A new study released yesterday by Beyond Parallel, a program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, found that North Korea is continuing to build out it's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. It identified 16 hidden bases from which North Korea could launch missiles with either conventional or nuclear warheads. Their report also noted that Kim Jong-un's regime is continuing to improve these sites. This new study is another embarrassment for Presiden

There is more evidence today that President Kim Jong Un has no intention to dismantle N. Korea's nuclear weapons program. As we have said before in these pages, Kim and N. Korea's leadership view those weapons as their most effective deterrence to US intervention. But their nuclear stockpile is also their primary bargaining chip. They would agree to reduce or "freeze" their program in return for a substantial reduction in sanctions and economic assistance. That remains their

The president got carried away with the pageantry of his "historic" summit. and saluted a member of the North Korean military. This has become a sideshow of the real event. But here is the sideshow. Shining a light on the results of the meeting of the two leaders, there's nothing to shine a light on. If it had a sideshow, then it had to be a circus - the surreal carnival that is the Trump presidency. #Kim #NorthKorea #InternationalRelations

In a rather startling declaration from president Trump, we learn that he considers any nuclear threat from North Korea to have been neutralized. Can we all please know exactly on what he is basing this bizarre claim? A rundown from the "fake news" of the New York Times. Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times #InternationalRelations #NorthKorea #Trump

"Trump Makes the World Safer" (or not). Let's read what was achieved through the president's "lifetime of preparation" for this moment. CNBC brings us the details of this historic agreement. #NorthKorea #politics #InternationalRelations

The June 12, 2018 summit between president Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jun Un has been preceded by some odd communications between the two, and more than one "pre-meeting" meeting involving everyone but the two leaders. But we really can't tell if any real experienced diplomatic negotiators have been present. In fact, the president will probably NOT bring in others who have done such work. Just how prepared is Trump for what he's about to walk into? Scott Horsley fro