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June 24, 2018 Foreign Policy

US ups pressure on NK in carrot-and-stick approach

The extension of economic sanctions against North Korea being coupled with the suspension of further South Korea-US joint military drills hints at US President Donald Trump’s message to the regime, e...

[Feature] NK focuses on developing Wonsan tourism zone

When US President Donald Trump said that North Korea had the potential for condos and hotels on its “great’ beaches at the press conference following the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un o...

June 20, 2018
North Korea
Seoul to be ‘flexible’ on timing, format of declaring end to Korean War

South Korea aims to declare an end to the Korean War this year, but will be flexible when it comes to the specific timing and format, Seoul’s top diplomat said Monday. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung...

June 18, 2018
Foreign Policy
Trump threatened to send 25 million Mexicans to Japan: report

Donald Trump threatened Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe he would ship 25 million Mexicans to his country, one of a series of bizarre missives that jarred fellow leaders at last week's acrimonious G...

June 16, 2018
World News
South Korea, US to announce whether to suspend joint drills

South Korea and the US will decide whether to freeze the allies’ joint military exercises in the near future after close consultation, the presidential office said Friday. The possibility of the sus...

June 15, 2018
Defense
No sanctions relief until NK’s complete denuclearization

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that there will be no sanctions relief for North Korea until it completely denuclearizes and that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un understands denuclear...

June 14, 2018
North Korea
US hopes for ‘major’ N. Korea disarmament by 2020: Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the US hopes to see “major disarmament” of North Korea before the end of US President Donald Trump’s first term in 2021. (Yonhap) Speaking t...

June 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] Verification key to testing denuclearization promise

With North Korea and the US having wrapped up a historic summit with a vague promise to work toward “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” how far North Korea accepts verification will ...

June 13, 2018
North Korea
[US-NK Summit] Trump hails Kim Jong-un for taking ‘bold’ step

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for taking “the first bold step toward a bright new future for his people.” (Yonhap) Hailing the un...

June 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] Formal end to Korean War not part of Singapore meeting

Speaking to reporters at a post-summit press conference following the historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said he hopes the Korean...

June 12, 2018
North Korea
[US-NK Summit] What Kim Jong-un’s nighttime tour in Singapore means

For North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the historic summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore was more than just negotiating over the North’s nuclear weapons programs in return for a security ...

June 12, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Trump, Kim Jong-un ready for history-making summit with top aides by side

After months of on-again, off-again speculation, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will finally sit down for a historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday aimed at ending a nucle...

June 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Eye Plus] Path to reunification of two Koreas

As North Korea and the US are soon to sit down for talks that could shape the fate of the Korean Peninsula, there is one place bustling with tourists trying to get a glimpse into the stark reality of...

June 8, 2018
Social affairs
[US-NK Summit] Pompeo to visit S. Korea after N. Korea summit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to South Korea right after June 12 summit between the US and North Korea to discuss the results of the historic meeting and the next steps in the diploma...

June 8, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] What are remaining variables ahead of NK-US summit?

As North Korea and the US finalize preparations for their historic summit, expectations are rising that the June 12 meeting is on course and the leaders of the two countries will reaffirm their share...

June 5, 2018
Foreign Policy

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