Korean Peace Talks

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump in the garden of the Metropole hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam Feb. 28, 2019.(Leah Millis/Reuters) On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the historic first summit meeting between North Korean leader Kim…

There are several possibilities of what, if any, concessions the United States might make to North Korea to achieve at least some denuclearization of that country. But since President Donald Trump began engaging North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un in nego…

People's Daily Online (Xinhua) 09:20, June 06, 2019 BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) -- China said Wednesday that it hopes the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States will meet each other half way, continue to act on their consensus and w…

A SENIOR North Korean official reportedly purged after talks collapsed between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump appeared at an arts performance with the country’s top brass, official media reported Monday. Kim Yong Chol, the North’s counterpa…

Japanese, U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs agreed Sunday to work toward realizing the denuclearization of North Korea, as talks between Washington and Pyongyang remain stalled following their summit in late February. While the nations apparently failed t…

People's Daily Online (Xinhua) 10:24, June 01, 2019 Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe held talks here with U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan prior to the opening of the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue on Friday, and the atmos…

Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Saturday asked his South Korean counterpart to prevent a recurrence of a radar lock-on incident that occurred late last year, expressing eagerness to end talks about the issue that has worsened ties between the two n…

South Korea's Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo on Saturday fended off calls to step up pressure on North Korea after it test-fired missiles last month. Jeong told an annual security conference in Singapore that the tests were being investigated and a conclus…

The fourth round of Russo-Japanese talks in the 2+2 format has kicked off in Tokyo. Besides bilateral issues, the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries will be discussing regional and global security.The "theatrics" of the Tokyo 2+2 talks are alw…

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