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  • Apr 25, 2018    North Korea

    A unified Korea? Leaders bring contrasting visions to summit

    Unification is an idea that moves most Koreans, North and South, on an emotional level. For some, especially young people in the South, it may not be a burning issue. Details like the costs, the risks and what specifically both sides stand to gain are rarely given much thought by anyone who isn't an academic, politician or activist. But when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meet on Friday, the prospect of unification, even if only in the abstract, will loom

  • ‘Trump should try to manage NK nuke, not resolve it’

    If US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un indeed hunker down for a historic summit on denuclearizing the North in May or June, the American commander in chief should lower his expectations and take a rational approach of “managing” the issue rather than try to resolve it at once, argued renowned policy wonk Michael Green. “I think Trump’s big mistake was that he said the problem can be resolved. I don’t think it can be resolved either through diplomacy or war,” Green said

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  • [Graphic News] Major statistics concerning inter-Korean talks at Panmunjeom

    Apr 25, 2018

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  •  [2018 Inter-Korean summit] On the table at Peace House: Nukes, peace, better relations

      With the historic inter-Korean summit just around the corner, speculation is rampant over what the two leaders will discuss amid hopes that their meeting will pave the way for peace on the Korean Peninsula.     According to Cheong Wa Dae, the main agenda will be narrowed down to: denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, establishment of the peace regime and improvement of inter-Korean relations.  But exactly what will be discussed, and more importantly, what will be announced at the end of th

    Apr 25, 2018

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  • Moon may suggest jointly operated communications office to NK leader: report

    President Moon Jae-in may suggest establishing a joint inter-Korean communications office during Friday’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, local media reported Wednesday.According to reports citing unnamed Cheong Wa Dae officials, Moon could make the suggestion, and if accepted, the office is likely to be set up at Panmunjeom, where Friday’s summit will take place. The Peace House on the South Korean side of Panmunjeom, a possible site of an inter-Korean communications office. Yonha

    Today

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  • Amid thawing ties, local governments push for reconciliatory projects with North

    A rapid thawing in inter-Korean relations brought about by the two Korea's agreement to hold a summit between their leaders is prompting South Korean regional governments to move ahead with a slew of projects to promote exchanges with North Korea.Last year, the North continued to take provocative actions with its nuclear and missile development programs, heightening tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid international warnings and UN.sanctions. But inter-Korean relations have rapidly improved fol

    Apr 25, 2018

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  • Moon-Trump summit likely for mid-May

    A South Korea-US summit meeting is being arranged for some time in May, before a planned meeting between the leaders of the US and North Korea, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday. Revealing that National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong met with White House national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday in the US, Cheong Wa Dae’s chief press secretary Yoon Young-chan said that a Seoul-Washington summit was a key agenda item in Chung’s meeting.  President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump

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  • [Newsmaker] A unified Korea? Leaders bring contrasting visions to summit

    Unification is an idea that moves most Koreans, North and South, on an emotional level.For some, especially young people in the South, it may not be a burning issue. Details like the costs, the risks and what specifically both sides stand to gain are rarely given much thought by anyone who isn’t an academic, politician or activist.]But when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meet on Friday, the prospect of unification, even if only in the abstract, will loom l

    Apr 25, 2018

    North Korea
  • Wolfowitz voices skepticism over NK's seriousness about denuclearization

    Paul Wolfowitz, former United States deputy secretary of defense, expressed skepticism on Wednesday over North Korea's seriousness about its denuclearization, citing the track record of the North making agreements only to break them later.Wolfowitz, known for his hawkish views on the North while serving as the deputy secretary from 2001-2005, added that it would be necessary to intensify sanctions if the planned South Korea and the US summits with North Korea do not produce satisfactory results.

    Apr 25, 2018

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  • Inter-Korean summit likely to confirm N. Korean commitment to denuclearization: FM

    The inter-Korean summit meeting set for this week will likely be a chance to confirm North Korea's commitment to denuclearization between the top leaders of the two Koreas, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Wednesday."The South-North summit talks are expected to be a venue where (the leaders) discuss the issue of denuclearization frankly and verify North Korea's commitment to denuclearization," Kang said during an event hosted by the Korea Peace Foundation.The summit between President Moon Ja

    Apr 25, 2018

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  • Inter-Korean summit seen as tone-setter for Trump-Kim meeting

    WASHINGTON -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in could hold the key to setting the tone for upcoming talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.When he meets with Kim on Friday, Moon will be expected to sound out the regime's willingness to dismantle its nuclear weapons program for peace on the peninsula and beyond.Based on what the North Korean leader says, Trump is expected to make his final preparations for a high-stakes showdown with the reclusive regime."The

    Apr 25, 2018

    North Korea
  • Trump praises N.Korea's Kim as 'very open,' 'honorable'

    US President Donald Trump praised Kim Jong-un as "very open" and "very honorable" on Tuesday, adding the North Korean leader wants to meet "as soon as possible.""We are having very good discussions," Trump said, ahead of a summit with the mercurial Kim expected sometime before the end of June."He really has been very open, I think -- very honorable." A photo released by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the state news agency of North Korea, shows a meeting of the Political Bureau of t

    Apr 25, 2018

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  • Trump to N.Korea's Kim: 'Get rid of nukes'

    US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, ahead of an expected summit with the North's leader Kim Jong-un.Earlier, the US leader -- who spent the day in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron -- had described Kim as "very open" and "very honorable" -- his most positive comments yet about a man he once publicly belittled.But when pressed about what he hoped to gain from Pyongyang, the 71-year-old Republican president was blunt.US President Don

    Apr 25, 2018

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  • Two Koreas decide not to hold additional high-level talks on summit preparation

    The two Koreas decided Tuesday not to hold additional bilateral high-level talks to prepare for the historic cross-border summit slated for later this week, a Seoul official said.The official said that, should there be a need for additional consultations to prepare for the April 27 summit, the two sides could hold discussions when Pyongyang's advance team comes for a rehearsal at the summit venue in the border truce village of Panmunjom on Wednesday. A North Korean village seen from Paju, Gyeong

    Apr 24, 2018

    North Korea
  • S. Korea's foreign ministry condemns deadly attack in Kabul

    South Korea's foreign ministry on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul that killed dozens of people.The blast occurred at a voter registration center on Sunday (local time), reportedly leaving nearly 60 people dead and many others wounded. The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for it. Family members and relatives attend the funeral of the victim of the deadly attack at a public cemetery near Kabul, Afghanistan on April

    Apr 24, 2018

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