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Eric Talmadge
People watch a TV showing a news program reporting North Korea's missile launch, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 5, 2019 (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
May 6, 2019, 5:30 pm
North Korea tests new missile — and Trump’s resolve
Saturday’s test suggests that Kim’s missiles are improving even as the US wrestles with how to get him back to the negotiating table
By Eric Talmadge
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) welcomes North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 25, 2019. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
April 25, 2019, 6:06 pm
Putin after meeting Kim: N. Korea ready to denuclearize if it gets guarantees
Russian leader says Kim Jong Un prepared to give up nukes but wants concrete reassurances of safety, is willing to share summit details with Trump
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Eric Talmadge
In this file photo taken on June 11, 2018, North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un, right, walks with US President Donald Trump, left, during a break in talks at their summit meeting on Sentosa island in Singapore. (AFP /Saul Loeb)
September 19, 2018, 7:39 pm
Kim agrees to dismantle nuke site if US takes steps too; Trump hails progress
At summit with South Korean counterpart, North Korean leader offers to take down main nuclear complex if the United States takes unspecified corresponding measures
By Eric Talmadge and Foster Klug
In this image made from video released by KRT on June 14, 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, walks with US President Donald Trump during their summit in Singapore, June 12, 2018. (KRT via AP Video)
June 14, 2018, 10:35 pm
After summit, North Korea shifts tone to saluting ‘supreme leader’ Trump
In first state TV report on Singapore summit, Pyongyang expresses extraordinary respect for US president, though Kim still the star of the show
By Eric Talmadge
A woman walks by a huge screen showing US President Donald Trump, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Tokyo, Friday, March 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
June 10, 2018, 2:23 pm
Is it serious? What to look for at US-North Korea summit
Trump and Kim have incentives to declare success no matter what happens in Singapore, but achieving real progress will be much tougher and will take time
By Eric Talmadge
In this photo taken on February 9, 2018 US Vice President Mike Pence (R) and North Korea's Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Pyeongchang Stadium. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)
May 24, 2018, 10:28 am
North Korea slams Pence’s ‘stupid’ remarks, renews threat to quit summit
Pyongyang outraged by US VP saying it could end up like Libya if it doesn’t denuclearize: ‘We can make the US taste an appalling tragedy’
By Eric Talmadge
A man watches a television screen showing US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, August 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
January 16, 2018, 3:43 pm
North Korea belittles Trump’s ‘nuclear button’
Ruling party newspaper calls US president’s claim he has a bigger apparatus than Kim Jong Un the ‘spasm of a lunatic’
By Eric Talmadge
This November 29, 2017, image provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, third from left, and what the North Korean government calls the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
November 30, 2017, 9:18 am
What North Korean photos say about new ballistic missile
Experts examine images, conclude ICBM is bigger, more advanced and harder to destroy, but may not reach beyond US West Coast
By Eric Talmadge
A man watches a television screen showing US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, August 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
September 11, 2017, 9:05 am
North Korea warns ‘thirsty beast’ US of harsh response to any new sanctions
US, China readying fresh restrictions, possibly targeting oil imports, to punish Pyongyang for ongoing nuclear, missile programs
By Eric Talmadge
South Korean officials watch news broadcasts showing North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un, at the Korea Meteorological Administration in Seoul on September 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
September 7, 2017, 6:53 am
The art of dealing with it: US not out of options on North Korea
From getting MAD to taking control or talking with Pyongyang, experts say there are ways the US can manage the nuclear crisis without going to war
By Eric Talmadge
US President Donald Trump leaves after attending services at St. John's Church in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 3, 2017, 9:48 pm
Asked if he’ll attack North Korea, Trump says, ‘We’ll see’
After Pyongyang claims ‘perfect success’ in its most powerful nuclear test yet, US president threatens to stop all trade with regime’s partners
By Catherine Lucey, Robert Burns and Eric Talmadge
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press on August 11, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster,New Jersey (AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON)
August 11, 2017, 11:16 pm
Trump: N. Korea ‘will regret it fast’ if it acts against US and allies
Germany, Russia express concern over escalating rhetoric between Washington and Pyongyang, call for cooler heads to prevail
By Jonathan Lemire and Eric Talmadge
US President Donald Trump speaks during a security briefing on August 10, 2017, at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
August 11, 2017, 4:20 pm
Trump warns US ‘locked and loaded’ to respond to North Korean threat
As tensions mount, Pyongyang finalizes plans to launch missile salvo towards US territory of Guam while Washington and Seoul prepare major military drill
By Eric Talmadge
A South Korean soldier walks past a television screen showing a graphic of the distance between North Korea and Guam at a railway station in Seoul on August 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
August 10, 2017, 2:20 pm
North Korea details plan to fire missile salvo toward Guam
Pyongyang unveils specific plans to launch attack on US territory, raising stakes in a standoff with Trump
By Eric Talmadge
A man walks by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
July 28, 2017, 9:36 pm
North Korea test-fires second ballistic missile, lands in sea off Japan
Launch is ‘a serious and real threat,’ says Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; US expert says missile can reach Alaska
By Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi
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