Tag: Kim Jong Un

One year on: Trump receives a “beautiful letter” from Kim

SEOUL: A year after President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met for the first time, they appear committed to a personal...

North Korea urges U.S. to change ‘hostile policy’ on eve of...

SEOUL: North Korean state media called on the United States on Tuesday to “withdraw its hostile policy” towards Pyongyang or agreements made at a...

Trump rejects reports of North Korean executions

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to cast doubt on news reports of North Korean executions as part of a purge in the...

Avoid testing our patience, North Korea tells US a year after...

North Korea warned the United States that agreements made between the two countries’ leaders in Singapore last year could be at risk, blaming the...

Considered to be executed North Korean official reappears

A senior North Korean official who had been reported as purged over the failed nuclear summit with Washington was shown in state media on...

Putin says US guarantees unlikely to prompt N Korea to de-nuclearise

VLADIVOSTOK: Russian President Vladimir Putin said after holding his first face-to-face talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday that U.S. security...

North Korea’s Kim gives US to year-end to become more flexible

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions, and...

Kim Jong Un consolidates power as North Korea shuffles leadership

SEOUL: In one of the biggest leadership shake-ups in years, North Korea named a new nominal head of state and a new premier, and gave...

With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand...

WASHINGTON: On the day that their talks in Hanoi collapsed last month, US President Donald Trump handed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a...

Trump, North Korea’s Kim to hold second summit in late February

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February but will maintain economic...

North Korea ‘hiding missile bases’, US researchers say

WASHINGTON: North Korea is operating at least 13 undeclared bases to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, a new study asserted Monday, as progress stalls on...

Koreas to seek talks with IOC on joint 2032 Olympics bid

SEOUL: The two Koreas on Friday agreed to seek talks with the International Olympics Committee to discuss a joint bid for the 2032 Summer Games,...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says talks with Pompeo ‘productive and...

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un described his talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday as “productive and wonderful,” state...

‘We fell in love:’ Trump swoons over letters from North Korea’s...

WHEELING: US President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for his detente with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to new heights on Saturday, declaring...

North Korea to invite foreign experts to permanently scrap missile sites

SEOUL: North Korea has agreed to “permanently” abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, and is willing to close its...

North Korea’s Kim sets denuclearisation time line, prompting thanks from Trump

WASHINGTON: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has given his first time line for denuclearisation, aiming for the end of US President Donald Trump’s first...

South Korean envoys meet Kim in North to prepare for third...

SEOUL: South Korea said its envoys met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Wednesday to prepare for a third inter-Korean...