Korean Peace Talks

ORDER A GLASS of Asahi lager in a pub in Seoul these days and chances are the bartender will shake his head disapprovingly before suggesting one of the watery local alternatives. Shopkeepers have relegated Japanese products to the bottom shelf or removed them…

US allies slammed North Korea's "repeated provocative launches of ballistic missiles Tuesday. "We reiterate our condemnation of such repeated provocative launches, which are violations of UN Security Council Resolutions, Germany, France and the UK said in a …

Some foreign leaders have looked to bolster their ties with Russia and China as the United States, under President Donald Trump, has appeared a less reliable global power. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Democrats running to replace Donald Trump are vowing to wipe a…

Here is todays Foreign Policy brief: The U.S.Federal Reserve Chairman delivers a keynote speech as the world looks on, the annual G-7 summit approaches, and yet another round of U.S-Taliban peace talks gets under way in Qatar. We welcome your feedback at mor…

Published: 10:00pm, 22 Aug, 2019 Updated: 10:02pm, 22 Aug, 2019

Tokyos 2019 defense white paper calls attention to North Korea successfully miniaturizing a nuclear warhead. While the inclusion reflects increasing Japanese anxieties, its likely an attempt to pressure the US into resuming talks with Pyongyang, since Tokyos …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed displeasure Tuesday about North Korea's series of missile tests, but said he wants to resume negotiations on denuclearization with Pyongyang. In an interview with CBS, the chief US diplomat noted the six tests of s…

Seoul (AFP) - The United States is ready to sit down with North Korea to resume long-awaited working-level nuclear talks, a US envoy said Wednesday. Nuclear discussions between Washington and Pyongyang have stalled since a second summit in Hanoi in February …

A few short years ago it appeared, on the surface at least, that Japan and South Korea had finally put the past behind them and were ready to take their relationship forward. A 2015 agreement was supposed to finally and irreversibly resolve the comfort women …

Days after North Korea made headlines with fresh missile tests, a delegation from Pyongyang has met with Chinese officials in Beijing. It was headed by a high-ranking military official, Kim Su-gil, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People…