North Korea & Kim Jong Un News

The U.S.-North Korea summit is under way. We hear from The Heritage Foundation’s Olivia Enos, who’s on site for the summit in Vietnam. Listen to the interview in the podcast or read the transcript below. Plus: The Methodists, which are America’s third-largest religious body, just reaffirmed their opposition to same-sex marriage. Mark Tooley, president of the…

Since the first U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, there has been no progress on North Korean denuclearization. And there has been no reduction in the North Korean nuclear, biological, and chemical weapon threat to the United States and its allies. Rather than denuclearizing, the regime instead continues to nuclearize with new capabilities at an accelerated…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump are now meeting in Vietnam. Going into his second summit with Kim, Trump has stated his primary objective is progress on North Korean denuclearization. But what is denuclearization? For instance, some say denuclearization includes ballistic missiles, U.S. presence on the Korean Peninsula, or even human rights. …

Some of the world’s worst human rights violations take place in North Korea. Estimates say between 80,000 and 120,000 individuals are inhumanely detained in North Korea’s six known, operational political prison camps. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry report on human rights revealed that the North Korean regime regularly committed crimes against humanity, including extermination, murder,…

This is a lightly edited transcript of a conversation on the June 12 edition of The Daily Signal podcast.  Daniel Davis: Well, it’s been all over the news this week. President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Kim Jong Un finally went down. Here to give analysis is Bruce Klingner, someone who’s also been all over the…

The Heritage Foundation’s Bruce Klingner joins us to discuss whether the U.S. got enough in the summit with North Korea, as well as what could (and should) happen next. Plus: A college professor is calling for the hating of all men.

The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week. This week, we’re breaking down the top 10 moments during President Donald Trump’s lively presser before he departed for the G-7 summit in Canada on Friday. From presidential pardons to the NFL, to Russia, to North Korea, to freedom…

While North Korea remains unpredictable, lawmakers and foreign policy experts see a narrow way forward after President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled a planned summit with dictator Kim Jong Un. The summit was set for June 12 in Singapore, but Kim for weeks had threatened to cancel it, and more recently a North Korean official…

Three Americans returned to the United States early Thursday morning after at least a year in captivity in North Korea, and when they arrived, the president, accompanied by the first lady and the vice president, was there to welcome the tired men home. North Korea released Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Kim Sang Duk (Tony…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s second trip to Pyongyang was remarkably productive. Not only did he nail down a date and location for the highly anticipated U.S.-North Korea summit, he also managed to secure the release of three American hostages. Joining Pompeo on the flight back to D.C. were Kim Dong Chul, Tony Kim, and…

Walking away from the Iran nuclear deal as a major deadline for a decision looms next week could strengthen President Donald Trump’s hand in negotiating with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, foreign policy experts say. Trump announced Friday “we have a time and a place” settled on for the talks with North Korea, but…

President Donald Trump, without saying he would pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, said Monday that he is open to signing a better agreement with the Islamist regime. “That doesn’t mean we won’t negotiate a real agreement,” @realDonaldTrump says. Commenting after Israel accused Iran of cheating on the deal, Trump also rejected the premise…

President Donald Trump said he has the responsibility to do what his predecessors failed to do—bring peace to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. Trump talked about numerous issues with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint press conference Friday at the White House a day after the historic meeting between North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un…

Welcome news from North Korea—it used to be a rarity. But Pyongyang’s announcement that it will stop nuclear tests, intercontinental ballistic missile launches, and close a nuclear test site is just the latest in a rapid-fire series of unexpected developments on the Korean Peninsula this year. The regime’s statement raises hopes that recent diplomatic initiatives…

Will the expected talks between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in May go anywhere? The Heritage Foundation’s Bruce Klingner joins us to discuss, as well as share what he’s learned in the over two decades he’s focused on North Korea. Plus: We discuss the irony of Eminem’s ripping on the NRA,…

The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week— many of which went misreported by the mainstream media and some of which weren’t reported at all. This week, the media has fixated on President Donald Trump’s historic decision to talk to North Korea. The Trump administration is fighting…

Diplomatic breakthrough or merely a promise to return to square one? It depends on your perspective. After meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a senior member of the South Korean delegation announced Pyongyang had “clearly expressed its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.” The North also agreed to a moratorium on any further…