Second-Round Stakes Higher for Trump and Kim
The North Korea leader obviously wants a deal, writes Patrick Lawrence, which gives the U.S. a historic opportunity next month. President Donald Trump’s announcement late last week that he will meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un next month promises a significant…
Is the Korean spring now over and the Trump-Kim summit on hold? Maybe — and maybe not
Trump’s hawkish advisers are clearly trying to scuttle peace talks. But China and North Korea may be ahead of them The potentially historic summit of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un is on. No, it is off and we will…
History is being made on the Korean peninsula: But what kind? And who will make it?
This week’s historic meeting in Panmunjom was much more than symbolism. Now the pressure is on Washington According to the agenda I have on my desk, the leaders of North and South Korea spent eight and a half hours together…
Peace in Korea is possible: Talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un will define the future
Foreign policy cliques in D.C. are eager to shut down this process: America’s choice is to join or risk isolation A few weeks ago, it was sensible to ask where the Trump administration intended to take the diplomatic process on…
Will John Bolton ruin the chances for peace on the Korean peninsula?
South Korea’s president has created a major opening for peace with the North — if America will give it a chance Korea now gets more kinetic by the day and deserves the close attention of anyone curious to know what…
A major opening at the Pyeongchang Olympics — but not from Mike Pence
Kim Jong-un’s sister and the South Korean president have lunch, while Mike Pence rattles the sabers ever louder I am not much for corporate athletics. Too much money has ruined one sport after another, and the Olympic Games were marketized…
A critical moment in Korea: Will the U.S. give peace a chance?
Amid a serious thaw between North and South Korea, the Trump administration prepares for war. Don’t exhale yet North and South Korea have suddenly entered a critical passage. In a week of Page 1–worthy events, it would be difficult to…
New hope on the Korean peninsula, believe it or not
The two Koreas schedule direct talks to resolve the crisis, while the U.S. policy elite frets about a “wedge” Brace yourselves for the week now beginning. A rapid succession of events over the past few days suggests that an outbreak…
Tillerson’s Asia Trip Could Signal the End US Soft Diplomacy
It was clear as soon as Rex Tillerson arrived in Tokyo late Wednesday that the new secretary of state’s first trip to Asia could turn out to be a mission impossible. In a six-day tour of three nations, the unproven…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Pointless Asian Summit
Let us consider the grist of the talks the U.S. president hosted at the presidential retreat in Maryland last week. This will not take long. My goodness. President Joe Biden and the press serving his regime pumped so much hot air into…