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Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a private meeting on Tuesday morning. Experts are concerned Trump could have gone off-script and may provide an unreliable account of events. With only the leaders and their interpreters present, there may never be a full transcript of the meeting, potentially […]
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly fears being assassinated while traveling to Singapore to meet with President Donald Trump. Kim has long feared assassination, even within his own country. While in transit and in Singapore, he’ll be almost defenseless against sophisticated attempts on his life. Kim’s constant fear of assassination may […]
Damir Sagolj/Reuters Nobel Prize winning anti-nuclear campaign group ICAN has offered to pay for the cost of the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump. The offer comes after a media report that the cash-strapped North may have trouble bearing the cost of its leader’s stay in Singapore […]
Shealah Craighead/White House President Donald Trump received a letter North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the White House on Friday While the actual letter was not seen publicly, a North Korean official also presented Trump with a symbolic, oversized novelty envelope, and the two men took a picture with it in the Oval Office. […]
Associated Press President Donald Trump canceled his much-awaited summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday while about 30 international journalists, including many US citizens, were still in the country. Trump pointed to the “tremendous anger and open hostility” in recent North Korean statements as cause for his cancellation. North Korea is known to […]
Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images Despite threatening to pull out of the June 12 summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, North Korea craves the legitimacy the meeting would bring. Traveling by plane to a neutral destination away from the Korean Peninsula could show Kim as a competent world leader. That would […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images A former top North Korean official believes North Korea will not agree to a US request for a “complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization.” Thae Yong Ho, North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to the UK, said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not loosen his grip on nuclear weapons. The defector said the […]
Xinhua News via Twitter North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, in a suprise visit that again came unannounced. Chinese media confirmed that Kim had visited and met with Xi, according to Reuters’ Josh Smith. China is likely trying to insert its interests into ongoing inter-Korean talks and […]
Ahn Young-joon/AP The White House is said to be eyeing Singapore as a potential location for a summit between US President Donald Trump and and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Singapore, as well as the Peace House near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the border between North and South Korea, are among the locations being […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a habitual smoker, was seen smoking just once during the inter-Korean summit. Some South Korean officials theorize Kim had refrained from public smoking after considering the symbolism of the summit and out of respect for South Korean President Moon Jae-in. During a previous dinner, Kim reportedly received a light-hearted […]
