Eli Lake, Columnist

Beware the Korean Peace Trap

Trump should know that empty promises are a favorite tactic of the North Korean regime.

April 27, 2018 at 4:04 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

Hold off on the confetti.
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On the surface it looks like the doubters were wrong.

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, traveled into South Korea on Friday to meet his counterpart. They agreed in principle at least to formally end the war that has divided the peninsula they share. Kim even agreed to a joint statement calling for the denuclearization of the peninsula. What's not to like?