North Korea on Saturday condemned the United States and its allies following this week’s NATO summit, accusing the alliance of expanding military blocs and increasing arms spending. Pyongyang also argued that denuclearisation efforts should first focus on US allies rather than North Korea. The remarks underscore growing security tensions in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. […]
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South Korea and Japan strengthen defence partnership amid regional tensions
South Korea and Japan have reaffirmed their commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula while agreeing to strengthen defence cooperation during high-level talks in Seoul. The meeting reflected both countries’ shared focus on improving regional security and expanding military coordination amid growing challenges in Northeast Asia. South Korean Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back and Japanese […]
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments
POOL/AFP / Andrew Harnik Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was ensconced in an elegant Pyongyang guest house for a second day of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man Kim Yong Chol Washington’s top diplomat embarked on an intense day of negotiations with his North Korean counterpart Saturday as he strives to […]
Kim invites Trump to visit Pyongyang as North hails ‘radical switchover’
SEOUL: Kim Jong Un invited Donald Trump to visit North Korea during their historic summit and the US President accepted, Pyongyang state media reported Wednesday, calling it the start of a “radical switchover” in the nuclear-armed Cold War foes’ fraught relations. The unprecedented encounter in Singapore Tuesday saw the leader of the world’s most powerful […]
Trump, Kim formed ‘special bond’ in historic meeting
Donald Trump has formed a “special bond” with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, he said Tuesday at the end of a historic meeting during which the two former foes pledged to meet again. The pair signed what Trump called a “pretty comprehensive” and “very important” document, which spoke of “new US-DPRK relations” and committed […]
Denuclearisation: the great divide for Kim-Trump summit
The issue at the top of US President Donald Trump’s agenda for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is also the most complicated — denuclearisation. Pyongyang’s decades-long pursuit of atomic weapons and the means to deliver them to the US have seen it subjected to multiple rounds of sanctions by the UN […]
Trump says North Korea summit could still happen
One day after abruptly pulling the plug on a high-stakes summit with North Korea, US President Donald Trump said Friday the meeting with Kim Jong Un could go ahead after all — and would “likely” happen on the originally scheduled date of June 12. The summit would be an unprecedented meeting between a sitting US […]