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A Fourth Trump-Kim Summit Would Be Complicated by North Korea’s Alliance With Putin’s Russia

Kim’s enhanced alliance with President Putin adds a whole new dimension to the North-South Korean standoff, as well as to the war in Ukraine and America’s relations with Moscow.

Handout photo by Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images, file
President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, inside the demilitarized zone on June 30, 2019, at Panmunjom, South Korea. Handout photo by Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images, file
DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

SEOUL — Look for a fourth summit between President Trump and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, this time against the background of the North’s new alliance with Russia and the war in Ukraine.

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DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.

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