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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance after weeks of health rumours of being in grave danger
Kim attended the event on Friday in Sunchon, near the capital Pyongyang, after nearly three weeks of swirling rumours that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead.
Amid Kim Jong Un’s health mystery, meet Kim Yo Jong, his potential successor in North Korea
The North Korean leader, who is a heavy smoker and obese, underwent went an operation that left him in a ‘vegetative state’, according to some reports.
Kim Jong-un proposes wide-ranging cooperation with Vietnam
Hanoi: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed his willingness to intensify bilateral cooperation “in all areas”, during his official visit to Vietnam, Pyongyang state media reported on Saturday. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) report is on Kim’s official two-day state visit to Vietnam that began on Friday following[Read More…]
Trump to announce date, venue of second meeting with Kim next week
US President Donald Trump has said the date and location of his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been decided, and will be announced next week. “We’ll be announcing the location and… the exact date it will be… it’ll be end of February,” Trump told reporters at[Read More…]
Kim Jong-un to visit Russia: South Korean envoy
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to visit Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later in November, the South Korean Ambassador to Russia said on Monday. The specific dates of Kim’s Russia visit were not announced but Woo Yoon-keun said it was likely to happen later[Read More…]
Trump to hold second summit with Kim, but Japan remains lukewarm in its response
Though details of Kim’s letter were not publicized by the White House, it markedly reflected fast geo-political development of the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea
Goyang: South Korean President Moon Jae-in greeted Kim Jong Un, top leader of North Korea on Friday and become the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea by crossing the military line that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Smiling and[Read More…]
North Korea suspends nuclear, missile tests
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced the immediate suspension of nuclear and missile tests, media reports said on Saturday. “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles,” Efe quoted Kim as saying. North Korea will also “shut down a nuclear test[Read More…]
Trump ‘will walk out’ if North Korea talks not fruitful
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that if his planned talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are not fruitful he will “walk out”, media reported. He said this during a joint news conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the BBC reported. Trump said if he did[Read More…]
Trump says he’d meet Kim Jong Un if conditions are right
Despite the tension over NorthKorea’s nuclear weapons programme, US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Kim Jong Un if the circumstances were right. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honoured to do it,” Mr Trump said Monday[Read More…]
Ready for war if US chooses: North Korea
North Korea says ready for war with US
North Korean embassy official involved in Kim Jong-nam’s murder, says Malaysia
Malaysian police on Wednesday named a senior official at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-un’s estranged half-brother. Royal Malaysia Police Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar said the embassy official, identified as Hyon Kwang Song, holds the title of second secretary. According[Read More…]
Kim Jong-un’s half brother assassinated in Malaysia
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s half brother has been assassinated in Malaysia, South Korean media reported. According to media reports, Kim Jong-nam was killed at Kuala Lumpur airport by two women with “poisoned needles”. The women are believed to be North Korean spies and they escaped in a taxi, TV[Read More…]