A high-level North Korean defector who delivered millions of dollars to Pyongyang’s elite as a trusted, overseas trader, suggests the Kim regime is employing state-sponsored strategies to elude international sanctions on oil needed to maintain its military and economy.
President Donald Trump may have jumpstarted a new round of working-level talks with Pyongyang at his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but experts say their handshake is meaningless unless negotiators make a headway in bridging the countries’ divergent approaches toward denuclearization.
The sudden summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arose out of their common desire for "perpetuating the illusion of denuclearization" even though their divergent definitions of denuclearization remain unchanged, said experts.
Trump administration should consider adopting flexible step-by-step approach toward full denuclearization of North Korea starting with freezing its fissile material production, experts say
While Xi may deliver message from Kim to Trump at G-20, few signs from Pyongyang meeting that North Korea has changed its stance since the Hanoi summit
Lack of information sharing, coordination hampering current sanctions enforcement, experts say, but a multilateral coalition could be opposed or weakened by China and Russia 'given their interests in continuing to evade sanctions'
Policy guide for elite military officers reveals Kim’s aim to use meeting with Trump to position North Korea as a 'global nuclear strategic state'
Despite US Justice Department seizure order, the Wise Honest has managed to dodge authorities
Washington imposed tariffs on more than $250 billion out of total $539 billion worth of Chinese goods the United States imported in 2018
To counter North's new missile, experts say South should combine missile defense systems with US
Ship carrying coal transferred from suspected North Korean vessel now detained by Malaysia
South Korean President Moon Jae-in failed to move the US position on sanctions, which may cost him credibility with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Experts: sanctions may be hurting North Korea’s economy; pain might prompt Pyongyang to step up cybercrime
Visits came after each side signaled discontent with the other, and experts say each wants something different from China after breakdown of Hanoi summit
Unintended consequences of sanctions mean aid groups face difficulty obtaining funding for work in North Korea
'Financial sanctions against Pyongyang remain some of the most poorly implemented and actively evaded measures,' a recent UN report says
After seeming to be willing to take Pyongyang’s preferred incremental approach before the Hanoi summit, N. Korea signaling dislike of Washington’s reversion to all-or-nothing approach with missile launch preparations
Experts say gap at Hanoi summit between Washington’s demand on denuclearization and Pyongyang’s demand on relief could mean even tougher economic conditions for North Koreans
Pyongyang's offer to dismantle Yongbyon is insufficient reason to lift sanctions, nuclear experts say, adding that US President Trump probably knew this when he walked out of Hanoi summit with Kim
Experts say lack of experience with Pyongyang contributed to collapse of talks between North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump
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