Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis on Sunday praised North and South Korean leaders for their “brave commitment” to peace after they agreed to work towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. The pontiff hailed the “positive outcome” of their historic summit in Seoul on Friday, when Kim …
Read More »N. Korea to rejoin South’s time zone in conciliatory gesture
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would move the country’s clocks 30 minutes forward to unify with the South’s time zone as a conciliatory gesture after Friday’s inter-Korean summit, Seoul said Sunday. The two countries on the divided peninsula have had different …
Read More »Things ‘going very well,’ Trump says after talk with S.Korea’s Moon
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump said Saturday that “things are going very well” after talking with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in about an upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South …
Read More »Kim offers to close nuclear test site in May, invite US experts
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea promised to close its atomic test site next month and invite US weapons experts to the country, Seoul said Sunday, as US President Donald Trump expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal with the secretive regime. The reported pledge from Kim Jong …
Read More »Handshakes that shook the world
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | When the leaders of North and South Korea reached across the Military Demarcation Line to shake hands on Friday, they symbolically — if fleetingly — united a peninsula that has been divided for decades. The handshake between the two leaders marked the latest milestone …
Read More »BREAKING: North Korea’s Kim on way to historic summit with Moon
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un headed for the Demilitarized Zone Friday, Pyongyang’s state media reported, for a historic summit with the South’s President Moon Jae-in in the strip of land that divides their countries. The meeting on the southern side of …
Read More »Trump to N.Korea’s Kim: ‘Get rid of nukes’
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, ahead of an expected summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un. Earlier, the US leader — who spent the day in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron — had …
Read More »Trump: US has conceded ‘nothing’ to N.Korea
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump asserted Sunday that North Korea has agreed to “denuclearization” and a halt to testing while the United States had so far conceded “nothing” in return. North Korea pledged this week to halt nuclear and missile tests as the two countries prepare for …
Read More »North Korea’s nuclear declaration: what it does and does not mean
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared an end to the nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests that sent tensions soaring on the peninsula, in the region, and beyond. The move, enshrined in a decision by the ruling Workers’ Party, comes ahead of …
Read More »N. Korea’s Kim promises no more nuclear or missile tests
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would halt nuclear tests and intercontinental missile launches, in a Saturday announcement welcomed by US President Donald Trump ahead of a much-anticipated summit between the two men. Pyongyang’s declaration, long sought by Washington, will be seen …
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