Tag: Denuclearization

• Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  North Korea could thrive as Vietnam, “and very quickly, if it would denuclearize,” Trump said

  

  US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet this Wednesday for their second summit, betting their personal relationship can break a stalemate over the North's nuclear weapons and end more than 70 years of hostility.

• Saturday, June 16th 2018 - 11:22 UTC

  Denuclearization or mutual deterrence in the Korean peninsula?

  

  If the Singapore meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un had been a zero-sum game, then Trump definitely lost. But maybe it wasn't. Kim got a meeting with Trump on terms of strict equality right down to the number of flags on display, which is a huge boost for his regime's claim to legitimacy.

• Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Pompeo sets terms of Trump/Kim accord: no lifting of sanctions until complete denuclearization

  

  North Korea will not see any economic sanctions lifted until it has demonstrated “complete denuclearisation”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pompeo was speaking at a press conference in Seoul with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts.