North Korea Nuclear Talks

Washington — Former national security adviser John Bolton slammed President Trump's style of negotiating with other world leaders as "naive and foolish," saying that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin can "see right through" the president. Bolton told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett that Mr.…

June 18, 2020 | 12:38pm | Updated June 18, 2020 | 1:16pm President Trump attacked his former national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday, saying he should have fired Bolton for “stupidly” tanking negotiations with North Korea by suggesting a “Libyan model” for nuclear talks. Trump lashed out at Bolton…

Trans-Pacific View | Opinion If the United States hopes to get anywhere with North Korea, it needs to stop following the old playbook and move denuclearization to the side. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah CraigheadIt is difficult to review the last two years of U.S.-North Korea diplomacy and not feel a sense…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea is urging the United States to “keep its mouth shut” about worsening inter-Korean relations, saying such silence will be beneficial if the U.S. wants to hold a successful presidential election in November.   The statement published Thursday in the state-run Korean Central News Agency was…

By William Gallo June 09, 2020 North Korea says it will cut off all lines of official dialogue with South Korea, the latest escalation, some analysts say, in Pyongyang's effort to unilaterally ramp up tensions with Seoul. Starting at noon local time Tuesday, North Korea will "completely cut off and…

With the U.S. being the most hard-hit country by the coronavirus, and North Korea’s claims about zero infections difficult to believe, time might be up for Trump’s “special personal relation” with Kim Jong-un to bear any tangible fruits ahead of the presidential elections. At present, prospects of jumpstarting the negotiation…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reappeared in public following his second consecutive three-week absence amid rumors about his health. State media on Sunday said Kim presided over a meeting that discussed, among other things, expanding the country’s “nuclear war deterrence.” Pictures showed Kim signing…

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - President Donald Trump has sent a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, offering U.S. help amid the coronavirus pandemic, the first known contact between the two leaders in months. The letter shows the continued “special and firm” relationship between Kim and Trump, according…

By William Gallo March 21, 2020 North Korea has test-fired what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military said Saturday. The weapons were fired from North Pyongan province and traveled about 410 kilometers, at an altitude of about 50 kilometers, before splashing into the sea off North…