Kim Jong-un

Beijing's desire to assert sovereignty over Taiwan is a big part of its North Korea calculus.

The second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un has ended without a deal.

The second Trump-Kim summit is bound to have serious implications for the future of diplomacy on the Korean peninsula.

The two leaders met briefly ahead of a scheduled day of talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Donald Trump says the second summit between he and Kim Jong-un is set to take place in Vietnam in late February.

China's Belt and Road Initiative may help North Korea take a big first step towards reform.

It’s the first follow-up summit between North and South Korean leaders, but will it yield anything of substance?

Taiwan has abided by tighter Trump-era sanctions on North Korea, but in 2016, Taiwan was its fourth largest trading partner.

Kim's primary goal is holding onto power and modernizing the economy.

A purge of top military brass and the completion of nuclear capability suggest Kim is ready to open up to economic development.

China's exclusion anxiety gives Kim the whip hand.

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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to rise. Kim Jong-un has ramped North Korea’s missile and nuclear testing programs and US President Donald Trump has exacerbated the tensions with his tough talk.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel previously advocated Germany take a lead role in brokering a diplomatic solution to the crisis in North Korea. But election losses for her Christian Democratic Union party have left her weakened at home, and the country's future stance on the issue in doubt.

As frightening as ICBMs sound, Pyongyang already possesses all the weapons it needs to draw America into a war. The question is whether the US and its allies will continue to strengthen the tools required to deter such a conflict.

Much remains unknown about the strategy Pyongyang has or will develop to govern the purpose, employment and force structure of its burgeoning nuclear arsenal.

Two more arrests come as U.S. President Donald Trump has turned up the heat on Kim Jong Un, dispatching the USS Carl Vinson naval strike group to the Korean peninsula, and warning of a 'major, major conflict.'

Pyongyang’s intention in using nuclear weapons would be to destroy these American bases to remove the advantage they give to South Korea’s national defense. This is why the threat of nuclear use, especially by a more brazen regime under Kim Jong-Un, needs to be taken very seriously.