4 d. ago Why collusion is a risk, not a solution, to China’s strategic dilemma on the Korean Peninsula

Why collusion is a risk, not a solution, to China’s strategic dilemma on the Korean Peninsula  DailyNK

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5 d. ago How China’s Global Security Initiative can revive multilateral denuclearization talks on the Korean Peninsula

How China’s Global Security Initiative can revive multilateral denuclearization talks on the Korean Peninsula  DailyNK

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1 week ago Korean peninsula arms race is heating up. How will China react in 2026?

As the new year unfolds, China finds itself grappling with strategic pressures fuelled by two US treaty allies at its doorstep – Japan and South Korea. In the second of a two-part series, Seong Hyeon Choi looks at how competing pressures in the Korean peninsula may complicate China’s security calculus. Read the first part here. In 2025, there was a major shift in China’s security environment relating to the Korean peninsula, as the North grew more open in its push for nuclear weapons and the...

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1 week ago How will China react in 2026 as Korean peninsula arms race heats up?

How will China react in 2026 as Korean peninsula arms race heats up?  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago China’s role in Korean peninsula stability tested amid nuclear submarine moves

China’s role in Korean peninsula stability tested amid nuclear submarine moves  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago As denuclearisation stalls, China will shape stability on Korean peninsula

At the recent South Korea-China summit, both sides agreed to improve dialogue, rebuild trust and promote regional peace and stability, marking a first step towards a normalisation of relations. While the Beijing meeting produced no concrete agreement for peace on the Korean peninsula, it reaffirmed the peninsula’s stability and peace as a common interest – paving the way for cooperation. The prolonged stalemate over North Korea’s nuclear programme is no longer just a diplomatic impasse. The...

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1 week ago Chinese President Xi Jinping urges Seoul to be ‘patient’ over North Korean nuclear talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “patience” over North Korea’s nuclear programme, the South’s president, Lee Jae Myung, said on Wednesday. Speaking during a visit to Shanghai, Lee said he had asked Xi to act as a “mediator for peace” on the Korean peninsula, including on the nuclear issue. He said all channels between the North and South had been blocked and there was “zero trust” between the two sides. “President Xi noted the efforts until now and said patience is needed,” Lee said. He...

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1 week ago Lee says he asked Beijing to play mediator role on Korean Peninsula

Lee says he asked Beijing to play mediator role on Korean Peninsula  Yonhap News Agency

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1 week ago In talks with China’s Xi, South Korea’s Lee seeks alternatives for peace on Korean Peninsula

In talks with China’s Xi, South Korea’s Lee seeks alternatives for peace on Korean Peninsula  Anadolu Ajansı

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2 w. ago China state visit by South Korea’s Lee will ‘push denuclearisation, end to culture ban’

President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea will seek Beijing’s support on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and press to lift an unofficial cultural content ban when he travels to China for a state visit next week, according to Seoul. Lee’s four-day trip from Sunday will make him the first sitting South Korean president to visit China since 2019. Lee will first travel to Beijing, where he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday afternoon, their second summit in two months. They...

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2 w. ago Lee's state visit to China to focus on economy, culture and peace on the Korean Peninsula

Lee's state visit to China to focus on economy, culture and peace on the Korean Peninsula  Korea JoongAng Daily

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2 w. ago (LEAD) Lee, China's Xi to discuss peace, denuclearization on Korean Peninsula at Monday summit in Beijing

(LEAD) Lee, China's Xi to discuss peace, denuclearization on Korean Peninsula at Monday summit in Beijing  Yonhap News Agency

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