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May 23, 2018 North Korea

[Video] South Korean reporters depart for Wonsan for Punggye-ri’s dismantling

South Korean pool reporters, who were initially invited but excluded from the flight to the North from Beijing a day earlier, left for North Korea on a state-owned plane on Wednesday to witness the d...

[Video] S. Korean reporters in NK to cover dismantling of nuclear test site

Eight South Korean reporters on Wednesday took a train to Punggye-ri, North Korea, to watch the dismantling of the major nuclear test site, after the regime accepted them into the country at the last...

May 23, 2018
North Korea
South Korean reporters excluded from Punggye-ri’s dismantling

South Korean journalists on Tuesday were excluded from the flight to North Korea as the regime took some 20 journalists from four countries to witness the dismantling of the Punggye-ri nuclear facili...

May 22, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Reporters face hurdle as they head for NK nuclear test site

North Korea’s dismantling of its major nuclear test site will likely go ahead as planned this week, but it was unclear as of Monday evening whether South Korean reporters would be able to cover the e...

May 21, 2018
North Korea
Trump reaffirms security assurance for N. Korea

US President Donald Trump stressed Thursday (US time) that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s regime will not be affected if a denuclearization deal is reached between the two countries in an apparent...

May 18, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Herald Interview] ‘Accepting migrants is in national interest’: IOM chief

For countries faced with a population decline, taking in migrants is not only necessary, but also desirable, provided that creative immigration policies are implemented, says the UN migration agency’...

May 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
Pyongyang pushes back ahead of summit with US

North Korea’s abrupt postponement of high-level talks with South Korea and its threats to call off the upcoming summit with the US are tactics to strengthen its position in negotiations with Washingt...

May 16, 2018
North Korea
WFP chief sees ‘sense of optimism’ in North Korea

The head of the UN‘s World Food Program said Tuesday there is a “sense of optimism” among North Koreans and their leadership ahead of a historic summit between North Korea and the US, following his f...

May 15, 2018
North Korea
S. Korea protests Japan’s Dokdo claim

South Korea on Tuesday condemned Japan’s repeated claim to the Dokdo islets in a foreign policy document presented to its cabinet, rekindling territorial and historical tensions between the two count...

May 15, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] 'North Korea's CVID impossible' says former NK diplomat

A complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea is impossible, unless the regime collapses or changes, a former senior North Korean diplomat said Monday. Given the North’s po...

May 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
Did US promise ‘economic rewards’ to NK?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s mention of “prosperity” for North Korea if it ends its nuclear weapons programs may hint at economic rewards for the cash-strapped regime. Pompeo said Friday t...

May 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
Foreign minister Kang to meet Pompeo in Washington

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is set to hold talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday in Washington, D.C., ahead of the historic summit between North Korea and the US, th...

May 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] Behind Kim Jong-un’s trip to China: NK seeks to involve China in peace push

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to China for the second time in less than two months signals Pyongyang’s desire for Beijing’s involvement in the denuclearization process ahead of his summit w...

May 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
Leaders of S. Korea, China vow close coordination in pushing for formal end to Korean War

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to closely work together to declare an end to the Korean War and sign a peace treaty with North Korea in a phone call, Cheong...

May 4, 2018
North Korea
S. Korea urges activists to immediately stop anti-N.K. leaflet campaign

South Korea called on activists Friday to immediately stop their campaign to send anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border, vowing to take stern actions against it. North Korean defector...

May 4, 2018
North Korea

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