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In an angrily worded statement, the North warned "if the US is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue." (Photo: AP)

Trump says 'we'll see' as North Korea threatens to cancel summit

Trump said the US government had not received any official word of a change in plans for the June 12 meeting in Singapore.

17 May 2018 1:01 PM

It also cancelled high-level talks due Wednesday with Seoul over the Max Thunder joint military exercises being held between the United States and South Korea, denouncing the drills as a 'rude and wicked provocation'. (Photo: AP)

Will cancel summit if US seeks 'one-sided' demands to give up nukes: N Korea

It is sudden and dramatic return to the rhetoric of the past by Pyongyang, after months of rapid diplomatic rapprochement on the peninsula.

16 May 2018 10:09 AM

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency called joint US-South Korean military exercises a "provocation" and said Pyongyang had no choice but to suspend the talks. (Photo: AP)

North Korea suspends talks with South scheduled for today

The meeting was due to focus on plans to implement declaration that emerged from an April 27 inter-Korea summit.

16 May 2018 8:10 AM

A 2017 satellite image from a French space agency shows the nuclear test site with probable tarp-covered pallets and personnel in the main administrative area. (Photo: AFP)

Dismantling of North Korea nuclear site 'well under way': US monitor

N Korea said it will 'completely' destroy Punggye-ri test site, in a ceremony scheduled between May 23-25 in front of invited foreign media.

15 May 2018 5:24 PM

Pledging a ‘no more war’ scenario, the historic Panmunjom declaration, released at the third inter-Korean summit on April 27, promises a 'new era' of national reconciliation, peace and prosperity. (Photo: AP)

China’s role in the region will continue to remain a defining element in the Korean Peninsula

Politics in the Korean Peninsula is witnessing rapid changes, with both N and S Korea coming together after decades of mutual isolation.

13 May 2018 10:57 AM

The official Korean Central News Agency said dismantlement of the Punggye-ri nuclear test ground would involve collapsing all of its tunnels with explosions, blocking its entrances, and removing all observation facilities, research buildings and security posts. (Photo: AP)

N Korea details plans to dismantle nuclear bomb test site, Trump welcomes move

Trump and Kim Jong Un will hold talks in Singapore on June 12, the first-ever meeting between sitting US president and North Korean leader.

13 May 2018 9:41 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace each other. (Photo: AP/File)

Chinese revisionism in Korean corridor

Expectations in the Korean corridors are high on the prospects and outcome of the forthcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un.

13 May 2018 6:01 AM

'You know what I want to do? I want to get it finished. The prize I want is victory for the world, not for even here. I want victory for the world. Because that's what we're talking about. So that's the only prize I want,' Trump said in response. (Photo: AP)

Not interested in Nobel prize, want victory for world: Donald Trump

Asked by a journalist if he deserved a Nobel Peace prize, Trump said although everyone thought he did, he would never say it himself.

10 May 2018 11:40 AM

Trump had previously suggested that the demilitarised zone between the two Koreas -- the site of a recent summit between Kim and Moon -- could also be an appropriate venue for his meeting with the North's leader. (Photo: AP)

Singapore likely to host Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit in June: report

Trump said that the two sides had settled on a date and location for the summit -- without providing details.

07 May 2018 11:58 AM

Kim vowed with Moon to seek denuclearisation and pursue a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War through a peace treaty with Seoul. (Photo: AP)

North Korea says peace talks not result of US pressure

The pair is set for the first ever face-to-face meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-Un, with a date and venue to be announced soon.

06 May 2018 2:10 PM

People watch a TV screen showing file footage of US President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea.(Photo: AP)

US 'misleads,' ruins detente atmosphere ahead of Trump summit: N Korea

Sunday’s comments were among the very few the North has made since Trump agreed in March to the meeting.

06 May 2018 12:49 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace each other after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea on April 28. (Photo: AP/File)

Summitry isn’t a game for small men to play

In contrast, German Chancellor Angela Merkel went to meet Trump for a purely transactional summit.

06 May 2018 12:39 AM

The White House announced that Trump will host Moon at the White House on May 22, in talks aimed at demonstrating allied unity before the Trump-Kim summit. (Photo: AP)

Date, location set for summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un: Trump

The White House has said the first meeting ever between sitting US and North Korean leaders could take place in the coming weeks.

05 May 2018 10:54 AM

North Korea resets its clock, rejoins South Korea's time zone

'The time-resetting is first practical step taken after historic summit meeting for North and South to become one,' said official.

05 May 2018 10:44 AM

The JCPOA, signed in 2015, limits Iran nuclear development programme, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, and the UN chief described it as 'an important achievement'. (photo: File)

UN chief optimistic over peace efforts to denuclearise Korean Peninsula

UN Secretary General said that 'things are on track for a meaningful negotiation and I believe it's in everyone's interest'.

04 May 2018 2:07 PM

The gathering of South Korean, Japanese and Chinese leaders is the latest move in a diplomatic whirlwind centred around North Korea. (Photo: AFP)

S Korea, Japan, China to hold summit next week

The gathering on May 9 will bring together the South's President Moon Jae-in, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

01 May 2018 7:42 PM

Along the border, South Korea started taking down its loudspeakers on Tuesday afternoon, a defence official said. Activity at several spots along the border indicated North Koreans were doing the same, he said. (Photo: AFP)

North, S Korea start to dismantle border speakers fulfilling summit pledge

The moves are the first practical, if small, steps toward reconciliation after Friday's meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un.

01 May 2018 1:35 PM

'President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace,' Moon told a Cabinet meeting, according to a presidential Blue House official who briefed media. (Photo: AP)

Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's President

Moon and Kim Jong-un pledged to end hostilities between 2 countries and work towards the complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

30 Apr 2018 4:04 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be the first Chinese foreign minister to visit the North since 2007, a lapse that highlights the rough patch that relations between the Cold War-era allies has gone through in recent years. (Photo: AFP)

China's foreign minister to visit North Korea this week

The Chinese foreign ministry said Wang Yi will visit N Korea on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of his North Korean counterpart.

30 Apr 2018 2:54 PM

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during the Inter-Korean summit in the Peace House building on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom. (Photo: AFP)

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un willing to talk to Japan any time, says Seoul

The Japanese premier had cautiously welcomed inter-Korea summit but urged Pyongyang to take 'concrete action' toward nuclear disarmament.

29 Apr 2018 4:23 PM

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