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Trump Drops New North Korea Sanctions Because He "Likes" Kim Jong Un

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 23, 2019

President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly announced the cancellation of sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea.

North Korea Pulls Out Of Inter-Korean Liaison Office

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 22, 2019

North Korea pulled its staff out of an inter-Korean liaison office Friday, Seoul said, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un's summit with US President Donald Trump ended without agreement.

Democracy, DPRK Style: North Korea Holds Election

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 10, 2019

North Koreans went to the polls Sunday for an election in which there could be only one winner. With portraits of the leader's father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung looking down on every ballot box, voters lined up to drop their slips inside.

Trump Says Relationship With North Korea's Kim Jong Un Remains Good

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 8, 2019

US President Donald Trump said Friday his relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un "remains good," despite the failure of a summit last week between the two leaders.

North Korea Media Acknowledges "No Deal" At Hanoi For First Time

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 8, 2019

North Korea's state media Friday acknowledged for the first time the collapse of the summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump last week without a deal.

US Open To Talks With North Korea Despite Missile Programme Activity

World News | Reuters | Friday March 8, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump is open to additional talks with Pyongyang over denuclearisation, his national security adviser said on Thursday, despite reports that North Korea is reactivating parts of its missile programme.

Trump Would be "Very Disappointed" If North Korea Rebuilding Rocket Site

World News | Reuters | Thursday March 7, 2019

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be very disappointed in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if reports about rebuilding at a rocket launch site in North Korea were true.

Russian Science Keeping North Korea's Dead Leaders Looking Fresh

World News | Reuters | Wednesday March 6, 2019

Perhaps none of the communist legacies shared by Vietnam and North Korea highlighted during Kim Jong Un's "goodwill visit" to Hanoi is stranger than the embalmed leaders on display in their capital cities, and the secretive team of Russian technicians that keeps the ageing bodies looking ageless.

Trump Suggests Michael Cohen Hearing Contributed To Failure Of North Korea Summit

World News | Reuters | Monday March 4, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Democrats' decision to interview his longtime fixer, lawyer Michael Cohen, on the same day as a meeting with Kim Jong Un may have contributed to the North Korea summit ending with no deal.

Trump's Top Security Aide Calls US-North Korea Summit A "Success"

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday March 4, 2019

US national security advisor John Bolton denied Sunday that last week's nuclear summit with North Korea was a failure, despite President Donald Trump coming home empty-handed.

"Why Shouldn't I Like Him?" Trump After Second Meet With Kim Jong Un

World News | Philip Bump, The Washington Post | Saturday March 2, 2019

Fox News' Sean Hannity asked President Donald Trump during an interview that aired Thursday why he walked away from an agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump Blames North Korea For Student's Death, Doesn't Mention Kim Jong Un

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 2, 2019

US President Donald Trump said Friday he held North Korea responsible for the death of an American student who died after being tortured in custody but did not directly blame the regime's leader Kim Jong Un.

Parents Of Man Tortured In North Korea Condemn Trump's Praise Of Kim

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 2, 2019

The parents of an American university student tortured and left in a coma in North Korea strongly rebuked President Donald Trump Friday for accepting Kim Jong Un's claim that he did not know about the case.

Donald Trump Sides With Kim On Tortured American, Sparking Firestorm

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 1, 2019

Donald Trump took Kim Jong Un's word that he knew nothing of the torture of an American college student while in North Korean custody, an about-face that sparked a bipartisan backlash back home on Thursday.

Moon Jae-In Says Trump Expressed Regret At Not Striking North Korea Deal

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 28, 2019

Donald Trump "expressed regret" at not striking a deal with Kim Jong Un, in a phone call with South Korean President Moon Jae-in after the talks, the South's presidential office said Thursday.