Korea Snapshot — 27MAR2018

Mike Bassett
5 min readMar 27, 2018
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, left, and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, right. (Getty/Fox)

USFK / US-ROK:

- US, South Korea may cut exercises short for Trump — Kim summit: Report | Military

- U.S. military plans evacuation drill at same time as war games with S. Korea | Stars and Stripes

- Retired U.S. Army general, foreign affairs chair eyed for U.S. envoy to South Korea | Korea Times

US — DPRK:

- North Korean media calls on U.S. to abandon ‘futile’ unilateral sanctions | NK News

- Interview with John Bolton: Trump-Kim talks to be ‘a very short meeting’ if Pyongyang won’t discuss denuclearization | RFA

- Human rights should be on the agenda for a possible Trump-Kim Jong-un meeting | KEI

- Fox News Poll: Voters approve of Trump meeting with North Korea | Fox News

- North Korea ‘in talks to free U.S. detainees’ as diplomacy escalates | Gulf Times

ROK:

- The Blue House says it has the right to shut down critical media outlets, such as Ilbe, for libel | Choson (Korean)

- ‘No need to be thankful’ (the making of an attitude that’s creeping through South Korea) | NewDaily (Korean)

- Analysis: Pres. Moon stresses need for denuclearization, establishment of peace on the…

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Mike Bassett

Mike Bassett served his country honorably as a soldier, contractor and civil servant from 1998–2018 in many Inside-the-Beltway and overseas positions.