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Iran doesn't expect oil customers — including Japan — to get sanctions waivers
Iran said it doesn't believe buyers of its oil — including Japan — will get waivers from Washington that would allow them to continue purchasing cargoes after U.S. President Donald Trump's renewal of sanctions. His comments came after American officials were said to have asked ...
Japan offers to send nuclear experts to North Korea to aid in dismantling facilities
Japan has told the United States it is ready to dispatch experts to North Korea to help the country dismantle nuclear facilities toward the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula, Japanese government sources have said. If Washington and Pyongyang agree to demolish North Korea's graphite-moderated ...
The U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that it had "indefinitely suspended select" military exercises with South Korea less than two weeks after President Donald Trump's historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore. "To support implementing the outcomes of the Singapore Summit, ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that North Korea has started to rid itself of nuclear weapons following an agreement with its leader, Kim Jong Un, earlier this month. His comment, however, contradicted Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who said Wednesday he had seen no signs ...
Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping agree to boost 'strategic, tactical' cooperation
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed measures to bolster "strategic and tactical" cooperation between the two countries in a second meeting on Wednesday, the North's state media said on Thursday. The meeting between Kim and Xi came on the ...
U.S. identifies North Korea test site it says Kim Jong Un committed to destroy
The missile engine test site that President Donald Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had committed to destroy is a major facility in the western part of the country that has been used for testing engines for long-range missiles, according to a ...
President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, says North Korea is facing a "decisive and dramatic choice" on whether to give up its nuclear program and ballistic missiles. Bolton told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday that the U.S. will find out soon ...
Amid thaw, Moon suggests Russian gas could be piped to Koreas, Japan
New pipelines could be laid to bring Russian gas through North Korea to the South and even on to Japan following the diplomatic thaw with Pyongyang, Seoul's leader suggested Wednesday. President Moon Jae-in was speaking to Russian news media before a three-day visit to Moscow ...
As if on cue, Kim Jong Un returned to Beijing on Tuesday in an illustration of how U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats against China could spiral into a broader conflict between the world's two largest economies. The North Korean leader was expected to spend ...
In talks with China's Xi, Kim reiterates call for step-by-step denuclearization process
Kim Jong Un doesn't appear to be in a rush to dump his nuclear weapons. In talks with China President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the North Korean leader reiterated his call for a gradual process to carry out the results of last week's summit with ...
North Korea's Kim heads to China with nukes and summit likely on agenda
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began a two-day visit Tuesday, Chinese state-run television said, exactly a week after Kim's landmark summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Beijing seeks a larger role in talks with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons. The visit was Kim's ...
U.S. and South Korea suspend joint military exercise in move likely to stoke concern in Japan
The Pentagon said Monday that the United States had agreed with South Korea to halt the Ulchi Freedom Guardian "war game" in August, in a move analysts said would stoke concern in Tokyo. South Korea's Defense Ministry had earlier in the day announced the suspension, ...
