By Sue Mi Terry & Lisa Collins — On February 27 and 28, U.S. president Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a second bilateral summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. The summit was cut short abruptly in the…
By Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry — On June 12, U.S. president Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a bilateral summit in Singapore. Prior to the meeting, U.S. and North Korean officials engaged in weeks…
By Lisa Collins — On May 10, President Donald Trump announced that a bilateral summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would be held in Singapore on June 12, 2018. This announcement was made only hours after the highly anticipated…
In this episode, we provide context for the inter-Korean summit and analyze the prospects of a Trump-Kim summit. CSIS Korea Chair experts Dr. Sue Mi Terry and Lisa Collins join to chart the whirlwind developments on the peninsula since early…
By Kevin R. Princic — A growing number of North Korean fishing vessels have disrupted the fishing industry in the Sea of Japan. By illegally fishing and overfishing in Japanese waters, North Korean crews not only jeopardize the safety of…
On September 3, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test. North Korean state media announced that the test was of a hydrogen bomb that could fit on the top of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The bomb’s explosive yield is…
By Murray Hiebert — Last September 14, while Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi was visiting Washington, President Barack Obama announced with considerable hoopla that the United States was lifting its remaining sanctions on Myanmar. Today, nearly nine…
By Marie DuMond — A PreData-Beyond Parallel prediction indicates there is a 43 percent chance of North Korean WMD activity taking place in the next 14 days. In the next 30 days, there is a 62 percent chance for North…
By Heejun Tae — Unprecedented political turmoil has engulfed South Korea for months and the public is concerned about how the forthcoming presidential election will affect the future. However, up to this point attention has primarily been focused on the…
By David A. Parker & Matthew P. Goodman — This December will mark the 15th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). To listen to some of this year’s election rhetoric, the U.S. decision to allow China into…