North Korean chief negotiator welcomes Trump's call for 'new method' at nuclear talks
North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator welcomed on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that a "new method" be used in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs. Kim Myong Gil praised Trump's "wise political decision" to seek a new approach to the stalled talks without a ...
Giant construction project takes shape in remote North Korea
Like a scene from an epic film, thousands of workers swarm over the building sites of Samjiyon, a monumental construction project in the far reaches of North Korea ordered by leader Kim Jong Un. They clamber over wooden scaffolding and dangle from window frames. Whether ...
Japan and U.S. top envoys vow to cooperate on North Korea and Middle East
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed Monday to cooperate on North Korean nuclear issues and in dealing with the situation in the Middle East following an attack on Saudi Arabia's major oil facilities. Motegi, who spoke with Pompeo on ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that it is "probably not" the right time for him to visit North Korea but he could see doing so sometime in the future. "I don't think we're ready for that," Trump told reporters when asked about visiting Pyongyang ...
North Korea's Kim invited Trump to visit Pyongyang, report claims
In a move that could see President Donald Trump set foot on North Korean soil again, Kim Jong Un has invited the U.S. leader to Pyongyang, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday, as the North's Foreign Ministry said it expected stalled nuclear talks to ...
South Korea surges ahead of North in building up military
South Korea and North Korea have continued to pour resources into modernizing their militaries despite a frenzy of diplomacy since 2018, creating tension that has sharpened as talks have stalled. Military buildups on both sides of the heavily fortified border have come to the forefront ...
North Korea says it's willing to resume nuke talks with U.S. this month but wants concessions
North Korea said Monday it is willing to resume nuclear diplomacy with the United States in late September, but that Washington must come to the negotiating table with acceptable new proposals. If the proposals don't satisfy North Korea, dealings between the two countries may come ...
U.S. hopes for North Korea talks in days or weeks, Mike Pompeo says
The United States hopes to get back to denuclearization talks with North Korea in the coming days or weeks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday. Negotiations aimed at dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs have stalled since the collapse of a second summit ...
Study says North Korean base hosts nuclear-capable missiles that put Japan in crosshairs
A study spotlights an “undeclared” North Korean missile base that is reportedly tasked with strikes against the southern half of Japan during wartime.
Pyongyang has named an army general with expertise in artillery as its new military commander, North Korean state media reported, in a move that an analyst said could signal plans for the development of new weapons. Pak Jong Chon was appointed the "chief of the ...
North Korea may have been involved in a case in which ¥1.86 billion was withdrawn fraudulently from ATMs in Japan in 2016, a U.N. panel said in an interim report on Thursday. The cash was withdrawn all at once early on May 15, 2016, from ...
Top North Korean and Chinese diplomats meet in Pyongyang amid stalled nuclear talks with U.S.
The foreign ministers of China and North Korea have held talks in Pyongyang, with the two allies vowing to bolster bilateral ties and work closely on security issues amid the North's stalled nuclear talks with the U.S. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and North Korean ...
