Trump-Kim summit: Opinion

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un (right) walks with US President Donald Trump during a break in talks at their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12. Trump and Kim became the first sitting US and North Korean leaders to meet to negotiate an end to the decades-old nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula. Photo: AFP

How Trump is furthering Kim Jong-un’s dream of domination

Donald Trump has raised false of hopes of Korean reunification but Kim Jong-un’s agenda cannot coincide with democracy.

28 Jun 2018 - 8:11pm 4

US President Donald Trump speaks at the swearing-in ceremony for the new CIA director at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, on May 21. Trump’s propensity to rapidly change his position on any issue keeps his opponents on their toes. Photo: Reuters

How Trump’s poker player diplomacy gives the US a winning hand

27 Jun 2018 - 8:52pm 23

South Korean K-55 self-propelled howitzer artillery relocate after participating in a defence exercise at the Mugeon-ri drill field near the demilitarised zone in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, on June 19. In the wake of the Trump-Kim summit, South Korea and the US announced this week that they are suspending their joint military exercise scheduled for August. Photo: EPA-EFE

China the big loser in any US military withdrawal from Korea

20 Jun 2018 - 10:55pm 45

The results from the US-North Korea summit are at worst vague and opaque, but at least the two nations are no longer sabre-rattling with nukes, and that’s a good start – as long as the US president can stay out of his own way

Admit it: Trump’s Singapore date with Kim made us all safer

17 Jun 2018 - 7:49pm 10

In many ways China can take credit for the outcome of the Trump-Kim summit, but the long-term prospects of closer relations between such unpredictable leaders could make some more than a bit jittery

Air China charter hints Beijing is wind beneath Kim’s wings

17 Jun 2018 - 12:23pm 11

What happened at the G7 summit between world leaders such as Angela Merkel (left) and Donald Trump (right) enabled China to reap another unexpected windfall. Photo: AFP

How Donald Trump is making China, not America, great again

16 Jun 2018 - 11:00pm 39

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets US President Donald Trump. Photo: AP

Trump-Kim statement isn’t vague – it’s just flexible enough to work

15 Jun 2018 - 10:01pm 1

Trump, yielding to Kim at the summit, appeared totally unaware of the gift he was bestowing not just on the North Korean leader but on Xi, whom he praised as his “good friend”. Illustration: Craig Stephens

Did Trump just hand over Asia to China?

19 Jun 2018 - 6:40pm 36

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is displayed on a screen after the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on May 29. The US market has risen continually since the last few months of 2017, nudged by a falling dollar, but mainly because of Donald Trump’s huge tax breaks to corporate America. Photo: Reuters

Markets are less sensitive to Trump’s policy gaffes than we think

14 Jun 2018 - 10:30pm

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12. Photo: Reuters

Trump searches for foreign policy legacy at Singapore summit with Kim

12 Jun 2018 - 5:54pm 1

Kim Jong-un tours Singapore on Monday. Photo: KCNA via EPA-EFE

Singapore summit should lead to calming of ties

12 Jun 2018 - 5:42am

A peace treaty is not without its own challenges given the nature of the Korean war itself. Illustration: Craig Stephens

How peace could break out in Korea after the Trump-Kim summit

12 Jun 2018 - 1:02am

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Kim Yong-chol, former North Korean military intelligence chief and one of leader Kim Jong-un’s closest aides, after their meeting at the White House in Washington on June 1. Trump is scheduled to meet Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12, but how the question of denuclearisation will be resolved is still unclear. Photo: AP

US must address North Korea’s security concerns for results at Singapore talks

8 Jun 2018 - 10:18pm 4

America may not be thinking strategically about its relationship with China, or its role in the wider world, according to Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong. Illustration: Craig Stephens

How Singapore’s ‘smart power’ can inspire China-US relations in the run up to Trump-Kim talks

8 Jun 2018 - 10:18pm 2

People watch a TV screen at Seoul Railway Station in South Korea showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. Photo: AP

Don’t overhype Singapore: Trump should see North Korea talks as a process, not a conclusion

8 Jun 2018 - 10:18pm 2

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