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Trump says still chance of June 12 North Korea summit (Update) Asia

Trump says still chance of June 12 North Korea summit (Update)

May 25th, 2018 US President Donald Trump said on Friday said it was possible a planned summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un could still take place on June 12 as originally planned, just a day after he cancelled the meeting citing Pyongyang's "tremendous anger and open hostility." Trump welcomed the conciliatory statement from...
White House: US still hopeful for North Korea summit Asia

White House: US still hopeful for North Korea summit

May 16th, 2018 The United States is still hopeful about a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but President Donald Trump is prepared for a tough negotiation process, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday. North Korea threw next month’s summit between Kim and Trump into doubt on Wednesday, threatening weeks of...
N.Korea says may reconsider summit with Trump, suspends talks with South Asia

N.Korea says may reconsider summit with Trump, suspends talks with South

May 16th, 2018 North Korea threw next month's unprecedented summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump into doubt on Wednesday, threatening weeks of diplomatic progress by saying it may reconsider if Washington insists on unilateral denuclearisation. The North's official KCNA news agency said earlier on Wednesday Pyongyang had...
Trump says to meet with Kim on June 12 in Singapore FRONT PAGE

Trump says to meet with Kim on June 12 in Singapore

May 10th, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore for a first ever summit between the leaders of the two countries. "The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both try to make it a very special...
Trump welcomes U.S. prisoners released by N.Korea, thanks Kim World

Trump welcomes U.S. prisoners released by N.Korea, thanks Kim

May 10th, 2018 By Roberta Rampton and David Brunnstrom U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed three former U.S. prisoners who landed at a military base near Washington on Thursday after being released by North Korea, thanking leader Kim Jong Un and sounding upbeat on a planned summit between the two. The prisoners, freed after U.S. Secretary of...
North Korea frees US detainees Asia

North Korea frees US detainees

May 9th, 2018 US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that three Americans detained by North Korea have been released and are on their way home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. "I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is...
Pompeo in N. Korea, ‘expected to return with detained Americans’ Asia

Pompeo in N. Korea, ‘expected to return with detained Americans’

May 9th, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an upcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, a South Korean official said on Wednesday. Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday from Japan and headed to the Koryo Hotel in...
S. Korea to remove border loudspeakers, North to shift clocks Asia

S. Korea to remove border loudspeakers, North to shift clocks

April 30th, 2018 In initial small steps toward reconciliation, South Korea said on Monday it would remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border, while North Korea said it would shift its clocks to align with its southern neighbour. The moves come after Friday's historic summit at which South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the...
Smiles mark start of summit between leaders of rival Koreas World

Smiles mark start of summit between leaders of rival Koreas

April 27th, 2018 The golden doors on the stately North Korean building swung open and leader Kim Jong Un, in a black Mao suit and surrounded by a gaggle of officials, descended the steps toward the border. Not since the 1950-53 Korean War had a North Korean leader set foot on South Korean soil. With a smile, Kim stretched out his hand toward a...
COLUMN - What a nuclear deal with N. Korea might look like Asia

COLUMN - What a nuclear deal with N. Korea might look like

April 24th, 2018 By Peter Apps   For much of the last few decades, powerful speakers on the South Korean border have blasted propaganda to nearby North Koreans, everything from Korean pop songs to news about the number of cars in the affluent South. On Monday, they stopped – the latest step in a high-stakes diplomatic...
China says many Chinese casualties in N.Korea bus crash (Updated) Asia

China says many Chinese casualties in N.Korea bus crash (Updated)

April 23rd, 2018 Thirty-two Chinese tourists and four North Koreans died in a major bus accident in North Korea, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, with two Chinese nationals seriously injured and left in critical condition. Chinese tourists make up about 80 percent of all foreign visitors to North Korea, says a South Korean think-tank, the...
US calls China, Russia, Iran, N.Korea 'morally reprehensible' Americas

US calls China, Russia, Iran, N.Korea 'morally reprehensible'

April 21st, 2018 The United States labeled China, Russia, Iran and North Korea on Friday as "morally reprehensible" governments that it said violated human rights within their borders on a daily basis, making them "forces of instability". In releasing the State Department's global human rights report for 2017, acting Secretary of State John Sullivan...
North Korea says will stop nuclear tests, scrap test site World

North Korea says will stop nuclear tests, scrap test site

April 21st, 2018 North Korea will immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests and scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, the North's state media said on Saturday, ahead of planned summits with South Korea and the United States. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country no longer needed to conduct nuclear...
NK seeks ‘complete denuclearisation’, US vows continued pressure (Update) Asia

NK seeks ‘complete denuclearisation’, US vows continued pressure (Update)

April 19th, 2018 North Korea has expressed its commitment to "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula and is not seeking conditions, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday, as the United States vowed to maintain "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang. Moon said big-picture agreements about denuclearisation, establishing a peace...
CIA chief Mike Pompeo's secret meeting in N.Korea Americas

CIA chief Mike Pompeo's secret meeting in N.Korea

April 18th, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Mike Pompeo, the current CIA director and his nominee to be the top U.S. diplomat, formed a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when they met in secret. Pompeo became the most senior U.S. official known to have met Kim when he visited Pyongyang to discuss a planned...
North Korea's Kim seen building global status in trip to China Opinion

North Korea's Kim seen building global status in trip to China

April 1st, 2018  By Christine Kim and Ben Blanchard Accompanied by his wife, greeted by honour guards, and entertained at banquets, Kim Jong Un made his international debut as North Korea's leader by being wined and dined in the capital of the world's most populous country. Kim's "unofficial" visit to China this week marks his first known trip...
China says N.Korea pledges denuclearisation Asia

China says N.Korea pledges denuclearisation

March 28th, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to denuclearise and meet U.S. officials, China said on Wednesday after an historic meeting with President Xi Jinping, who promised China would uphold its friendship with its isolated neighbour. After two days of speculation, China and North Korea both confirmed that Kim had visited Beijing...
Train believed to be carrying N.Korean leader leaves Beijing Asia

Train believed to be carrying N.Korean leader leaves Beijing

March 27th, 2018 A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation left the Chinese capital on Tuesday following a dramatic whirlwind visit that some reports said included the country's leader, Kim Jong Un. South Korea said it was closely watching events in Beijing, where a foreign ministry spokeswoman deflected a question on whether...
N.Korea seen "cautious" in announcing stance over upcoming summits World

N.Korea seen "cautious" in announcing stance over upcoming summits

March 12th, 2018 North Korea's silence on its upcoming summits with the United States and South Korea is likely due to caution over organising its stance regarding the meetings, South Korea's Ministry of Unification said on Monday. "We have not seen nor received an official response from the North Korean regime regarding the North Korea-U.S. summit,"...
Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong Un in first such parley (Update2) World

Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong Un in first such parley (Update2)

March 9th, 2018 World leaders welcomed prospects for a possible thaw in the long standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to hold an unprecedented meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump and Kim prompted jitters around the world last year as they exchanged...
South Korea sees familiar hurdles ahead with North Guest Columnist

South Korea sees familiar hurdles ahead with North

March 8th, 2018 By Hyonhee Shin With the spectre of two past summits that failed to blunt North Korea's nuclear ambitions, South Korean officials planning talks next month now face the thorny task of overcoming familiar sticking points with the threat of war looming over any failure. A South Korean delegation returned home on Tuesday from a...
South Korea's Moon says sanctions on North to stay Asia

South Korea's Moon says sanctions on North to stay

March 7th, 2018 South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday sanctions on North Korea will not be eased for the sake of a summit between the two sides as Chinese state media repeated Beijing's line that talks are the only way to end the nuclear standoff. South Korean officials met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday in the first such...
Trump cites progress over N. Korea willingness to talk (Update 2) Asia

Trump cites progress over N. Korea willingness to talk (Update 2)

March 6th, 2018 US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he saw "possible progress" regarding North Korea after South Korea said Pyongyang is willing to hold talks with the United States on denuclearisation and will suspend nuclear tests while discussions are under way. China also encouraged North and South Korea to continue their...
S. Korea team heads to North in bid to bring US, North to talks Asia

S. Korea team heads to North in bid to bring US, North to talks

March 5th, 2018 A South Korean delegation left for North Korea on Monday, a presidential official said, aiming to bring the North and the United States together for talks in a bid to rein in the North's nuclear and missile programmes. Both North Korea and the United States have expressed willingness to talk, but US President Donald Trump demands...
U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions World

U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions

February 24th, 2018 The United States said it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear missile program, and President Donald Trump warned of a "phase two" that could be "very, very unfortunate for the world" if the steps did not work. In addressing the Trump administration's biggest national security...
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