Many have been commenting on the fraternal rhetoric China showered on the DPRK during the recent successful visit of Kim Jong-un to Beijing. During a meeting between the leaders of two countries whose Communist and Juche systems are related due to their shared Marxist foundations, there was great talk of […]
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DPRK Leader Kim Jong-un Will Meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in on 27 April
After returning from China where he had a successful meeting with President Xi Jinping, the DPRK’s head of state Kim Jong-un is set to hold his first face-to-face meeting with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in. This will be only the third time in history where heads of state from […]
Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un Make History in Beijing
DPRK (North Korea) Leader Kim Jong-un has concluded a three day visit to China where he held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of The People. This was Kim Jong-un’s first visit abroad since becoming his nation’s head of state in 2011. Comparing Socialism With Chinese […]
Is Japanese Premier Proposing Kim Jong-un Summit to Distract From Domestic Scandals?
Long serving Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is currently embroiled in a cronyism scandal involving selling government land to the Moritomo Gakuen school for a price discounted well below market value. Making matters worse, the Prime Minister’s wife Akie Abe was the honorary principal of the school who has subsequently resigned since the […]
The Philippines Should Host the Kim Jong-un/Donald Trump Summit and Make Washington and Beijing Pay For It
At the moment, one of the biggest obstacles in finalising a peace summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, is selecting a location that is considered politically neutral and geographically reasonable. This means that it will likely not be held on the Korean peninsula, nor on the soil of any […]
If Trump and Kim Can Speak - So Too Can Al-Assad and Erdogan
When it comes to both a national rivalry and a personal rivalry, the one which sprung up between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump is difficult to match. While threats of war went back and forth, so do did personal insults. While Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in, Dennis Rodman: The Unlikely Peace Quartet That Worked
The announcement that Kim Jong-un has invited Donald Trump for a personal meeting and denuclearisation is now a mutual goal, has caught many by surprise. This is after all the same Kim Jong-in who in an official statement called Trump a “mentally deranged dotard” who would be tamed “with fire”, while […]
