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  1. games
    How Do You Watch the Olympics in the Shadow of Nuclear Apocalypse?If you thought Putin’s 2014 Games were scary, wait until you put an Olympic Games less than 50 miles from the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
    By Will Leitch
  2. foreign policy
    Trump Team Mulls Giving North Korea ‘Bloody Nose,’ Betting Kim Won’t RetaliateTop officials are reportedly considering whether the U.S. could launch a limited strike on Kim Jong-un’s regime without starting a war.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. politics
    Trump on Russia Investigation: I Do Things ‘100 Percent Proper’The president weighed in on that and several other topics during an impromptu press availability on Saturday.
    By Chas Danner
  4. White House Officials Are Afraid of Trump’s ‘Nuclear Button’Thus far, Trump has allowed his advisers to overrule his worst instincts. But “the adults” are losing influence — and the “Button” is in his hands.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. foreign policy
    Trump’s Tweet Won’t Start Nuclear War — But the Real Danger Is Still TerrifyingWe’re about to see what happens when a powerful country loses credibility so rapidly it doesn’t know it’s gone.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  6. foreign affairs
    North Korea Reopens Hotline to South: Breakthrough or Another Ploy?Reestablishing communication could help ease tensions, or drive a wedge between the U.S. and South Korea.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. foreign policy
    8 Takeaways From Trump’s Tweet Bragging About the Size of His ‘Nuclear Button’Aside from the horror of the president threatening nuclear war on Twitter.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. foreign affairs
    What Kim Jong-un’s Mixed Messages Reveal About His 2018 StrategyIn his New Year’s Day address, the dictator offered an olive branch to South Korea, and threatened the West with a “nuclear button.”
    By Jonah Shepp
  9. South Korea Is Hoping to Avert Nuclear Catastrophe Until After the 2018 OlympicsThe government in Seoul is asking the U.S. to delay joint military exercises so North Korea isn’t provoked.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. U.S. Accuses North Korea of Instigating Vast Cyberattack“We do not make this allegation lightly, and we are not alone with our findings, either.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  11. North Korea and Iran Are Footnotes in Trump’s National Security SpeechMaybe we can get through the holidays without a preemptive war.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Trump Might Fire His Top Diplomat for Always Pushing DiplomacyRex Tillerson keeps publicly calling for talks with North Korea, free of any preconditions. Trump’s generals would prefer war.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. Graham: 70 Percent Chance of War With North Korea If It Tests More NukesThe hawkish South Carolinian is credibly terrifying in describing Trump’s intentions if North Korea keeps being North Korea.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. North Korea May Also Be Developing Submarine Missiles and Biological WeaponsNew reports highlight that nuclear weapons are just one of several threats posed by Kim Jong-un’s regime.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. politics
    For Nikki Haley, Dealing With Foreign Tyrants Is the Easy Part of the JobHow the U.N. ambassador handles her boss with great diplomacy.
    By Andrew Rice
  16. a problem like korea
    7 Big Questions About North Korea’s Latest — and Longest — Missile TestSome quick calculations suggest it could have hit New York City. Worried yet?
    By Heather Hurlburt
  17. Teacher! Teacher! Don and Chuck and Nancy Are Fighting Again!Dangerously near the date when a stopgap spending agreement expires, Trump and congressional Democratic leaders are feuding and shifting blame.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. North Korea Fires First Missile Since SeptemberIt’s probably just a matter of time before President Trump replies with an ill-considered threat.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. Trump ‘Sentenced to Death’ by North Korea for Making Fun of Kim Jong-unAn editorial in state-run media called Trump an “old lunatic, mean trickster and human reject.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. In South Korea, Trump Warns the North: ‘Don’t Try Us’After previously appearing to write it off, Trump also suggested diplomacy to solve tensions with Pyongyang.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  21. a problem like korea
    The Real Things Team Trump Is Trying to Accomplish in AsiaBehind the cheesy photo ops and terrifying tweets.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  22. North Korea’s Only Nuclear-Test Site Is Suffering From ‘Tired Mountain Syndrome’Despite the risks associated with the exhaustion, Pyongyang is unlikely to give the site a break.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  23. select all
    North Korea’s Most Powerful Weapon Is Its Cyber ApparatusSure, nukes are flashier, but that’s not all you have to worry about.
    By Brian Feldman
  24. What It’s Like to Escape From North KoreaFive defectors on growing up under the Kim regime, and what the U.S. gets wrong about Pyongyang.
    By Jen Kirby
  25. foreign policy
    Trump Continues to Tease a War With North KoreaThe president clearly wants to keep everyone guessing, but what if Pyongyang guesses wrong?
    By Chas Danner
  26. Trump Teases That He’s About to Launch a Major War (Again)Trump assures Americans that they will soon “find out” why he said “it’s the calm before the storm” while posing with military officials last night.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. congrats
    Is the Nobel Committee Trying to Send Trump a Message?A nuclear-disarmament group, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, is the surprise Peace Prize recipient this year.
    By Jen Kirby
  28. select all
    What It Takes to Get Accepted Into an Elite Apocalypse BunkerIt’s boom times for the bomb-shelter business in Silicon Valley. But you better be able to write a good application essay.
    By Lauren Smiley
  29. foreign policy
    Playing ‘Good Cop, Crazy Cop’ Won’t Work With North KoreaTrump can’t out-crazy crazy, especially if the U.S. has lost its diplomatic credibility.
    By Chas Danner
  30. foreign policy
    Trump Administration Trying Direct Diplomacy With North Korea to Defuse CrisisIt’s already not going very well.
    By Chas Danner
  31. a problem like korea
    Wait, Are We at War With North Korea Now?Kim Jong Un’s foreign minister said so in no uncertain terms. What now?
    By Heather Hurlburt
  32. Get Ready for More Court Battles Over Trump’s New, Broader Travel BanJust as SCOTUS prepared to consider the original version, the president has issued a new ban that raises some of the same old issues.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. nuclear war
    North Korea Says Trump’s ‘Rocket Man’ Insult Makes Attack on U.S. ‘Inevitable’The crisis over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions is clearly getting worse, not better.
    By Chas Danner
  34. The Vaping Congressman Pushes for ‘Preemptive Strike’ on North KoreaMeanwhile, Kim Jong-un and President Trump trade insults.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. Trump Announces New North Korea Sanctions, Wants ‘Complete Denuclearization’The move will “cut off sources of revenue that fund North Korea’s efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind,” Trump said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. President Trump Threatens to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea in U.N. SpeechOnce again, he called Kim Jong-un “Rocket Man.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  37. foreign policy
    North Korea’s Latest Missile Launch Shows the Limits of SanctionsThe message Pyongyang is sending by firing another ballistic missile over Japan: Sanctions might hurt us, but they won’t stop us.
    By Jonah Shepp
  38. North Korea Reportedly Fires Another Missile Over JapanIt comes soon after the United Nations imposed tougher sanctions on North Korea following its nuclear test on September 3.
    By Jen Kirby
  39. Dennis Rodman Offers to ‘Straighten Things Out’ Between Trump and Kim Jong-unThe Worm claims both leaders as friends, even if Trump is “a little bit crazy sometimes.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  40. A Brief History of North Korea in 3 Minutes▶️ A condensed history of the troubled nation, from the Japanese annexation in 1910 to present day.
    By Granger Willson
  41. Amid Rising Tensions, Trump Announces New Weapon Sales to South KoreaSouth Korea is adoping a more offensive posture to match its neighbor’s.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. The Trump Doctrine Falls FlatIt holds that the U.S. is the most powerful country, and every interaction should favor us. North Korea begs to differ.
    By Jonah Shepp
  43. Haley: North Korea ‘Begging for War’But she’s still looking for a diplomatic solution.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. scary things
    Trump Says U.S. Could Cut Off Trade With China After North Korean Nuclear TestFor the first time, the country has tested a bomb that exceeds the destructive power of the ones dropped on Japan during World War II.
    By Chas Danner
  45. foreign policy
    Why North Korea’s Nuclear Test Should Unnerve and Embarrass TrumpThe dangerous escalation proves that the U.S. and its regional allies must put existential questions ahead of political ones.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  46. Tremor in North Korea Raises Fears of a 6th Nuclear TestIt would be the third since Trump’s election.
    By Ezekiel Kweku
  47. foreign policy
    North Korea and the U.S. Remain Trapped in a Cycle of ProvocationsEndless saber-rattling can only end in disaster, but it’s not clear that Trump is interested in de-escalation or diplomacy.
    By Jonah Shepp
  48. North Korea: Missile Launch Was a ‘Prelude’ to a Guam AttackPresident Trump responded to the threat by saying the era of diplomacy with North Korea is over.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. a problem like korea
    Why Kim Jong-un Is Keeping Tensions High With TrumpEven as the U.S. president has been ratcheting down his rhetoric.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  50. North Korea Launches Missile Over JapanThe Japanese government has issued an emergency warning, calling on residents in northeast Japan to seek shelter.
    By Eric Levitz
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