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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

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 17 cents, or 0.24 per cent, at $71.67 a barrel.

Oil prices drop on potential increase in OPEC output

International benchmark Brent futures were down 27 cents, or 0.34 per cent, at $79.53 per barrel.

24 May 2018 9:26 AM

North Korea invited a handful of media from a number of countries to witness the dismantling of the Punggye-ri testing site to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear tests. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea lets S Korea journos in nuclear site to witness denuclearization

The invitation to witness the dismantling of the Punggye-ri site was seen as N Korea's unexpected offer to end its nuclear tests.

23 May 2018 11:05 AM

In a phone conversation on Sunday, Trump and Moon "exchanged views on various actions taken by North Korea recently", Moon's office said in a statement. (Photo: File/AP)

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in discuss North Korea's threat to cancel summit

Pyongyang abruptly threatened to pull out of the planned summit next month because of US demands for 'unilateral nuclear abandonment'.

20 May 2018 5:21 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

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

Since the Winter Olympics in the South, Pyongyang and Washington have agreed to the unprecedented Singapore meeting. A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Photo | AP)

North Korea will never fully give up nuclear weapons: Top defector

US is seeking the 'complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation (CVID)' of the North and stresses that verification will be key.

14 May 2018 12:16 PM

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

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)

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

Shares in Samsung BioLogics Co Ltd tumbled nearly 20 per cent on Wednesday.

Samsung BioLogics loses USD 6 billion in stocks

Samsung BioLogics reported a 1.9 trillion won (USD 1.77 billion) net profit in 2015.

02 May 2018 12:23 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

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

Kim made the comment during Friday’s historic summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, said the spokesman. (Photo: AP)

Kim Jong Un pledges to shut down N Korea's nuclear test site in May

The North Korean leader also promised to invite US experts and journalists to watch the closure of the country’s nuclear test.

29 Apr 2018 9:11 AM

Hyundai Motor said on Friday it will cancel USD 890 million worth of treasury shares, its first stock cancellation in 14 years.

Hyundai Motor to cancel USD 890 million in shares

The cancellation is an initial win for US hedge fund Elliott Management.

28 Apr 2018 11:41 AM

Men in sharp suits and matching blue and white striped ties fanned out ahead of and around Kim (L) as he approached the Military Demarcation Line for a historic handshake with his Southern counterpart Moon Jae-in. (Photo: AFP)

Not even an ant can invade: Defector's memoir on Kim Jong Un's security

North Korea is one of the world's most tightly-controlled societies, but even so security for its leader is iron-clad.

27 Apr 2018 10:24 AM

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in were engaged in a metaphorical and literal diplomatic dance on Friday when they met at the frontier. (Photo: AFP)

'A new history starts now' writes Kim as two Koreas' leaders meet

The two leaders shook hands at the military demarcation line, making Kim the first leader to set foot in the South since the 1950-53 war.

27 Apr 2018 8:37 AM

South Koreans have lived for decades under the threat of war with their hostile and now nuclear-armed neighbour. (Photo: File)

South Koreans sceptical of N Korea's nuclear promises, want proof

Many ordinary people expressed scepticism about the sincerity of the announcement and stressed the need for caution.

21 Apr 2018 5:21 PM

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