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Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-uns sister, during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea's deft sports diplomacy has severely limited America's options

The slanderous reports in the Western media questioning Jong-un's mental stability need to be dismissed as propaganda.

23 Feb 2018 2:37 AM IST

Pence was going to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Uns younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, and the nominal head of state, Kim Yong Nam, but the North Koreans called off the February 10 meeting two hours before it was set to start. (Photo: File)

N Korea 'dangled' meeting, then cancelled 'last minute' on US Vice...

The encounter would have been the first scheduled between senior officials from the Trump administration and Pyongyang.

21 Feb 2018 2:26 PM IST

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from right, applauds with Kim Yo-jong, third from right, North Korean leader Kim Jong Uns sister, during a performance of North Koreas Samjiyon Orchestra at National Theatre in Seoul on Sunday.

Dragons' dance to herald talks?

Moon had to deal with Shinzo Abe's prod on military exercises in the spring and yet he ensured Japan was not offended in...

13 Feb 2018 12:36 AM IST

Olympic officials have been expecting more than 80,000 foreign tourists and 75,000 athletes, reporters and other Olympic officials to visit South Korea for the Games. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Border is crumbling: Olympics brings more tourists along North, S...

Olympic officials have been expecting more than 80,000 foreign tourists and 75,000 athletes.

8 Feb 2018 2:40 PM IST

Kim Yong-Nam will be the highest-level Northern official to visit the South since 2014.(Photo: AFP)

N Korea's nominal head to visit S Korea, attend Winter Olympics...

Kim Yong-Nam will be the most senior official from the North for years to travel to the other side of the Demilitarized...

6 Feb 2018 11:28 AM IST

Seouls Unification Ministry said on Sunday Kim Yong Nam would lead a 22-strong delegation that was expected to arrive in South Korea on Friday for a three-day trip. (Photo: AP)

Hope for talks: N Korea's nominal leader to attend Olympics in S Korea

Kim Yong Nam's visit comes as Seoul pins its hopes on high-level talks during the February 9-25 Games.

5 Feb 2018 5:44 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will travel to South Korea for the opening ceremony of the Games, where he is expected to hold talks on Korean comfort women used by the Japanese as war-time sex slaves. (Photo: File)

Japan protests unified Korea Olympic flag with disputed isles

The two Koreas have agreed to march together under the unification flag at the Games' opening ceremony on February 9.

5 Feb 2018 12:43 PM IST

Newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. (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...

30 April 2018 4:04 PM IST

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...

30 April 2018 2:54 PM IST

North Koreas 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...

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

29 April 2018 4:23 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in cross the military demarcation line to the South side at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday. (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...

29 April 2018 9:11 AM IST

The leaders of North and South Korea held a historic meeting along their border on Friday, vowing to pursue a peace treaty and the complete denuclearisation of their divided peninsula. (Photo;AP)

Iran says US unqualified' to play role in Korean detente

The foreign ministry said meeting between North and South Korea was 'responsible and effective step towards regional and...

28 April 2018 1:42 PM IST