US-Nkorea

NKorea's launches short-range missiles, complicating US attempts to restart talks

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, the South Korean military has said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks.

US hell-bent on hostile acts despite wanting to talk: NKorea

North Korea’s mission to the United Nations accuses the United States of being “more and more hell-bent on hostile acts” against Pyongyang, despite President Donald Trump wanting talks between the two countries.

Trump says he could meet NKorea’s Kim at DMZ

Eyeing a history-making photo opportunity, President Donald Trump has issued a Twitter invitation to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to join him for a hand shake during a visit to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) with South Korea.

NKorea says US extension of sanctions a hostile act : KCNA

The recent US extension of sanctions against North Korea was an act of hostility and an outright challenge to an historic summit between the two countries in Singapore last year, a spokesman for Pyongyang's foreign ministry says.

NKorea executes envoy in a purge after failed US summit: Media

North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for a failed summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper has said.

N Korea's missile tests not 'breach of trust': Trump

North Korean missile launches over the past week have not affected Donald Trump's relationship with Kim Jong Un, the US president says, in a change of course after initially expressing his dissatisfaction.

North Korea may suspend nuclear talks with 'gangster-like' US

North Korea is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a ban on missile and nuclear tests unless Washington makes concessions, news reports from the North's capital quotes a senior diplomat as saying.

NKorea rebuilds part of missile site

North Korea has restores part of a rocket test site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with US President Donald Trump last year, while Trump's national security adviser warns that new sanctions could be introduced if Pyongyang did not scrap its nuclear weapons program.

Trump 'walks' as North Korea talks end abruptly without deal

The US-North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ends abruptly without a deal, with President Donald Trump saying he had decided to "walk" in the face of Kim Jong Un's demands to drop sanctions.

May 27, 2018
May 27, 2018

Trump, Kim raise summit hopes after days of brinkmanship

Plans for a landmark summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un are moving "very nicely", US President Donald Trump says today, as the South's leader says Kim told him the talks would be a historic opportunity to end decades of confrontation.

May 25, 2018
May 25, 2018

NKorea still open to US talks despite Trump summit cancellation

North Korea says today it is still willing to talk to the United States after President Donald Trump abruptly cancells a summit between the two countries, a decision that has thrown the Korean peninsula once more into uncertainty.

May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018

Trump urges China to clamp down on North Korea border

US President Donald Trump on Monday urges China to maintain tight control of its border with North Korea until he signs a denuclearization deal with Kim Jong Un.

May 17, 2018
May 17, 2018

US demanded NKorea ship some nuclear warheads, ICBM abroad within 6 months-Media

The United States demands North Korea ship some nuclear warheads, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and other nuclear material overseas within six months, the Asahi newspaper says on Thursday, citing several sources familiar with North Korean issues.

May 12, 2018
May 12, 2018

US vows to make NKorea rich if it gives up nukes

The United States promises Friday that it would work to rebuild North Korea's sanctions-crippled economy if Kim Jong Un's regime agrees to surrender its nuclear arsenal.

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