Trump Must Not Let Washington’s Korea Hawks Intimidate Him Again
Trump had abandoned the threats and bluster toward Pyongyang that marked his early months in office.
Trump had abandoned the threats and bluster toward Pyongyang that marked his early months in office.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he gets along well with North Korea's Supreme Leader.
The leaders met in 2018 and 2019, but their summits produced limited progress toward North Korea’s denuclearisation. Efforts to arrange another meeting last year also failed.
The trials are part of North Korea's broader strategy to improve the range, precision and automation of its military systems.
China’s demand that North Korea disarm was also its leverage. Xi gave up both, just as Kim turns to confront Washington.
During his first trip to Pyongyang in seven years, Xi notably refrained from publicly criticizing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, a move analysts view as a significant signal of Beijing’s current priorities.
During talks in Pyongyang, Xi called for expanded collaboration in trade, agriculture, technology, healthcare and security affairs
Xi told Kim that China’s commitment to its longstanding partnership with North Korea would not change regardless of shifts in the international environment.
The trip highlights Beijing’s effort to reaffirm its influence over North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s increasingly close military and political ties with Russia