North Korea
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.
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
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
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 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
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 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...
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 ...
First direct flight from Pyongyang lands in Moscow
[MOSCOW] A passenger plane from Pyongyang landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Tuesday, the first direct flight from the North Korean capital to Moscow in decades as the two countries deepened t...
North Korea opens landmark coastal Wonsan tourist zone
The area, which can accommodate about 20,000 visitors, will open to domestic guests from Jul 1