Two years after the landmark Singapore summit, CSIS experts Dr. Victor Cha and Dr. Sue Mi Terry assess the accomplishments that have been made, prospects for denuclearization on the Korean peninsula, and where U.S.-North Korea relations might be headed.

The second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi was cut short abruptly without a signed joint statement. CSIS Korea experts Sue Mi Terry and Lisa Collins answer some critical questions on what this means in terms of the talks going forward.  

North Korea is the land of lousy options, and while the Singapore Summit’s outcome is not great, it is less bad than the path to war.

President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with Kim Jong-un in a breathtaking turn of events. The North Koreans have also reportedly agreed to complete denuclearization, and to refrain from missile and nuclear testing. The move is surprising, but questions remain.

This year’s meeting will be held between January 23 and 26 and has attracted extra attention with the attendance of Donald Trump, the first sitting U.S. president to attend Davos since 2000, and following on last year’s high-profile attendance by Chinese president...

President Donald Trump will host President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago on April 6–7. This will be the first opportunity for the two leaders to take the measure of the other in person and hopefully establish some sort of personal rapport. The White House has announced...

This week a political scandal involving Choi Soon-sil, a friend and personal adviser to President Park Geun-hye, has engulfed South Korean domestic politics. The concerns center around Choi, a private citizen, having been given access by Park to speeches, official documents,...