the sand in Pebble Beach, California, 11 February 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) News-Decoder...
by News Decoder | 5 Sep 2017 | Asia, China, North Korea, United States
North Korea has drawn international opprobrium with its nuclear and missile tests. Can its leader, Kim Jong-un, win the respect he craves? An undated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in an undisclosed location, released by the North Korean Central News Agency...
by David Schlesinger | 30 Aug 2017 | Asia, China, North Korea, United States
By David Schlesinger Pity China’s foreign policy leaders. An unpredictable, mercurial, untested, perhaps irrational leader in its neighbor, North Korea. An unpredictable, mercurial, untested, perhaps irrational leader in its major trading partner and sometime global...