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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament will hold an annual session next month, state media said Thursday, with all eyes on whether it will move to bolster a diplomatic thaw with the US and South Korea. A rapid rapprochement that kicked off during last month’s Winter Olympics has seen US President Donald Trump agree to hold a summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un. The hermit state’s legislative body meets only […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has broken its silence on the diplomatic thaw with Washington and Seoul, saying it is driving the “peace offensive” and rejecting suggestions that sanctions forced it to the negotiating table. The commentary from the state-run KCNA news agency came with a rapid rapprochement on the Korean peninsula underway, after a period of heightened tensions stoked by a missile and nuclear tests. But as diplomats scurry to arrange two […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent “heartfelt congratulations” Tuesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his election victory and wished him success in building a powerful nation. In contrast to some other international leaders who have been slow to send congratulations, Kim said Putin’s re-election “is an expression of your people’s great support and trust in you”. The North’s leader, in a message quoted by the state KCNA news […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is “taking stock” of US President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to accept his invitation for talks on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s foreign minister said in an interview that aired Sunday. There has been no public North Korean response to Trump in the nearly two weeks since he stunned the world by agreeing to meet with Kim, a diplomatic gambit with huge stakes […]
by Dave Clark / with Gael Branchereau in Stockholm Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – Senior officials staged a flurry of calls and top-level meetings on Friday as they scrambled to make a proposed nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un a reality. There was no immediate breakthrough, but North Korea’s foreign minister was to remain in Stockholm into Saturday for further talks with Swedish leaders, as the Scandinavian […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China voiced hope on Wednesday Donald Trump’s sudden firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will not impact bilateral relations or planned talks between the US president and North Korea’s leader. Beijing is believed to have a positive assessment of Tillerson, who was seen as a light touch in contrast to Trump’s “good cop, bad cop” routine of slamming Beijing on Twitter while simultaneously flattering its leadership in person. “We hope […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan is considering a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, local media reported, as diplomatic efforts to engage Pyongyang ramp up. The reports come after the surprise announcement that US President Donald Trump plans his own talks with the North Korean leader, part of fast-paced diplomatic developments following an Olympic detente. However, there have been no public proposals of talks by either Pyongyang or […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — The United States has still “not heard anything directly back” from Pyongyang over plans for a US-North Korean summit, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday as he urged patience. “There will be several steps (which) will be necessary to agree on the location and the scope of those discussions. We have not heard anything directly back from North Korea although we expect to hear something,” he said in the […]
by Jim MANNION Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump deployed his spy chief Sunday to sell his snap decision to engage North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in momentous nuclear talks that the president himself predicted would be a “tremendous success” but others warn carry big risks. CIA director Mike Pompeo portrayed North Korea as buckling under the pressure of US-led international sanctions and insisted there would be no let-up for the […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse MOON TOWNSHIP, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump predicted “tremendous success” Saturday in upcoming groundbreaking talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and suggested the reclusive state wants to “make peace” despite a years-long nuclear standoff. The comments came after the American leader said he has received encouragement from the leaders of China and Japan, and assurance that North Korea had promised not to shoot missiles in […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s prime minister on Friday welcomed the surprise announcement of a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un by May. “I highly appreciate North Korea’s change that it will begin talks on the premise of denuclearization,” Shinzo Abe said, adding that he planned to visit the United States to meet Trump “as early as April”. Japan has been cautious about a recent Olympics-driven rapprochement on the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House confirmed Thursday that President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to seek a deal on denuclearization while stressing US sanctions will remain in place. “President Trump greatly appreciates the nice words of the South Korean delegation and President Moon,” press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement following the announcement made by South Korea. “He will accept the invitation to meet […]
