North Korea

THINKING ALOUD

Doomsday Clock and the paradox of nuclear weapons

With more flashpoints around the globe, are we inching ever closer to Armageddon?

On the surface, Trump and Xi appear to have found a new warmth – but it’s fragile, says the writer.

Buckle up for a volatile year of Trump-Xi, Taiwan and Kim

The region is heading into an increasingly precarious 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (right) and US President Donald Trump (left) attend a dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct 29, 2025.

Trump gives green light for South Korea to build nuclear powered submarine

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Thursday he has given approval for ally South Korea to build a nuclear powered submarine, a day after the two countries said they have reached a broad trade deal.

“I think we’re going to have a great meeting with President Xi of China, and a lot of problems are going to be solved,” US President Donald Trump said en route to South Korea where he is due to meet with Xi.

Trump expects ‘great meeting’ with Xi in South Korea

The talks, set for Thursday, will be the first time in six years that Trump sits down with Xi

Trump initially threatened to cancel the meeting, their first face-to-face since the pandemic, over the new Chinese measures on critical minerals.

Apec’s economic mission splintered by geopolitics

The gathering in S Korea may be less about multilateral cooperation than the critical side-room bilaterals driven by the US and China

The trip will be To Lam’s first visit to North Korea as Vietnam’s party chief, and follows his August tour of South Korea.

Vietnam’s top leader to visit North Korea this week: ministry

VIETNAM’S top leader To Lam will visit North Korea for three days from Thursday, Hanoi’s foreign affairs ministry said.

Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam (top) will meet North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.

Vietnam's top leader to pay rare visit to North Korea in October

It will be the first visit in nearly 20 years for a Vietnamese leader to the largely isolated nation

Lee Jae Myung has pledged to “restore broken inter-Korean trust and shift to a stance of mutual trust”.

South Korea’s Lee calls for ‘new era’ with northern neighbour

Trump also has said that he hopes to use his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to do his part in resolving tensions on the peninsula

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Pyongyang for China on Monday and crossed into China early Tuesday morning, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun said on Tuesday.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un crossed border into China via train: state media

[SEOUL] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into China on his special train early Tuesday to attend China’s celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, North Korean s...

US President Donald Trump once said that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “fell in love.” Their meetings reduced tensions but failed to produce a lasting agreement.

Trump says he wants to meet North Korea’s Kim again

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped to meet again with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, possibly this year, as he held White House talks with South Korea’s dovish new leader that ...