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Moon, Kim watch ‘largest show on Earth’

For the first time in 11 years, the two Koreas’ leaders Wednesday sat together and watched North Korea’s massive choreographed performance -- commonly known as the Mass Games -- to celebrate the thir...

Sept 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
NK commitment keeps denuclearization momentum alive

North Korea said Wednesday it would permanently dismantle a key missile facility, a gesture experts say will keep alive the momentum for dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington but falls short of a...

Sept 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Breaking] Moon to hold summit with Trump in New York next week: official

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will head to the United States next week for talks with President Donald Trump following his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a Seoul official ...

Sept 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
Pompeo to chair UN meeting on N. Korea

WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting next week to address efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the State Departm...

Sept 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Herald interview] ‘Denuclearization efforts on peninsula opportunity for nuclear free world’

Ahead of the inter-Korean summit this week, all eyes are again on the Korean Peninsula, as South Korea, the US and major powers strive to achieve denuclearization. If the ongoing negotiations to ...

Sept 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
No meeting set between N. Korea, US at UN session: report

The United States has no plan yet for any talks with North Korea in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session late this month, a State Department official was quoted as saying Sund...

Sept 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
Working-level talks underway to prep inter-Korean summit

Working-level talks between officials from South and North Korea are underway at the border village of Panmunjom on Friday to hammer out details of an inter-Korean summit planned for next week. Panm...

Sept 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
US to disclose North Korea’s sanctions violations: report

The US and allies plan to launch a new effort to expose North Korean violations of sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear and missile programs, according to a news report Thursday. The new effort wi...

Sept 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
PM calls for international support for Seoul's peace efforts

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon called Wednesday for international support for South Korea's efforts to reconcile with North Korea, saying peace on the Korean Peninsula will contribute to prosperity in No...

Sept 12, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korea-US summit likely by October in a third country: experts

With prospects of a second summit between North Korea and the US cautiously growing, the leaders of the two countries would likely sit down for talks in a third country by October, if the meeting tak...

Sept 12, 2018
Foreign Policy
PM Lee voices optimism for economic cooperation involving two Koreas, Russia

South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Tuesday voiced optimism for three-way economic cooperation involving the two Koreas and Russia amid Seoul's stepped-up diplomacy to facilitate Pyongyang's ...

Sept 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
PM Lee calls for Mongolia's cooperation on East Asia railway community

South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Tuesday expressed his expectation for Mongolia's cooperation on Seoul's proposal to build an East Asian railway community aimed at promoting multilateral e...

Sept 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
US envoy for N. Korea: Starting is half the job

The US special envoy on North Korea said Tuesday that South Korea and the US need to make the most of the opportunity to achieve denuclearization amid growing momentum for a breakthrough in stalled d...

Sept 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea to send special envoy to Kofi Annan's funeral

The South Korean government said Tuesday it will send a delegate to the funeral of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan this week. Choi Young-jin, the country's former ambassador to the United Sta...

Sept 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
Abe reiterates hope for summit with NK leader

VLADIVOSTOK -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he wants to improve and normalize Japan's relations with North Korea through direct talks with the North's leader Kim Jong-un. The rema...

Sept 11, 2018
Foreign Policy

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