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Twilight for the Kims? Time is not on their side
Oped, Kent Harrington, Published on 20/11/2021
» Nearly three years after his failed bromance with Donald Trump, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is once again angling for US attention. North Korea has tested a new, high-tech missile and hinted that it may agree to restart talks with South Korea, where President Moon Jae-in desperately wants to resuscitate his moribund outreach to the North. But if Mr Kim is expecting a positive reaction from US President Joe Biden, he shouldn't hold his breath. With issues like China and the rebuilding of US alliances topping Mr Biden's agenda, overtures to Mr Kim are unlikely.
Donald Trump is in denial about North Korea's nukes
News, Kent Harrington, Published on 24/07/2018
» No one yet knows what deals US President Donald Trump may have struck with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their private two-hour meeting in Helsinki. But it is already clear that Mr Trump's self-congratulations for striking a deal to "denuclearise" the Korean Peninsula during his Singapore summit with Kim Jong-un are ringing hollow.