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US-NK summit prep talks continue at Panmunjeom

With the North Korea-US summit back on, the two countries continued their working-level talks to settle agenda items at the border village of Panmunjeom on Monday in a last-ditch effort to close the ...

June 4, 2018
Foreign Policy
NK, US seen getting hardliners out of the way

Signs of North Korea and the US trying to form a conciliatory mood are detected in the lead up to the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump to be held ...

June 3, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korea beefs up demands for repatriation of restaurant workers

Urging the United Nations to take appropriate action, North Korea stepped up its demand for the repatriation of North Korean restaurant workers who defected to South Korea in 2016 despite an ongoing ...

June 3, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Declaration of end to Korean War possible in Singapore

Experts cautiously raised the possibility Thursday that South Korea, North Korea and the US could declare an end to the Korean War in Singapore following a Pyongyang-Washington summit later this mont...

May 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea seeks to hold summit with Singapore in July: Cheong Wa Dae

The presidential office is pushing to hold a summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong in July, it said Wednesday. South Korean President Moon...

May 30, 2018
Foreign Policy
US-NK talks end at Panmunjeom

Working-level talks between officials from North Korea and the US ended Wednesday at the border village of Panmunjeom, amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts to prepare for a potential North Korea-US su...

May 30, 2018
North Korea
'North Korea seeks sanctions relief this year': experts

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s timeline for denuclearization would involve getting at least partial sanctions relief this year in return for taking steps to abandon its nuclear weapons, experts sa...

May 29, 2018
North Korea
Behind Punggye-ri explosion

After North Korea blew up tunnels, observation buildings and living quarters at its nuclear test site Punggye-ri in front of international journalists last week, more details of the trip were reveale...

May 28, 2018
Foreign Policy
Expectations grow for US-NK talks to be held as planned

The US-North Korea summit may be back on track following North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s affirmation of his commitment to “complete denuclearization” and US President Donald Trump commenting negoti...

May 27, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Video] South Korean reporters depart for Wonsan for Punggye-ri’s dismantling

South Korean pool reporters, who were initially invited but excluded from the flight to the North from Beijing a day earlier, left for North Korea on a state-owned plane on Wednesday to witness the d...

May 23, 2018
North Korea
[Video] S. Korean reporters in NK to cover dismantling of nuclear test site

Eight South Korean reporters on Wednesday took a train to Punggye-ri, North Korea, to watch the dismantling of the major nuclear test site, after the regime accepted them into the country at the last...

May 23, 2018
North Korea
South Korean reporters excluded from Punggye-ri’s dismantling

South Korean journalists on Tuesday were excluded from the flight to North Korea as the regime took some 20 journalists from four countries to witness the dismantling of the Punggye-ri nuclear facili...

May 22, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Reporters face hurdle as they head for NK nuclear test site

North Korea’s dismantling of its major nuclear test site will likely go ahead as planned this week, but it was unclear as of Monday evening whether South Korean reporters would be able to cover the e...

May 21, 2018
North Korea
Trump reaffirms security assurance for N. Korea

US President Donald Trump stressed Thursday (US time) that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s regime will not be affected if a denuclearization deal is reached between the two countries in an apparent...

May 18, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Herald Interview] ‘Accepting migrants is in national interest’: IOM chief

For countries faced with a population decline, taking in migrants is not only necessary, but also desirable, provided that creative immigration policies are implemented, says the UN migration agency’...

May 17, 2018
Foreign Policy

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