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[US-NK Summit] S. Korea's Moon says US-N. Korea summit will write new history of peace
South Korean President Moon Jae-in hailed the outcome of the summit between his US and North Korean counterparts Tuesday, calling it a historic event that will end what he called the last remaining conflict of the Cold War and write a new history of peace and cooperation on the Korean Peninsula."I offer my heartfelt congratulations and welcome the success of the historic North Korea-United States summit," Moon said in a statement read by Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom on his behalf. Cheon
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] US to end war games: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed that the US will halt joint military drills with South Korea following the new agreement he signed with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Trump also said that North Korea appears truthful in its commitment to denuclearization and that Pyongyang had an understanding of the need to achieve complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear program before the summit. “We will be stopping war games,” Trump said, adding that stopping joint
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump says sanctions will remain until nukes ‘no longer an issue’
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that sanctions on North Korea will remain until nuclear weapons are “no longer an issue.”In the press conference held after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore, Trump said that he has no plans to ease any sanctions in the immediate future. Trump, however, hinted that lifting of sanctions may not necessarily coincide with the completion of the denuclearization process. US President Donald Trump waves after a news conference (Reuter
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump says he will stop 'war games' with S. Korea
SINGAPORE -- US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will stop "provocative and expensive" war games with South Korea in a surprise reference to the joint military exercises Pyongyang has criticized as a rehearsal of invasion.Trump made the remarks during a press conference that followed his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the Singaporean resort island of Sentosa."War games are very expensive," he said, raising the issue of their cost. "I think it is very provocati
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] NK’s denuclearization will start ‘very quickly’: Trump
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday denuclearization of North Korea will start “very quickly” after signing an agreement with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un at a historic summit in Singapore. “We‘re starting that process,“ Trump said in response to a question about denuclearization of North Korea after meeting with Kim at the resort island of Sentosa in Singapore. The process would start ”very quickly,” he added. The remark came after the first-ever US-North Korea summit aimed at resolvin
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Speculations rise on Kim’s first words to Trump
Speculations are rising on whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greeted US President Donald Trump in English, upon meeting for their summit Tuesday at around 9 a.m. in Singapore.According to initial reports from the White House joint press, Kim said in English, “Nice to meet you, Mr. President,” while shaking hands with President Trump at the Capella Hotel on the island of Sentosa in Singapore. A reporter from Politico claimed to have heard Kim say those words, reporting from a short distance
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Pompeo briefs S. Korean minister on summit results
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday he had phone talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on the outcome of a historic Singapore summit with North Korea.He also spoke with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono over the phone.In a Twitter message posted shortly after the meeting between President Donald Trump and the North's leader Kim Jong-un, the secretary said he "just spoke with FM Kono & FM Kang to provide a brief readout of today's meeting btw @POTUS & Chairman Kim at
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Major research institutes, ministries join peace mood of US-NK summit
South Korea’s state-owned energy corporations and think tanks have recently been observed empowering their inter-Korean economic cooperation functions, in anticipation that the latest US-North Korea talks for denuclearization may open the door to the long-secluded northern part of the peninsula.While research institutes made gestures to expand their related research, ministries and state-owned entities largely remained cautious and settled for subtle personnel readjustments, keeping an eye
EconomyJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] US, NK bury the hatchet, open new era of detente
SINGAPORE -- US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday agreed on denuclearization and providing North Korea with a security guarantee. These and other agreements are stipulated in a US-North Korea agreement signed by the two, which Trump described as a “very comprehensive” and impressive document. Speaking at the ceremony to sign the bilateral agreement after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Trump said that the meeting has borne results that are “b
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Alone time: Trump, Kim Jong-un ditch aides to meet 1 on 1
As the world waited, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un sat by themselves for the better part of an hour, alone but for a pair of interpreters who became the sole witnesses to history's first face-to-face conversation between an American president and a North Korean leader.The scores of aides, bodyguards and diplomats who accompanied the leaders from Washington and Pyongyang waited elsewhere for the roughly 40-minute one-on-one meeting in Singapore. To some national security veterans, it raised concer
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Kim displays grip on military by having defense chief attend lunch
SINGAPORE -- The presence of North Korea's top military officer in leader Kim Jong-un's working lunch with US President Trump in Singapore on Tuesday had analysts puzzling over the motive for the move.No Kwang-chol, North Korea's minister of the People's Armed Forces, drew media attention even before the start of the historic summit as the sole uniformed official in the entourages of either leader. The US delegation has no military figure.No was promoted to minister from vice minister at the Nor
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Coca-Cola touts ‘peace, hope and understanding’
Coca-Cola has launched limited-edition cans, commemorating Tuesday’s historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. Marking the unprecedented meeting between the two leaders, the cans display a hopeful message, written in both English and Korean: “Here’s to peace, hope and understanding.” Coca-cola’s limited-edition cans read, “Here’s to peace, hope and understanding.” (Coca-Cola Facebook)Working with Dentsu Merdeka LHS Malaysia, the company s
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Unlike Singapore, Korean F&B firms careful about Trump-Kim marketing
While Singaporean food and beverage businesses cashed in on the historical US-NK summit by releasing products from the Trump-Kim burger to “Rocket Man” taco, South Korean F&B companies were more cautious about joining the celebratory mood.“It is surely a historical moment that we all wanted to see, but I think it is still early to launch related products celebrating the historical moment of the two leaders,” an industry insider told The Korea Herald. Trump-Kim burger (Royal Plaza on Scott Face
IndustryJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Full text of the Trump-Kim joint statement
Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit.President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018.President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un conducted a comprehensive, in
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump, Kim formed 'special bond' in historic meeting
Donald Trump has formed a "special bond" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, he said Tuesday at the end of a historic meeting during which the two former foes pledged to meet again.The pair signed what Trump called a "pretty comprehensive" and "very important" document, which spoke of "new US-DPRK relations" and committed Washington to "security guarantees".However, asked about denuclearisation -- the crux of the summit, Trump said "we're starting that process", adding that it would begin "ve
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Hyundai Group in the spotlight amid thaw on Korean Peninsula
It all started from one business magnate who crossed the heavily fortified border in Panmunjeom with a herd of 500 cattle two decades ago, spreading the message of peace to people in the North. Hyundai Group, once the largest conglomerate here long before Samsung’s dominance, became the first South Korean business entity to start business operations under Pyongyang’s rare accreditation. Largely hurt by the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis and an ugly family feud, however, Hyundai Group lost most o
IndustryJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] The only woman in the room: Trump’s interpreter
Two key figures rendered the historic US-NK summit possible Tuesday, breaching the language barrier between the US and North Korean leaders: the interpreters.The pair have attracted much attention as the only people privy to the full content of the private meeting between the two leaders.Kim Jong-un’s interpreter has been identified by the White House as Kim Ju-song from the North Korean Foreign Ministry. Accompanying US President Donald Trump is Lee Yun-hyang, 61, division chief of Interpreting
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] A ‘very comprehensive’ document signed: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and the North Korean leader had reached a significant agreement, and that a “very comprehensive” and impressive document was signed. Speaking at the ceremony to sign a bilateral agreement after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Trump said the meeting has borne results that are “better than anyone could have expected.”At the signing, Trump said they were signing a “very important document, a pretty comprehensive document.” Donald T
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] S. Korea hails Trump-Kim summit as 'talks of the century'
South Koreans erupted in applause Tuesday as Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met for what local media billed as the "talks of the century".As the historic first meeting between a sitting US president and North Korean leader began in Singapore, images of Trump and Kim exchanging handshakes and warm words drew jubilant reactions in Seoul and hopes for a new beginning with Pyongyang. "We hope the summit will be a success and bring us a complete denuclearisation, peace and a new era" in relations betwe
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[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 guarantee. Traveling to the thriving capitalist island nation, having a one-on-one meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and touring key attractions of the city-state may have been instrumental in expanding his diplomatic horizons, experts say. (Yonhap)Kim’s nighttime stroll on the
North KoreaJune 12, 2018