North Korea

US And South Korea To Suspend Training Exercises Indefinitely

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 23, 2018

The United States and South Korea have agreed to indefinitely suspend two exchange program training exercises, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the aftermath of the summit earlier this month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Donald Trump Says North Korea Still A Threat, Despite Claim After Summit

World News | Anne Gearan, The Washington Post | Saturday June 23, 2018

President Donald Trump cited an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to U.S. national security as he acted Friday to maintain long-standing economic restrictions on North Korea, including the freezing of any assets in the United States.

Despite Summit, North Korea Still A Nuclear Threat, Says Donald Trump

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 23, 2018

US President Donald Trump on Friday cited "an unusual and extraordinary threat" from North Korea's nuclear arsenal to extend sanctions on Kim Jong Un's regime, despite touting the success of a historic summit earlier this month.

How Foreign Companies Have Lost A Bundle In North Korea

World News | Reuters | Friday June 22, 2018

Seoul -- Months before the first summit between leaders of two Koreas in 2000, SouthKorean tech giant Samsung Electronics Inc invested $730,000 in Pyongyang's top computer lab.North Korean programmers there would develop online chess games and food recipes for Samsung to sell outside the North.

Koreas To Hold Reunions For War-Separated Families In August

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 23, 2018

North and South Korea agreed Friday to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August -- the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.

North and South Korea Discuss Reunion For Families Separated By War

World News | Reuters | Friday June 22, 2018

The effort is among the steps promised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in to improve relations that had deteriorated over the North's nuclear and missile programmes.

Trump Talks "Total Denuclearisation" In North Korea, Officials Stay Quiet

World News | Reuters | Friday June 22, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday North Korea was blowing up four of its big test sites and that a process of "total denuclearisation ... has already started," but officials said there was no such evidence since a landmark summit last week.

After Trump-Kim Summit, Japan To Halt Missile Drills

World News | Thursday June 21, 2018

Japan has halted evacuation drills simulating a North Korean missile attack in the wake of historic talks between Washington and Pyongyang, local media reported Thursday.

North Korea, China Agree To Boost "Strategic, Tactical" Cooperation: Report

World News | Reuters | Thursday June 21, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed measures to bolster "strategic and tactical" cooperation between the two countries in a second meeting on Wednesday, the North's state media said on Thursday.

South Korea Seeks India's "Full Support" For Lasting Peace In Peninsula

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 20, 2018

South Korea today said India can play an "important role" in working towards lasting peace in the Korean Peninsula as it urged New Delhi to persuade Pyongyang to recalculate its strategy to change its course to denuclearisation.

After Trump-Kim Jong Summit, North Korea Scraps Anti-American Souvenirs

World News | Reuters | Wednesday June 20, 2018

In the wake of Kim Jong Un's summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, anti-American souvenirs once sold on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone have disappeared from gift shop shelves, Western tour operators say.

Why China May Hit Hollywood, North Korea Diplomacy In US Trade War

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 20, 2018

China may look beyond tit-for-tat tariffs in the looming trade war with the United States, analysts say, with a range of creative options at its disposal, including targeting Hollywood films or dragging its feet on North Korea.

North Korea, China Discuss "True Peace", Denuclearisation: Report

World News | Reuters | Wednesday June 20, 2018

North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping came to an understanding on issues that were discussed at a summit between the two leaders, including denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the North's state media said on Wednesday.

Kim Jong Un Hails "Friendship, Unity" With China In New Visit

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 20, 2018

Kim Jong Un declared North Korea's unstinting "friendship, unity and cooperation" with Beijing during his third visit to China this year, in a show of loyalty to his main ally following a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump.

North Korea And South Korea To Form Joint Teams At Asian Games

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 18, 2018

The athletes from the Koreas will march under a neutral Korean peninsula flag and under the "Korea" name