North Korea

Launching a hypersonic weapon in Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP/CP)

Canada’s hesitancy on military defence is leaving us vulnerable

Paul Wells: NORAD says the threats are higher than they’ve been in decades and action is needed now. Good luck getting Canada on board.

Why it’s crucial that Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un get along

Opinion: While much was made over Trump and Kim’s sometimes awkward chumminess at their summit, that will be important if peace is to endure

North Korea, the Stanley Cup—so much winning in Washington

Allen Abel takes in the most joyous march on Washington in a quarter-century, while the U.S. president was making history of another kind in Singapore

Trump on trusting North Korea, human rights, war dead, sanctions and war games — Full transcript

President Donald Trump gave remarks and took questions following his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Why cancelling the U.S.-North Korea summit may have been the right call

Opinion: If America wasn’t prepared for the high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, perhaps its collapse was the best-case scenario

Donald Trump’s diplomacy: mad genius or dumb luck?

Scott Gilmore: The simplest explanation is that Trump is merely bumbling through the corridors of global power, but among all the missteps there have inevitably been fortunate landings

Farewell to Rex Tillerson, Chrystia Freeland’s man in Washington

Rex Tillerson’s firing as U.S. secretary of state is a heavy blow for Canada’s foreign minister, who worked in step with him on North Korea and Russia

After a period of high anxiety, it’s time for patience on North Korea

Opinion: There’s optimism around the Korean crisis—but we need a coherent, long-term strategy for diplomacy and engagement with North Korea

Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik

The North Korean figure skaters have a Canadian connection

Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik spent last summer in Montreal training with Team Canada coach Bruno Marcotte

Why women should rule the world

Martin Amis on nuclear war, the difference between Brexit and Trump, and why all writers really do think about posterity

An Olympic miracle: Is Korean reunification in the cards?

On the eve of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Allen Abel sets out across South Korea in search of a resolution to its decades-long estrangement from the North

China the winner after pointless Canada-U.S. meeting on North Korea

For Canada, the main legacy of the forum for peace on the Korean Peninsula may be increasingly thorny relations with the world’s emerging superpower