North Korea’s 1-month suspension of China tourism raises speculation
Geostrategy-Direct Has a possible visit to North Korea by Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping or plans for a military parade led to the suspension of China tourism to the (more…)
North Korea’s singular snub of Japan seen orchestrated by China
Geostrategy-Direct Japan is the most snubbed country in the latest blitz of international dramas on the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-Un seems particularly contemptuous (more…)
Singapore Summit – II: Trump delegates rebuilding of N. Korea to regional powers
Geostrategy-Direct The following is excerpted from a July 3 analysis by Yossef Bodansky, senior editor of GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. It seemed everybody was ready to placate Kim Jong-Un (more…)
Declassified CIA images shed light on early period of N. Korean nuclear program
Geostrategy-Direct Newly declassified satellite imagery from the CIA shows the progress North Korea made in the initial stages of its nuclear program in the 1960s. The images “give us (more…)
The Singapore Summit in retrospect: Part I
Geostrategy-Direct If North Korea’s vow of denuclearization is ever to be realistic, it is contingent upon Kim Jong-Un’s trust in U.S. President Donald Trump, an analyst said. “In retrospect, (more…)
Kim’s comments on North Korean economy said to have impressed Trump
Geostrategy-Direct Kim Jong-Un’s vision of a new model for North Korea’s economy was well-received by U.S. President Donald Trump, a former South Korean unification minister said. In meetings with (more…)
U.S. readies N. Korea for timeline; Mattis in China ‘to do a lot of listening’
Geostrategy-Direct The United States plans to gauge North Kora’s level of commitment after the summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un by presenting to the North a timeline (more…)
Summit confuses Pyongyang elites; China seek to split U.S.-Japan alliance
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore has disrupted business as usual in Pyongyang, Tokyo and Beijing. Relatively elite Pyongyang residents of North Korea are better informed than most (more…)
Two men played quiet, key role in setting stage for Trump-Kim summit
Geostrategy-Direct Former CIA official Andrew Kim and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a former CIA director, were called “the connective tissue” that led to the historic summit in Singapore (more…)