Young veteran: Can we end the Korean War now, please?
I served along the DMZ in South Korea 65 years after the start of that conflict, and still have friends stationed there today.
I served along the DMZ in South Korea 65 years after the start of that conflict, and still have friends stationed there today.
There is some logic to the idea that Seoul should have its own deterrent. But proliferation brings a host of new problems no one is quite ready for.
Lackluster US diplomatic efforts have allowed recent missile tests in the North and South to fill the void.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
The beleaguered regime is making a lot of demands these days — the administration would be wise in what it offers.
The move will mitigate crises and open the door to resolving wider issues diplomatically.
Nearly seven decades after the armistice, the status quo on the Peninsula does not serve American interests.
But will the Senate take up the mantle and finally bring about reunions between North Koreans and their families in America?
Encouraging Seoul to do more militarily was an unplanned result of the recent summit between Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in.
But it shouldn’t be. Not all alliances should be treated the same, but China threat inflation drives the conversation that way anyway.
If the president wants to prove that ‘diplomacy is back,’ he needs to step it up and start shedding past failed approaches.
Tucked into this 400-page document is a recipe for keeping ‘maximum pressure’ on Kim Jong Un and a 70-year war going.
US, Japanese, and South Korean officials met today to coordinate their approach: they should start by focusing on a peace regime.
Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken’s trip to Japan and South Korea last week was preceded by an expansive lobbying blitz from both countries in Washington.
Reps. Andy Kim and Young Kim urged the secretary of state to move forward on humanitarian issues and formally ending the war.
A recent Quincy Institute event explored how the US can work toward greater regional stability while engaging allies on shared interests.
Conventional thinking holds that sanctions and isolation will make North Korea give up its weapons. Wrong.
The new administration is promoting the failed idea that sanctions can be used for leverage — and Kim Jong Un is responding predictably.
An ongoing spat between Iran and South Korea is a direct result of Trump’s failed ‘maximum pressure’ campaign.
A new report from a trilateral working group outlines a path forward.
A new approach requires recognition of the dangers of aggressive, ideologically driven policy centered on containing China.