China Has Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea
China has expanded high-level talks and broader cooperation with Pyongyang as Xi again skips denuclearization, even after a 2026 summit and follow-up visit.
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Kim’s Arithmetic: Why North Korea Is Building Toward 300-500 Nuclear Warheads
North Korea has roughly 60 nuclear weapons and Kim Jong-un keeps demanding an exponential increase. Bruce Bennett works the problem backward, from Kim's objectives to his targets to the arithmetic of replacement, and arrives at a number the United States and its allies should not allow him to reach.
North Korea Absent from ASEAN Forum for Two Consecutive Years... Distancing from Multilateralism while Closer to China and Russia. North Korea did not attend the ASEAN Regional Security Forum (ARF) held in Manila, Philippines, on the 23rd (local time) for the second consecutive year. Analysis suggests that North Korea is continuing its policy of focusing on bilateral diplomacy with China and Russia rather than multilateral diplomacy such as the …
(Manila=Yonhap News) Reporter Min Seon-hee = North Korea has not appeared at the ASEAN Regional Security Forum (ARF), the only regional multilateral security consultative body it has participated in, for two consecutive years...
China Has Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea
Xi Jinping has made a consequential strategic choice. Faced with Kim Jong Un’s growing partnership with Vladimir Putin, Xi is rebuilding Chinese political and economic support for North Korea and abandoning the pretense that Beijing is seriously pursuing its denuclearization. The result will not be a more restrained Kim. It will be a more dangerous one. China’s Xi Jinping. Image Credit: Creative Commons. Kim is now positioned to draw military as…
Countries Visited by North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un’s Global Travel Footprint in 2025 1. China — The Supreme Leader’s Most Frequent Destination Kim Jong Un has maintained a strong diplomatic relationship with China, marking a total of four visits in 2025. These trips underscore Beijing’s strategic alliance with Pyongyang, often centered around economic cooperation and regional security issues. During his […] The post Countries Visited by North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong Un appeared first…
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