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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Thursday it would welcome the release of three Americans imprisoned in North Korea as a goodwill gesture before a planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but that it could not confirm reports that...
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North Korean dictator greeted by President Moon after crossing military demarcation line on 38th parallel Leaders will hold talks at Panmunjom, the truce village where the Korean War armistice was signed in 1953 Kim entered South Korea to meet President Moon at 9.30am local time (8.30pm EST and 12.30am GMT)...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in are due to gather for their first summit in over a decade. Preparations have been gathering pace but should you give the leader of the nation on the other side of a hotly-disputed border a red carpet welcome?...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with a high-ranking Chinese diplomat in Pyongyang, amid a flurry of diplomacy following Kim’s recent surprise visit to Beijing. Song Tao, who heads the ruling Communist Party’s International Department, led an art troupe to Pyongyang to attend an arts festival, according...
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Kim Jong Un has made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said. Further details of the visit, including how long Kim would stay and who he would meet, were not...
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TOKYO — Former President Barack Obama said Sunday that negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program are difficult, partly because the country’s isolation minimizes possible leverage, such as trade and travel sanctions against Pyongyang. “North Korea is an example of a country that is so far out...
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The Trump administration did not agree to any North Korean demands before President Donald Trump agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday. “The North Koreans are coming to the table despite the United States making zero concessions,” Pence said in a statement. “In...
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Dennis Rodman, 56, candidly spoke about his bizarre friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rodman said Kim is ‘probably a madman’ but that he doesn’t see it He also said the dictator is more a kid than anything and...
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Total nuclear destruction is “only one impulsive tantrum away,” this year’s Noble Peace Prize winner warned while accepting the award for an international anti-nuclear weapons campaign. “The threat is real. We have avoided nuclear war not through prudent leadership but good fortune. Sooner or later, if we fail to...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Thursday it would welcome the release of three Americans imprisoned in North Korea as a goodwill gesture before a planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but that it could not confirm reports that...
North Korean dictator greeted by President Moon after crossing military demarcation line on 38th parallel Leaders will hold talks at Panmunjom, the truce village where the Korean War armistice was signed in 1953 Kim entered South Korea to meet President Moon at 9.30am local time (8.30pm EST and 12.30am GMT)...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in are due to gather for their first summit in over a decade. Preparations have been gathering pace but should you give the leader of the nation on the other side of a hotly-disputed border a red carpet welcome?...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with a high-ranking Chinese diplomat in Pyongyang, amid a flurry of diplomacy following Kim’s recent surprise visit to Beijing. Song Tao, who heads the ruling Communist Party’s International Department, led an art troupe to Pyongyang to attend an arts festival, according...
Kim Jong Un has made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said. Further details of the visit, including how long Kim would stay and who he would meet, were not...
TOKYO — Former President Barack Obama said Sunday that negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program are difficult, partly because the country’s isolation minimizes possible leverage, such as trade and travel sanctions against Pyongyang. “North Korea is an example of a country that is so far out...
The Trump administration did not agree to any North Korean demands before President Donald Trump agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday. “The North Koreans are coming to the table despite the United States making zero concessions,” Pence said in a statement. “In...
Dennis Rodman, 56, candidly spoke about his bizarre friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rodman said Kim is ‘probably a madman’ but that he doesn’t see it He also said the dictator is more a kid than anything and...
Total nuclear destruction is “only one impulsive tantrum away,” this year’s Noble Peace Prize winner warned while accepting the award for an international anti-nuclear weapons campaign. “The threat is real. We have avoided nuclear war not through prudent leadership but good fortune. Sooner or later, if we fail to...