What Led Up to Trump’s Cancellation of the U.S.-North Korea Summit?

by ZoominKorea | May 27, 2018 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations

This week, Donald Trump canceled what would have been a historic summit between North Korea and United States. This is a look at the sequence of events that led up to his unilateral decision: April 29 — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton appeared on CBS’...

4 Reasons Trump Will Pledge Peace in Korea

by ZoominKorea | May 23, 2018 | Analysis, Audio/Video, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Special Features, Trump, US-DPRK

This post was originally published in The Peace Report. Would Trump try to promote real peace on the Korean Peninsula? Here’s four reasons why Trump will pledge for peace on the Korean Peninsula.   This video was produced by The Peace Report with contributions by...

For a Peaceful Spring on the Korean Peninsula: Congress and Senate have a critical role

by ZoominKorea | Mar 19, 2018 | Analysis, DPRK, Peace and Militarism, Trump

This article was originally published in The Hill. By Kim Jong-hoon When President Trump visited South Korea in November 2017 and addressed the National Assembly, I stood and held up a sign that read, “No war; We Want Peace.” Although he was an honored guest of the...

[Audio] Towards Normalization: Experts and scholars make sense of Trump agreeing to talks with DPRK

by ZoominKorea | Mar 12, 2018 | Analysis, Audio/Video, DPRK, Interviews, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Trump

Korea experts and scholars joined Sputnik Radio‘s Loud & Clear for a two-part discussion about last week’s stunning news of Trump accepting North Korea’s invitation to hold a summit meeting with Chairman Kim Jong-un in May of this year. In part...

The Winter Olympics Offers a Glimpse of Peace for Korea

by ZoominKorea | Feb 2, 2018 | Analysis, DPRK, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-ROK Alliance

This article was originally published in The Nation. By Tim Shorrock On February 9, in a scenario that would have been unimaginable to most Americans a month ago, North and South Korean athletes will march into the opening ceremonies of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic...

North and South Discuss Olympic Cooperation | U.S. Considers “Limited Strike” on N Korea

by ZoominKorea | Jan 11, 2018 | N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-ROK Alliance

On January 9, high-level officials from North and South Korea met to discuss the North’s participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February. The inter-Korean meeting was held in the village of Panmunjom at the border of the divided...