Korean Peace Talks

The United States and North Korea will finally sit down for nuclear talks on October 5, according to an announcement by Pyongyang. Three months had passed without negotiations despite a handshake in June between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean le…

President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) After a months-long stalemate, North Korea announced Tuesday that it wou…

After a months-long stalemate, North Korea announced Tuesday that it would resume working-level talks with the United States over the dismantling of its nuclear program. Per a statement to North Korean state news outlet KCNA, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son H…

North Korea praised the removal of Mr. Bolton as a wise political decision, having long blamed hawkish aides to Mr. Trump for the stalemate in negotiations. When Mr. Trump held his first summit meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in Singapore …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) As Afghans await the results of a presidential election roiled by Taliban threats, the government used its platform at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday to tell the insurgents: "Join us in peace, or we will continue to fight." Afghanist…

President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton never directly mentioned his old boss Monday in his first public remarks since departing the White House, but the fierce Republican firebrand made clear he does not believe in the president…

(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea said Friday it wants President Donald Trump to make a “wise option and bold decision” to produce a breakthrough in stalled nuclear diplomacy, in an escalation of pressure on the U.S. ahead of an expected resumption of talks.…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday proposed that the United Nations create an “international peace zone” to replace the peninsula’s divide. He laid out his vision for the last Cold War frontier in an address to the UN General Assembly. The diploma…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday proposed that the United Nations create an "international peace zone" to replace the peninsula's divide, saying the idea would both reassure the North and inspire the world. The left-leaning leader, whose diploma…

His approval ratings have fallen in recent weeks after damaging revelations in the news media around his appointment of Cho Kuk, one of his former presidential aides, as justice minister. On Monday, prosecutors raided Mr. Chos home to collect evidence on a fl…