Christy Lee

Dispute over Japan's restrictions on high-tech materials essential for South Korean TVs, memory chips and smartphones also threatens regional stability 

DMZ gesture 'will only have significance if it succeeds in starting detailed negotiations that have eluded both sides' since talks began in Singapore

For both leaders, 'perpetuating the illusion of denuclearization' meets domestic political, policy needs even as their definitions of denuclearization remain divergent

While Xi may deliver a message from Kim to Trump at G-20, there are few signs that North Korea has changed its stance since the Hanoi summit

Lack of information sharing, coordination hampering current sanctions enforcement, experts say, but a multilateral coalition could be opposed or weakened by China and Russia “given their interests in continuing to evade sanctions” 

Ham Ji-ha contributed to this report. WASHINGTON -- A vessel loaded with $3 million worth of North Korean coal is now floating off Vietnam's coast

Kim Dong-hyun of the VOA Korean Service contributed to this report.WASHINGTON — South Korea should integrate its missile defense system with that of

By all accounts, North Korea’s cash-strapped economy is flagging under crippling international sanctions and the slowdown means the traditional elite

VOA's Indonesian service contributed to this report, which originated in VOA's Korean service.Indonesia has released seized North Korean coal in

North Korea might begin turning away from South Korean President Moon Jae-in after he failed to secure sanctions relief from U.S.