Posts tagged with "North Korea"

US hits Chinese, Russian firms over N. Korea sanctions breach Americas

US hits Chinese, Russian firms over N. Korea sanctions breach

August 16th, 2018 The United States imposed sanctions on a Russian port service agency and Chinese firms for aiding North Korean ships and selling alcohol and tobacco to Pyongyang in breach of US sanctions. The US Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday that China-based Dalian Sun Moon Star International Logistics Trading Co. Ltd and its...
Malaysia to continue Kim Jong Nam murder trial (Update) Asia

Malaysia to continue Kim Jong Nam murder trial (Update)

August 16th, 2018 Two women charged with murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must answer for their role in a well-planned conspiracy, a Malaysian judge said on Thursday, but added that the evidence did not prove a political assassination. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, face the death...
North, South Korea agree on third summit Asia

North, South Korea agree on third summit

August 13th, 2018 North and South Korea agreed to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, the latest step forward in cross-border ties this year after more high-level talks on Monday, the South's Unification Ministry said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met in April and May at the border truce village of...
North Korea chides U.S. sanctions pressure on denuclearization process World

North Korea chides U.S. sanctions pressure on denuclearization process

August 10th, 2018 North Korea denounced U.S. calls for enforcing international sanctions despite its goodwill moves and said progress on denuclearization promises could not be expected if Washington followed an "outdated acting script." North Korea's foreign ministry said Pyongyang had stopped nuclear and missile tests, dismantled a nuclear test ground...
N.Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile program - UN FRONT PAGE

N.Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile program - UN

August 4th, 2018 By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday. The six-month report by independent experts monitoring the implementation of U.N. sanctions was submitted to...
US hits Russian bank with sanctions for North Korea-related activity Americas

US hits Russian bank with sanctions for North Korea-related activity

August 3rd, 2018 The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a Russian bank it said had facilitated a transaction with a person blacklisted by Washington for involvement with North Korea's nuclear weapons program. The move comes as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to press Southeast Asian countries during meetings in Singapore on Saturday...
Pompeo meets North Koreans, hopes for denuclearisation details Asia

Pompeo meets North Koreans, hopes for denuclearisation details

July 6th, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Friday, hoping to "fill in" details on how to dismantle the North's nuclear programme and recover the remains of US troops missing from the Korean War. Pompeo met Kim Yong Chol, who played a key role with Pompeo in arranging last month's summit between US...
Women ‘must have been trained to kill N. Korean’ in Malaysia Asia

Women ‘must have been trained to kill N. Korean’ in Malaysia

June 28th, 2018 Two women accused of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader must have been trained to carry out "an assassination" using deadly VX nerve agent, Malaysian prosecutors said, wrapping up their case on Thursday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, were charged with having common intent with four...
US forces in S. Korea ‘not subject’ to N. Korea-US talks Asia

US forces in S. Korea ‘not subject’ to N. Korea-US talks

June 15th, 2018 US military forces in South Korea are not subject to negotiations between North Korea and the United States because they are a matter for the US-South Korean alliance, a senior official in South Korea's presidential office said on Friday. US President Donald Trump said after his historic summit in Singapore with North Korean...
Pompeo: N. Korea sanctions to remain until full denuclearisation Americas

Pompeo: N. Korea sanctions to remain until full denuclearisation

June 14th, 2018 Tough sanctions will remain on North Korea until its complete denuclearisation, the US secretary of state said on Thursday, apparently contradicting the North's view that the process agreed at this week's summit would be phased and reciprocal. US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a joint statement...
Trump says N. Korea no longer threat, North highlights concessions Asia

Trump says N. Korea no longer threat, North highlights concessions

June 13th, 2018 North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat, nor is it the "biggest and most dangerous problem" for the United States, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday on his return from a summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The summit was the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader and...
Trump surprises with pledge to end military exercises in South Korea Asia

Trump surprises with pledge to end military exercises in South Korea

June 12th, 2018 Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a largely symbolic summit on Tuesday, and the U.S. president offered an unexpected concession to the North, saying he would halt joint military exercises with South Korea. The two men smiled and shook hands before pledging at their historic summit to work toward the...
Who has Kim Jong Un's 'nuclear button' in NK while he's away? Asia

Who has Kim Jong Un's 'nuclear button' in NK while he's away?

June 11th, 2018 When Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday for perhaps the most significant nuclear talks since the Cold War, the American president will have his link to the US nuclear arsenal nearby at all times. As the leader of a newly minted nuclear state, much less is known about how Kim maintains control of his nuclear...
For high-stakes summit with Kim, Trump trusts gut over note cards Americas

For high-stakes summit with Kim, Trump trusts gut over note cards

June 8th, 2018 US President Donald Trump will deploy a mix of charm and pressure to coax North Korean leader Kim Jong Un into a deal to give up nuclear weapons, trusting his gut instinct over briefing books in his ability to strike an accord, aides and former administration officials said. Kim, who at 34 is nearly half Trump's age, will get a...
Trump-Kim summit set for Singapore's Sentosa Island -White House Asia

Trump-Kim summit set for Singapore's Sentosa Island -White House

June 6th, 2018 The summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be on Singapore's southern island of Sentosa, the White House said on Tuesday as preparations accelerated for next week's event. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a Twitter post that the venue would be the Capella Hotel on Sentosa and...
White House says 'powerful' sanctions to remain on North Korea Asia

White House says 'powerful' sanctions to remain on North Korea

June 5th, 2018 The White House said on Monday its policy of tough sanctions on North Korea has not changed, days after US President Donald Trump said he no longer wanted to use the phrase "maximum pressure" to describe the campaign to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. After meeting a senior official from Pyongyang at the White...
N. Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit - US Asia

N. Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit - US

June 4th, 2018 North Korea's top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior US official said, a move analysts said on Monday could support efforts by the North's young leader to jump-start economic development and engage with the world. Kim Jong Un is preparing for a high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump in...
US, North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks World

US, North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks

May 31st, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders. The two men left a 90-minute private dinner at a New York apartment on...
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...
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