North Korea has revealed its first-ever nuclear-powered submarine, a significant development in its military capabilities. State media released photos of the submarine, calling it a “nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine.” The unveiling took place during a visit by leader Kim Jong Un to shipyards where warships are built. The submarine is estimated to be a […]
Kim Jong-Un
North Korea considering suspending nuclear talks with US
North Korea is considering suspending denuclearisation talks with Washington after the Hanoi summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump ended without agreement, one of its top diplomats said Friday. The warning came amid concerns over the North’s satellite rocket launch site, where some rebuilding activity has been observed in recent weeks, […]
Trump ‘walks’ as North Korea talks end abruptly without deal
The summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un fell far short of the pre-meeting expectations and hopes The US-North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ended abruptly without a deal Thursday, with President Donald Trump saying he had decided to “walk” in the face of Kim Jong Un’s demands to […]
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments
POOL/AFP / Andrew Harnik Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was ensconced in an elegant Pyongyang guest house for a second day of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man Kim Yong Chol Washington’s top diplomat embarked on an intense day of negotiations with his North Korean counterpart Saturday as he strives to […]
North Korea’s Kim hails ‘unity’ with China in new visit
Kim Jong Un declared North Korea’s unstinting “friendship, unity and cooperation” with Beijing during his third visit to China this year, in a show of loyalty to his main ally following a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump. The two-day visit which ends Wednesday is designed to reassure Beijing that Pyongyang will not neglect […]
The Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un meeting: funniest memes on the internet right now
As we all have come to know, US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un recently met in Singapore, after months of insulting and threatening each other about nuclear war. In the first summit meeting, both of the leaders promised to maintain new peaceful relations with each other along with the denuclearisation of the […]
Kim invites Trump to visit Pyongyang as North hails ‘radical switchover’
SEOUL: Kim Jong Un invited Donald Trump to visit North Korea during their historic summit and the US President accepted, Pyongyang state media reported Wednesday, calling it the start of a “radical switchover” in the nuclear-armed Cold War foes’ fraught relations. The unprecedented encounter in Singapore Tuesday saw the leader of the world’s most powerful […]
Warm words from North Korea on Cold War frontier
On the world’s last Cold War frontier, where troops have long faced off at the truce village that divides the two Koreas, propaganda broadcasts have fallen silent and soldiers from the North are hopeful a historic summit will herald a new era for their country. The blue huts of Panmunjom are emblematic of the truce […]
Historic summit due for Trump and Kim
Photo: AFP Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump meet on Tuesday for an unprecedented summit in an attempt to address the last festering legacy of the Cold War, with the US President calling it a “one time shot” at peace. Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal — which has seen it subjected to several sets of UN Security […]
Denuclearisation: the great divide for Kim-Trump summit
The issue at the top of US President Donald Trump’s agenda for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is also the most complicated — denuclearisation. Pyongyang’s decades-long pursuit of atomic weapons and the means to deliver them to the US have seen it subjected to multiple rounds of sanctions by the UN […]