Tag: North Korea
US prisoner release would be goodwill move by North Korea: White...
WASHINGTON: The White House said on Thursday it would welcome the release of three Americans imprisoned in North Korea as a goodwill gesture before...
Trump orders Pentagon to consider reducing US troops in South Korea:...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare options for reducing the number of US troops in South Korea, the New York...
South Korea considers financing of possible inter-Korea projects: finance minister
SEJONG: South Korea’s finance minister said on Wednesday the government was discussing how to finance possible economic projects with North Korea, although any projects...
South Korea says it wants US troops to stay regardless of...
SEOUL: South Korea said on Wednesday the issue of US troops stationed in the South is unrelated to any future peace treaty with North...
Trump says Korea’s Peace House, Singapore could be Kim summit sites
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea would be an excellent venue for his planned...
South Korea to remove loudspeakers along border, North Korea to align...
SEOUL:In initial small steps toward reconciliation, South Korea said on Monday it would remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border, while North Korea...
Pakistan welcomes historic summit between two Koreas
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the historic summit between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea at Panmunjom...
Australia to send military aircraft to monitor North Korean ships
SYDNEY: Australia will send a military patrol aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of United Nations sanctions,...
Trump vows to maintain pressure as Korean leaders set denuclearisation goals
WASHINGTON: The leaders of North and South Korea pledged at a historic summit on Friday to work for “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean peninsula,...
Here’s what North and South Korea have agreed on
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed a joint statement on Friday after meeting at the heavily...
North, South Korean leaders pledge to sign peace treaty, complete denuclearisation
SEOUL: North and South Korea have agreed to work together in order to achieve “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un and South Korea's...
‘New history of peace’ as North, South Korea leaders meet
SEOUL: Smiling and holding hands, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at the heavily fortified demilitarised zone...
North Korea nuclear test site part-collapsed: Chinese experts
BEIJING: North Korea's underground nuclear test site has partially collapsed following a massive bomb blast last year, making it unusable, Chinese seismologists have concluded.
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South Korea switches off propaganda broadcasts, Moon upbeat on North Korea...
SEOUL: South Korea halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border at North Korea on Monday ahead of their first summit in a...
CIA director held secret meetings with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State nominee and CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a secret visit to North Korea over the Easter weekend and met...
South Koreans may visit North again ahead of first summit in...
SEOUL: South Korean security officials may visit North Korea to finalise details ahead for the first summit since 2007, where the South hopes the...
North Korea commemorates birth of its founder
PYONGYANG: Thousands of North Korean devotees laid flowers before statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung Sunday on the anniversary of his birth.
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