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Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the second time on the 27-28 February in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo:AP)

Trump feels North Korea can have 'great economy' without nuclear weapons

Trump's comments came hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Pyongyang remains a nuclear threat.

25 Feb 2019 1:09 PM

Emulating his late father and grandfather, who took epic train trips when they were leaders, Kim set off on the long journey from Pyongyang on Saturday. (Photo:AP)

Kim Jong Un takes a 60-hour journey in armoured train to Vietnam

Kim Jong Un's departure from the Pyongyang railway station was confirmed by North Korea's official news agency.

25 Feb 2019 10:17 AM

North Korea's Kim Jong Un will soon make an official visit to Vietnam. (Photo:AP)

Kim Jong Un to make official visit to Vietnam in 'coming days'

Vietnam is hastily preparing for a second summit between Trump and Kim in Hanoi.

23 Feb 2019 1:43 PM

Washington has been demanding that North Korea give up a nuclear weapons program that threatens the United States. (Photo:File)

North Korea warns of Food shortages, slashes rations ahead of Vietnam Summit

The release of the undated two-page memo by the North Korean mission to the UN comes ahead of a second summit with Donald Trump.

22 Feb 2019 10:27 AM

A second summit between President Donald Trump and leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in late February. (File Photo)

North Korea air traffic blocked by US ahead of Trump summit: Report

The US move is part of a negotiating tactic to maintain sanctions pressure on North Korea.

18 Feb 2019 10:51 AM

Trump described his first-ever historic meeting with Kim as 'really fantastic'. (File Photo)

Trump confident his second summit with Kim will be ‘a very successful one’

He also said that he has established a 'very good' relationship with the North Korean leader.

16 Feb 2019 12:51 PM

Officials signed a short-term agreement on Sunday to boost South Korea's contribution toward the upkeep of US troops (Representational Image)

South Korea signs deal to pay more for US troops after Trump's demand

The new deal must still be approved by South Korea's parliament, but it would boost its contribution.

10 Feb 2019 4:15 PM

Behind the North Korean leader glows a neon slogan saying 'The show must go on!' (Photo: AFP)

Kim Jong Un shoots dead Donald Trump in South Korea art satire

The work portrays a film set, with Kim and Trump as friends and quarrelling over money.

20 Dec 2018 2:55 PM

Guterres offered UN help to advance efforts to fully rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and called for unity among global powers. (Photo: File)

UN chief calls for concrete action to follow up on N Korea's denuclearisation

Guterres welcomed the announcement by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a summit with Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang.

20 Sep 2018 1:37 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right center, talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left center, during their summit at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Photo: AP)

South Korean leader Moon Jae-in, North's Kim Jong Un hold summit talks

Kim and Moon embraced at Pyongyang's international airport -- where North Korean leader had supervised missile launches last year.

18 Sep 2018 7:40 PM

'It seems to me counterproductive if we demand everything from the North Korean side and in response they are given nothing,' he said at an event with China's Xi Jinping and Japan's Shinzo Abe. (Photo: File)

Putin urges security guarantees for N Korea denuclearisation

'North Korea, in return for its denuclearisation, was after all promised security guarantees,' Putin said.

12 Sep 2018 2:54 PM

'The complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula is an issue that should fundamentally be resolved between the US and North Korea through negotiation,' Moon told a cabinet meeting. (Photo: File)

South Korea's President urges 'bold decision' from Trump, Kim Jong Un

Moon, who brokered June's historic Singapore summit between Trump and Kim, will fly to Pyongyang next week.

11 Sep 2018 2:52 PM

The pledge comes after Trump, frustrated with a lack of progress on disarmament, last month cancelled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's trip to Pyongyang after the North reportedly sent a belligerent letter to the US leader. (Photo: File)

Aim to achieve denuclearisation in Trump's first term: Kim Jong Un

The third summit between the North's leader Kim Jong-Un and South Korean President Moon Jae has been announced for September 18-20.

06 Sep 2018 2:31 PM

Nevertheless, Tokyo insisted today: 'There is no change in our basic recognition concerning the threat of North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles.' (Photo: AP)

North Korea still 'serious, imminent threat': Japan on Korean Peninsula

Japan's 2018 defence white paper said Beijing was sparking 'security concerns in region and international community, including Japan'.

28 Aug 2018 12:26 PM

Trump, who relishes unpredictability in negotiating, had at one point cancelled that summit, citing North Korea's 'open hostility.' (Photo: File)

Trump pulls plug on Mike Pompeo's North Korea trip, blasts China

Pompeo had said he would return to N Korea next week for next stage in ensuring the 'final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea.'

25 Aug 2018 1:28 PM

The US has urged the international community to maintain tough sanctions on the isolated regime. (Photo: File)

Kim Jong-Un lambasts 'brigandish' sanctions: KCNA

Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump held a groundbreaking summit in Singapore in June, which US leader touted as a historic breakthrough.

17 Aug 2018 12:58 PM

Moon's trip to the North Korean capital will be the first visit by a South Korean head of state to Pyongyang since 2007. (Photo: File)

Pyongyang summit to be 'bold step' towards ending war: Moon Jae-in

The two Koreas agreed earlier this week to hold a third meeting between Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in September.

15 Aug 2018 1:01 PM

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shaking hands with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (R) at the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries ahead of their summit at the truce village of Panmunjom. (Photo: AFP)

North, South Korea agree to hold 3rd summit in September

The two sides 'agreed at meeting to hold South-North summit in Pyongyang in September as planned', without giving a precise date.

13 Aug 2018 1:27 PM

According to the respected 38 North group, commercial satellite imagery of the Sohae satellite launching station indicates Pyongyang has begun taking down a processing building and a rocket-engine test stand that had been used to test liquid-fuel engines for ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea begins dismantling key facilities at rocket test site: Analysts

38 North analyst Joseph Bermudez called the move an 'important first step' for Kim in fulfilling commitments he made to Trump.

24 Jul 2018 9:05 AM

Moon said Trump’s decision left him 'perplexed' and was 'very regrettable.' (Photo: AP)

North, South Korean leaders hold surprise meeting, talks for 2nd time

South Korean presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said Moon will reveal the outcome of his surprise meeting with Kim on Sunday.

26 May 2018 6:33 PM

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