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Asia Correspondent for Quartz.
Defense
Kim Jong Un Liked His Trump Summit So Much, He’s Calling For Another One
Kim Jong Un is likely aiming for economic concessions and a long-elusive peace treaty.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
What Trump Has Already Given Up to North Korea
Pyongyang has long sought a legitimacy-conferring summit with a sitting U.S. president, and it looks highly unlikely to give up the "treasured sword" of its existing nukes.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
Trump Said He Spoke With North Korea, But It Was Actually South Korea
Comment came during a series of jokes in a dinner speech.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Management
The U.S. Is Losing Its Point-Man on North Korea and Still Has No Ambassador in Seoul
Joseph Yun announced his retirement Tuesday.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Management
Tillerson’s New North Korea Strategy is at Odds With Trump — Again
The State Department chief says the U.S. is ready to have the first meeting with Pyongyang "without preconditions." That's not what the White House has been saying.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
A Former U.S. Diplomat Is Visiting North Korea To 'Test The Waters' For Diplomacy
It will be the highest-level visit in more than six years, and takes place with the region on edge over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
North Korea Is Boasting On TV That Its Missiles Can Hit Anywhere In the U.S.
The announcement follows its third test of an intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Management
For U.S. Defense Contractors, North Korean Hostilities Are Good For Business
“Clearly, as we watch what’s happening around our globe, the rather rapid advance of some of our potential adversaries is quite concerning."
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
The Upcoming U.S.-South Korea Military Drills Occur Every Year—But Not Amid Tension Like This
The exercises are preceded by threats and developments unique to 2017.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
The Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Has No Urinals
Only seated toilets and stalls are available on the $12.9 billion USS Gerald R. Ford.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Oversight
A Hawaii Judge Is Loosening The Restrictions On Trump’s Travel Ban, Citing 'Common Sense'
“Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents. Indeed, grandparents are the epitome of close family members."
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Management
For $1 Million, Donors to Trump’s Inauguration Will Get an 'Intimate' Dinner With Mike Pence
That'll earn you four tickets to a "leadership luncheon" with select congressional leaders and cabinet appointees, and a dinner with a "special appearance" by Trump.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Management
Joe Biden Officiated His First Marriage — a Same-sex Union at His House
The grooms were two long-time White House staffers.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
Critics of Obama’s Hiroshima Visit Have Called Him Everything From an Apologist to a 'Lunatic'
North Korea's news agency described the US president as a "nuclear war lunatic."
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
The US Is Being 'Dangerous and Irresponsible' in the South China Sea, Beijing says
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton island in South China Sea on Saturday.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Defense
The Navy is Reinstating the Ancient Art of Celestial Navigation
Satellites and GPS are vulnerable to cyber attack. The tools of yesteryear are not.
- Steve Mollman, Quartz