Tag: North Korea
Trump tells Xi he believes North Korea solution is possible
BEIJING: US President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he believes, like Xi, that a solution can be found to...
Donald Trump cancels secret trip to Korea’s DMZ due to bad...
SEOUL: A surprise attempt by Donald Trump to visit the border with North Korea during his trip to Seoul has been aborted due to bad weather.
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Trump abandons unannounced visit to DMZ between North, South Korea
SEOUL: US President Donald Trump abandoned an unannounced visit to the heavily fortified demilitarised zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea due to bad...
Trump reaches South Korea, frontlines of North Korean nuclear standoff
OSAN, SOUTH KOREA: US President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, the closest he has come to the frontlines of the nuclear...
Time to exert maximum pressure on North Korea: Japan’s Abe
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday it was time to exert maximum pressure on North Korea and he had agreed with...
South Korea blacklists 18 North Koreans, a day before Trump visit
SEOUL: South Korea imposed unilateral sanctions on 18 North Koreans on Monday, barring any financial transactions between those sanctioned and any South Koreans, as...
US can suffer if ‘spiritually instable’ Trump continues to remark ‘recklessly’:...
North Korea on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump against making “reckless remarks” as the US president began a marathon Asian tour dominated by...
Donald Trump embarks on 11-day trip to Asia
US President Donald Trump has embarked on an 11-day trip to Asia during which he will visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the...
World ‘running out of time’ on North Korea, Trump to tell...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will tell leaders on a five-nation Asia tour the world is “running out of time” on North Korea’s nuclear...
North Korean diplomat in Pakistan either drinks like a fish or...
Police sources say First Secretary Hyon Ki Yong stored imported liquor beyond prescribed limit at private residence
Hyon retracts complaint against police officials...
South Korea’s Moon says will not recognise North Korea as nuclear...
SEOUL: South Korea will never recognise or tolerate North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will Seoul have nuclear weapons, the South’s President Moon...
N. Korea slams ‘incurably mentally deranged’ Trump
Seoul (AFP) - North Korea slammed US President Donald Trump as "incurably mentally deranged" in a personal diatribe ahead of his first visit to...
2018 Winter Games chief dismisses N. Korea attack fears as ‘exaggeration’
Pyeongchang (South Korea): With little more than 100 days to go before the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, chief organiser Lee Hee-Beom has...
Vatican to host high-level conference against nuclear weapons
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican is to host a high-level international conference on nuclear weapons in November set to be dominated by the escalating confrontation...
US will not accept a nuclear North Korea: Defence Secy Mattis
SEOUL: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stern warning to North Korea on Saturday and said that despite North Korea’s ongoing missile and...
US goal is ‘not war’ over North Korea: Mattis
Washington's goal “is not war” as it seeks to ease high military tension with Pyongyang, US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis said on Friday,...
US sanctions North Koreans over forced labor, other alleged abuses
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on seven North Korean individuals and three entities over what it called serious human rights abuses,...
