Search results for: Chol Nam Jong
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After the Pyeongchang Olympics: Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations
...Comrade Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, stressed in his New Year’s Address of 2018 that the first thing to do for improving the...
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Allies should find new policy on North Korea
...North’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. In August, Yoon publicly offered Pyongyang “economic packages” once it shows its “will” to denuclearize the country. Under the name, the “Audacious Initiative,” Yoon showed...
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Denuclearizing North Korea: Challenges and Opportunities after Hanoi
...ultimate deal, or an inevitable collapse and disappointment? * Editor’s note: The author completed this article before President Trump’s third summit meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un at Panmunjom in...
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Kim Jong-il’s Visit to China: An Abiding Friendship?
...After days of silence about Kim Jong-il’s recent secretive visit to China, the Chinese and North Korean news agencies Xinhua and KCNA released a statement saying that the traditional...
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North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Have Turned Into a Status-Quo Show
...With Kim Jong-un’s reported reappearance after speculation about his health, a top-down diplomacy, driven by President Donald Trump and Kim, still remains the main channel for future nuclear talks....
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A Reset for U.S.-DPRK Relations: The Path Ahead
...A hugely anticipated meeting of longtime adversaries, the June 12 Summit in Singapore between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un combined momentous gravity with theatrical spectacle. Resulting in...
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The Self-defense Capability of the DPRK and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
...an unprecedented level. According to O Chol Yong, there are two ways to achieve peace: reconciliation and balance of power. In this Focus Asia paper, the successes and failures of...
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Towards a New Conflict Management System on the Korean Peninsula: A Military Perspective
...Jong Un. So asserted Kim Yong Chol, the former North Korean nuclear envoy and spymaster, in a statement in 2019. He further stressed that continued “belligerent” relations could lead to...
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U.S.-North Korea Denuclearization Negotiations: An Irresolvable Issue?
...have found evidence of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) activities at a North Korean shipyard in Sinpo. During his 2020 New Year’s Speech, Kim Jong Un asserted that the country would...