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South Korea

Jan 2021

Iran seizes a South Korean oil tanker, announces plans to enrich uranium to 20%

John Sexton Jan 04, 2021 1:00 PM

“Israel will not allow Iran to produce nuclear weapons.”

Sep 2020

“Shoot on sight” orders at the Korean border with China

Jazz Shaw Sep 01, 2020 12:41 PM

Like a good neighbor, Kim Jong-un is there…

Jul 2020

South Korean study says children 10 and older transmit the virus at least as easily as adults

Allahpundit Jul 20, 2020 1:31 PM

School daze.

Jun 2020

Here we go again. Kim sending soldiers back to the Korean border

Jazz Shaw Jun 17, 2020 9:21 AM

Same old song and dance, but with landmines

Kim Jong-un’s sister is flexing her muscle

Jazz Shaw Jun 14, 2020 9:31 AM

It was nice while it lasted

May 2020

South Korea: Retested COVID-19 positives are actually great news

Ed Morrissey May 19, 2020 8:41 PM

“There is a lot of work ahead.”

Axios: Curiously, new COVID-19 cases in high-risk reopening states are … falling

Ed Morrissey May 13, 2020 2:01 PM

“It’s an encouraging early sign.”

Shots fired… on the Korean border

Jazz Shaw May 03, 2020 11:01 AM

Just what we needed

Apr 2020

Kim Jong-un talks! Sort of.

Taylor Millard Apr 26, 2020 5:01 PM

Issues “statement of appreciation” to workers.

South Korea to CNN, NBC: Sorry, Kim Jong-un isn’t gravely ill or brain dead

Ed Morrissey Apr 21, 2020 5:31 PM

Heard it through the grapevine?

Reuters: So. Korea to ship COVID-19 testing kits to U.S.

Karen Townsend Apr 13, 2020 11:01 AM

Adds to federal government’s supply

Fauci: We’re kinda-sorta mulling over issuing COVID-19 “certificates of immunity”

Ed Morrissey Apr 10, 2020 4:01 PM

“I think it might actually have some merit under certain circumstances.”

Hoo boy: South Korean study finds virus might be “reactivating” in some recovered patients

Allahpundit Apr 09, 2020 7:21 PM

“[A] patient during treatment will test negative one day and positive another.”

Mar 2020

Tucker Carlson: The feds are lying. We should be wearing masks.

Allahpundit Mar 31, 2020 11:31 AM

Cover up.

Merkel warns German parliament: As much as 60-70% of the population could contract coronavirus at some point

Allahpundit Mar 10, 2020 8:01 PM

What could go wrong?

Nov 2019

Uh oh: US walks out on South Korea talks over military cost-sharing

Ed Morrissey Nov 19, 2019 8:01 PM

And guess who’s swooping in to fill the vacuum?

Sep 2019

Report: North Korea is perfecting its missile arsenal as talks with Trump slog on

Allahpundit Sep 03, 2019 1:31 PM

Buying time.

Jul 2019

North Korea missile launches: Dear Leader’s temper tantrum?

Ed Morrissey Jul 31, 2019 9:21 AM

“This is what North Korea does when it’s angry.”

Jun 2019

Will Trump meet Kim at the DMZ?

Jazz Shaw Jun 29, 2019 11:31 AM

An “interesting” proposal

The Burning Sun scandal brings new meaning to Gangnam style

John Sexton Jun 24, 2019 10:01 PM

“Sexy beautiful women are prey.”

Apr 2019

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

Jazz Shaw Apr 23, 2019 8:01 AM

A new twist to the story

Maximum pressure: Trump to “bring Iran’s oil exports to zero” with sanctions re-imposition

Ed Morrissey Apr 22, 2019 10:01 AM

“Err on the side of caution — the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits.”

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.”

Feb 2019

Trump made the right call to walk out of Hanoi, says … Susan Rice

Ed Morrissey Feb 28, 2019 12:01 PM

South Korea, Japan: Whew.

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

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…”

Nov 2018

North Korea blows up DMZ guard towers

Jazz Shaw Nov 24, 2018 10:01 AM

Are they getting serious?

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?

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-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

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

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

Jun 2018

Russia and South Korea are cutting a deal with Kim Jong-un

Jazz Shaw Jun 24, 2018 12:31 PM

Now it’s the Everybody Loves Kim show

Did Trump do an about face on North Korea? Not really

Jazz Shaw Jun 23, 2018 11:31 AM

Sticking with the program… for now

Kim Jong-un plus China may equal trouble

Jazz Shaw Jun 21, 2018 9:21 AM

Too clever by half?

Pompeo: Sanctions only get lifted after complete, verifiable denuclearization

Ed Morrissey Jun 14, 2018 10:01 AM

“President Trump has been incredibly clear about the sequencing.”

The real winner from the Trump-Kim summit could be… South Korea

Jazz Shaw Jun 11, 2018 8:01 AM

The firing line

Set the date: Trump says June 12 summit is back on after meeting top North Korean official

Allahpundit Jun 01, 2018 4:01 PM

Getting to know you.

May 2018

That Kim-Moon meeting left a lot to be desired

Jazz Shaw May 27, 2018 9:31 AM

Positive, but oh so vague in critical areas

An unexpected North-South Korean summit

Jazz Shaw May 26, 2018 10:01 AM

A deal not as dead as we were told?

Trump on the summit: This is a tremendous setback for North Korea and the world

Allahpundit May 24, 2018 1:31 PM

“Nobody should be anxious. We have to get it right.”