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Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in

Kim Jong Un is still alive. What about peace with North Korea?

By Catherine Killough | Nuclear Risk

Kim Jong Un, giving his plenary speech. Photo credit: KCNA

Will killing of Iran’s Soleimani influence North Korea’s “strategic weapon” plans?

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

People dance in Pyongyang on Dec. 24, 2019, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's late grandmother, Kim Jong Suk. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

No Christmas gift from North Korea? Not so fast.

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

christmas illustration of north korea kim jong-un on horse as santa claus with nuclear missile

Santa Kim is coming to town—with North Korean gifts that keep on giving

By Ankit Panda | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Donald Trump meets Kim Jong-un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Don’t be surprised when South Korea wants nuclear weapons

By Byong-Chul Lee | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 30: A handout photo provided by Dong-A Ilbo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea in Panmunjom, South Korea. (Handout photo by Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Four questions for Duyeon Kim about the Trump-Kim DMZ meeting

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un oversees a "strike drill." Photo credit: KCNA

North Korean missiles: Size does not matter

By Duyeon Kim, Melissa Hanham | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (second from left) chats with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (center right) as the European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini (left), Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (center behind), Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (bottom right) and South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (top right) look on during the 51st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in Singapore in August 2018. (Photo credit: MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images.)

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un need the European Union

By Tereza Novotná, Alessandro Ford | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by ©World Economic Forum via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

What Russia thinks about North Korea’s nuclear weapons

By Anastasia Barannikova | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump couldn't agree to a broad deal on sanctions and nuclear weapons in Hanoi. Credit: The White House.

North Korea: What next?

By Matt Field | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Hot takes on the Hanoi Summit

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