Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said nothing about last week’s failed U.S. missile test.  And that may signal an important victory for American diplomacy.  It may mean that …

Kim Jong Un’s obsession with developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching American territory has absorbed the world’s attention for the better part of a year.  It also may have …

George Will wrote a column over the weekend suggesting that President Trump may be heading recklessly toward nuclear war with North Korea.  The overall tone of the article questions Trump’s …

North Korea’s aggressive nuclear missile program may have the unintended consequence of ending Japan’s pacifist constitution.  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been pushing the limits of the pacifist clause in …

Ambassador Nikki Haley, American Permanent Representative to the United Nations, warned North Korea today that the country would be “utterly destroyed” if it launches an attack against America.  “We have …

China closed the main road link to North Korea Friday, the China-North Korea Friendship Bridge.  Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a press conference that the closure was temporary.  …

Does Kim Jong un’s illegitimate birth complicate North Korean succession scenarios?  If Kim were suddenly removed from power by any means, the potential succession is not at all clear.  In …

As the world watches President Trump on his tour of Asia, the big question is what effect his trip will have on the North Korean madman trying to drive the …

While Oaxaca, Mexico endures the latest in a series of bona fide “jittery” earthquakes, a tremor in North Korea is suspect. The possibility of the latest blast being a natural …

While a grave nuclear crisis is pointing to potentially hellacious outcomes, two nation leaders volley barbs in the strategic interim. Whether he is deemed a madman, a dolt, a deranged …