While South Koreans faced a brutal economic collapse, a 1998 cable shows the U.S. managing a nuclear crisis to ensure Seoul followed a script for President Clinton's visit.
By Roy Castellano ·
For years, the risk of a nuclear North Korea was managed through heavy fuel oil and a fragile two-track policy that depended on a U.S. Congress that did not want to pay
By Eleanor Voss ·
Kept confidential for decades, a 1980 transcript reveals Washington warning Seoul against a political execution while a lame-duck White House ran out of time.
By Roy Castellano ·
A 1998 cable kept confidential for years shows a gamble to trade incentives for inspections while the U.S. hid internal rifts over the threshold for war
By Eleanor Voss ·
Marked confidential and blurred by redactions, this record tracks the fragile calculations used to bridge a divided peninsula and reunite families torn apart by war.
By Marcus Boone ·