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## Kim Jong Un


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Jul 8, 2019  
## [Trump Has Been Unrealistic About His Talks With North Korea. Here's Why We Shouldn't Dismiss the Meetings Altogether](https://time.com/5622347/ending-korean-war-dmz/)  
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## [This Korean War Veteran's Remains Were Lost for Nearly 70 Years. Here's How Cutting-Edge Science Brought Him Home](https://time.com/5536281/korean-war-remains-hoover-jones/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
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Jun 15, 2018  
## [Trump Wants People to 'Sit Up at Attention' Like They Do for Kim Jong Un](https://time.com/5313452/donald-trump-sit-up-north-korea-kim-jong-un-fox-friends/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
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* ![U.S. President Trump Meets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un During Landmark Summit In Singapore](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a5ab8b43b43ad2e/698933070a4a22edca9d2f5a/gettyimages-971757646.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2018  
## [This Is What Trump’s Impulsive Diplomacy Looks Like](https://time.com/5311983/donald-trump-north-korea-diplomacy/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Brian Bennett
* ![Kim Trump depart signing at Singapore Summit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda64cbdef77192e1/698932febc6cfc696d3e6363/kim-trump-singapore-summitt-depart-signing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2018  
## [Kim Jong Un Is Showing the World Just How Much Power He Has](https://time.com/5311966/the-machiavellian-mr-kim/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell  
* ![North Korean Defectors In South Rally Against North Korea And Return of Recent Defectors](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c5a3115a1cadd7a/69893121096a94737d6a27dc/gettyimages-959986122.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 13, 2018  
## [Why the People of North Korea are the Real Solution to the Nuclear Problem](https://time.com/5310834/solution-north-korea-people-defectors/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
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* ![South Korea And US Air Forces Continues Largest Scale Air Combat Drill](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt702149b54722b059/698932eebc6cfc7d6b3e6347/gettyimages-886721254.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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## [Ending War Games With South Korea Is the Best Thing to Come Out of the Summit So Far](https://time.com/5310800/beatrice-fihn-ican-war-games-korea/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
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Jun 12, 2018  
## [The North Korea Summit Gave Trump a Genuine Victory. But China May Benefit Most](https://time.com/5310082/trump-kim-summit-singapore-china-victory/)  
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## [Lawmakers Are Hesitant to Judge the North Korea Summit Yet](https://time.com/5310064/north-korea-summit-donald-trump-kim-jong-un-congress-reaction/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
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Jun 12, 2018  
## [How Trump Successfully Cleaned Up North Korea's Brand](https://time.com/5309862/trump-kim-north-korea-brand/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
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* ![TOPSHOT-SINGAPORE-US-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt198bc85ff0a01845/698932e00a4a2231ae9d2f25/gettyimages-971886374.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 12, 2018  
## [There's a Good Reason Sylvester Stallone Has a Cameo in That North Korea Film](https://time.com/5309975/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-sylvester-stallone/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
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Jun 12, 2018  
## [Trump and Kim Each Got a Win from the Summit. But Did the World?](https://time.com/5309556/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea-summit-reality/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Brian Bennett
* ![Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport as he leaves for North Korea's Pyongyang in Beijing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt762947f4e626d92b/6988d18f196cf4474504094b/rts16x8f.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2018  
## [Dennis Rodman Came to the Trump-Kim Summit for More 'Basketball Diplomacy'](https://time.com/5308548/north-korea-summit-dennis-rodman/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
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Jun 7, 2018  
## [Victor Cha on What to Expect from the Trump-Kim Summit](https://time.com/5304207/victor-cha-north-korea-summit/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![SKOREA-NKorea-US-diplomacy-nuclear](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc42f756334a72fa/6989314b86f68e4bd36e940e/gettyimages-958991280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 4, 2018  
## [How the Trump-Kim Summit Could Be a Game Changer for Syria](https://time.com/5288819/north-korea-weapons-program-syria/)  
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