North Korea on HotAir

North Korea

Apr 2019

Bolton: Yes, we promised to pay North Korea $2 million for Otto Warmbier — but we didn’t pay it

Allahpundit Apr 28, 2019 2:01 PM

“So basically we signed the document fully intending not to honor it?”

Trump: No, I didn’t pay $2 million ransom for Warmbier

Ed Morrissey Apr 26, 2019 9:21 AM

“This is not the Obama administration…”

North Korea demanded $2 million to release comatose Otto Warmbier

John Sexton Apr 25, 2019 8:41 PM

“The Trump administration has not paid this bill…”

Kim and Putin say much about little

Jazz Shaw Apr 25, 2019 9:21 AM

Riding the escalator of bromance

Now Kim Jong-un is going to meet with Putin?

Jazz Shaw Apr 23, 2019 8:01 AM

A new twist to the story

Kim’s idea for a third summit with Trump is just garbage

Jazz Shaw Apr 13, 2019 10:01 AM

The dictator isn’t serious about reform

Mar 2019

Going south? North Korea pulls out of liaison office engagement after Hanoi Summit failure; Update: Trump rescinds new sanctions

Ed Morrissey Mar 22, 2019 2:01 PM

“Regrettable.”

North Korea to US: Change your “political calculation” or we’re back to testing nukes and missiles

Ed Morrissey Mar 15, 2019 10:41 AM

Bolton: Don’t look at me!

US to North Korea: We need to inspect that “space” launch site

Ed Morrissey Mar 08, 2019 2:01 PM

“For the first time, North Korean state media is acknowledging the failed summit in Vietnam…and blaming the U.S. “

Uh oh: Looks like Kim’s setting up for new missile launches

Ed Morrissey Mar 06, 2019 8:41 AM

Stalemate.

Gallup: Trump job approval on the economy reaches new high

Allahpundit Mar 05, 2019 1:31 PM

Jobs.

Bolton: When Trump said he takes Kim at his word on Otto Warmbier, all he meant is that that’s what Kim told him

Allahpundit Mar 04, 2019 8:01 PM

“It doesn’t mean that he accepts it as reality.”

Sunday morning talking heads

Allahpundit Mar 03, 2019 8:01 AM

Deterrence.

Trump clarifies: Of course I hold North Korea responsible for Otto Warmbier’s death

Allahpundit Mar 01, 2019 8:01 PM

Blame.

Feb 2019

The Trump-Kim summit Warmbier announcement was a bit much, no?

Jazz Shaw Feb 28, 2019 9:21 AM

Perhaps a bit early for fist bumping

No deal: Trump walks away from the table in Hanoi

Ed Morrissey Feb 28, 2019 8:01 AM

“Basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn’t do that.”

North Korea’s government is rooting for Trump even if Democrats aren’t

Jazz Shaw Feb 25, 2019 12:31 PM

Nothing ventured…

Trump: How do networks get away with Republican hit jobs like SNL without retribution?

Allahpundit Feb 17, 2019 2:01 PM

“This is the real Collusion!”

Jan 2019

Oh, great. Guess who’s violating North Korean sanctions now

Jazz Shaw Jan 23, 2019 4:31 PM

Shifting alliances on a diplomatic chess board

We’re still finding more undisclosed North Korean missile sites

Jazz Shaw Jan 21, 2019 10:41 AM

The fox offers a deal for the chicken coop

Hmm: North Korea envoy lands in Washington while “secret talks” take place in Stockholm

Ed Morrissey Jan 18, 2019 9:21 AM

Second summit or something more substantial?

Don’t underestimate China’s role in the next Trump-Kim summit

Jazz Shaw Jan 10, 2019 9:21 AM

The man behind the curtain

Defection: Where in the world is North Korea’s ambassador to Italy?

Ed Morrissey Jan 03, 2019 6:01 PM

Bluffing?

North Korea “ready” to denuclearize if Kim gets everything he wants

Jazz Shaw Jan 02, 2019 8:01 AM

Worst episode of Deal or No Deal ever

Dec 2018

North Korea: We’re not giving up our nukes unless U.S. troops leave the peninsula

John Sexton Dec 20, 2018 8:41 PM

“The United States must now recognize the accurate meaning of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula…”

Kim Jong-un evading oil sanctions even as he asks for more concessions

Jazz Shaw Dec 15, 2018 8:31 AM

To the surprise of nobody

North Korea expanding, not abandoning missile bases

Jazz Shaw Dec 06, 2018 8:01 AM

What’s the opposite of “progress” again?

For better or worse, the next Trump-Kim summit is looking like a reality

Jazz Shaw Dec 02, 2018 8:01 PM

A “good relationship” continues?

Nov 2018

North Korea blows up DMZ guard towers

Jazz Shaw Nov 24, 2018 10:01 AM

Are they getting serious?

Secret North Korean missile sites located?

Jazz Shaw Nov 13, 2018 10:41 AM

Is little Rocket Man back to his cheating ways?

By the way, the Koreas just dismantled 22 guard posts on the DMZ

Jazz Shaw Nov 11, 2018 6:31 PM

Their peace in our time?

Report: Sexual assault is so routine in North Korea that most victims never complain

John Sexton Nov 01, 2018 2:41 PM

“It happens so often nobody thinks it is a big deal.”

Oct 2018

South Korea lifting sanctions on the North?

Jazz Shaw Oct 10, 2018 4:31 PM

Jumping the gun a bit, aren’t we?

North Korea to Pope Francis: Come on down

Ed Morrissey Oct 09, 2018 8:01 PM

Huh?

North Korea state media: Damn, that was a good meeting with Pompeo

Ed Morrissey Oct 08, 2018 8:01 PM

Ready for inspectors?

North Korea-U.S. relations seem frozen while the two Koreas grow closer

Jazz Shaw Oct 01, 2018 10:41 AM

Kim still not ready to give before he gets

Sep 2018

ICYMI, the US-China trade war ramped up today

Ed Morrissey Sep 24, 2018 8:41 PM

“The trade war is now a reality.”

Iran is sounding a lot like North Korea did two years ago

Jazz Shaw Sep 22, 2018 2:31 PM

Echoes of Kim Jong-un

Call me, maybe? Kim wants second summit with Trump … says Moon

Ed Morrissey Sep 20, 2018 7:21 PM

“… to happen at the earliest convenience in order to speed up the denuclearization process.”

North Korea “ready” to denuclearize, if…

Jazz Shaw Sep 19, 2018 9:21 AM

Progress, but not of the sort we’d hoped

NBC: North Korea still producing — and hiding — nuclear weapons

Ed Morrissey Sep 10, 2018 10:01 AM

“There is nothing like good dialogue from two people who like each other!”

Moon: Kim willing to accept “stronger measures” on denuclearization

Ed Morrissey Sep 06, 2018 8:41 PM

Progress?

Aug 2018

Mattis warns Korea’s Kim maneuvers with the South are not suspended forever

Andrew Malcolm Aug 29, 2018 8:41 PM

ROK-US teamwork

Trump abruptly cancels Pompeo’s trip to North Korea

Karen Townsend Aug 26, 2018 3:31 PM

Blame China