North Korea

US President Trump makes historic step into North Korea

Jun 30, 2019

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Sunday and agreed to revive talks on the pariah nation's nuclear program.Trump, pressing his bid for a legacy-defining accord,…

North Korea might blow up summit with Trump over Bolton’s “reckless…

May 16, 2018

North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons. The highly anticipated meeting between Mr Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un is due to take place on 12…

US wants Libya-model denuclearization deal with North Korea

May 01, 2018

With a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as close as three weeks away, assessing the most apt strategy for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is expected to be a key task lying ahead for…

New US national security advisor wants to use Libya-style nuclear deal with North Korea

Mar 27, 2018

On March 19, the new U.S. national security adviser John Bolton told Radio Free Asia that he hoped Trump would follow the Libya model in demanding that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons, and that it could be a “very…

US Secretary of State to visit London for talks over Libya, North Korea

Sep 09, 2017

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit London next week for UK-hosted talks on North Korea and Libya, the State Department said in a press release."Tillerson will travel to London from September 13 through September 14 for…

US flies fighter jets over Korean peninsula after N.Korean successful missile test

Jul 30, 2017

The United States flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force after recent North Korean missile tests, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement on Sunday, Reuters reported.North Korea said it conducted…

North Korea missile test fails, defence officials reported

Mar 22, 2017

BBC - A North Korean missile launch has failed, South Korean defence officials say, but it is unclear how many were fired or what exactly was being tested.The US military said it detected a missile which appeared to explode within…

North Korea fires four ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan

Mar 06, 2017

BBC - North Korea has launched four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. Three of them fell into Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after flying some 1,000km (620 miles), in what PM Shinzo Abe called a "new stage of threat".…

N.Korean leader’s half bother killed by toxic nerve agent, Malaysian police

Feb 24, 2017

BBC - Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, was killed by a highly toxic nerve agent, says Malaysia.Mr Kim died last week after two women accosted him briefly in a check-in hall at a Kuala Lumpur airport.…

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