by W.G. Dunlop Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Monday he was confident his landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will go ahead, as he talked up the idea of holding it in the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas. Trump revealed last week that two or three locations were under consideration for the historic meeting — which would be the first between a […]
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Things ‘going very well,’ Trump says after talk with S.Korea’s Moon on details of Kim meeting
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Saturday that “things are going very well” after talking with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in about an upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea. Things are going very well, time and location of meeting with North Korea is being set,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Also spoke to Prime […]
N. Korea vows to ensure implementation of peace deal, as Kim and Moon agree to denuclearize
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to ensure that the agreement reached with the South’s Moon Jae-in at a summit Friday would be implemented, unlike previous pledges. The two Koreas will closely co-ordinate to ensure they did not “repeat the unfortunate history in which past inter-Korea agreements…fizzled out after beginning,” Kim said after a summit with the South’s President Moon Jae-in. “There may be backlash, hardship and frustration on our way,” he added, […]
Kim and Moon: the heir born to rule and the escapee’s son
by Jung Hawon / and Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in have followed paths to power as radically different as their two countries, but they came together and shook hands in the Demilitarized Zone on Friday. Moon’s parents were both born in a small village in Hungnam, in what is now North Korea, and his father Moon Yong-hyung […]
North Korean skaters made dream Olympic debut
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik produced the performance of their lives to qualify for the pairs final at the Olympic Games on Wednesday. The Pyeongyang-born duo smashed their personal best score to reach the free skate showdown on Saturday. Supported by the 200-plus strong band of North Korean cheerleaders, Ryom and Kim seduced the crowd with an excellent execution of their short program to the Beatles classic A Day […]
Freed Malaysians arrive home from Pyongyang after Kim row
by M JEGATHESAN Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Nine Malaysians freed by Pyongyang arrived home early Friday, after Kuala Lumpur agreed to send back the body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea’s leader, ending a bitter feud between the two countries. Kim Jong-Nam was killed with the lethal nerve agent VX on February 13 at a Kuala Lumpur airport, triggering a diplomatic row between Malaysia and North Korea, which expelled each […]
News in Photos: Two women to be charged with Kim murder: Malaysia
Malaysia summons envoy as Kim killing row deepens
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia summoned the North Korean ambassador on Monday for a dressing-down over Pyongyang’s attack on its investigation into the assassination of leader Kim Jong-Nam’s brother, deepening a diplomatic row. Five North Koreans are in the frame for last week’s airport killing, drawing a furious response from Pyongyang which has accused Kuala Lumpur of conspiring with “hostile forces” to damage its reputation. Malaysia recalled its envoy to Pyongyang and also […]





