US President Donald Trump agrees with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on former Vice-Prez Joe Biden: White House
North Korea`s state-run news agency issued a blistering attack last week on Biden, who has been critical of the reclusive communist state in the past.
May 26, 2019, 21:15 PM IST
Trump says, he would be very disappointed if North Korea is rebuilding missile site
The 5-megawatt graphite-moderated reactor, capable of yielding five to seven kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium annually, was dismantled late last year, with no signs of reprocessing activities there anymore.
Mar 07, 2019, 11:22 AM IST
UN warns of worst food harvest in North Korea in a decade
The United Nations has been struggling to rally donors behind its North Korea programmes, and said its 2018 "Needs and Priorities Plan" for the isolated nation was only funded at 24 percent.
Mar 06, 2019, 13:03 PM IST
Kim Jong-un back in Pyongyang after Vietnam trip
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is back in Pyongyang after concluding his first official state visit to Vietnam and holding his second summit with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi, state media reported on Tuesday.
Mar 05, 2019, 09:08 AM IST
China urges UNSC to reconsider sanctions on North Korea
The Chinese spokesperson urged all parties involved to deal with the issue in a "responsible manner".
Mar 01, 2019, 20:52 PM IST
Donald Trump's talks with Kim Jong-un collapse over issue of sanctions
"It was all about the sanctions," Donald Trump said at a news conference after the talks were cut short. "Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn`t do that."
Feb 28, 2019, 23:29 PM IST
Japanese PM Abe says fully backs Trump over North Korea no deal
Shinzo Abe said Trump, at his meeting with Kim in Vietnam, had raised the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by North Koreans agents.
Feb 28, 2019, 17:52 PM IST
Donald Trump meets North Korea's Kim Jong-un in Vietnam for second nuclear summit
Kim and Trump shook hands and smiled briefly in front of a row of their countries flags at the Metropole hotel in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.
Feb 27, 2019, 17:41 PM IST
In his grandfather's footsteps, North Korea's Kim arrives in Vietnam
Even Kim Jong Un`s long train journey through North Korea and thousands of kilometres across China to reach Vietnam is similar to the grand train voyages his grandfather once took.
Feb 26, 2019, 09:48 AM IST
Fake Kim goes as real Kim comes: Vietnam expels Kim Jong Un lookalike
The impersonator visited Singapore in June, when Trump and Kim held their first summit, and performed satirical stunts.
Feb 25, 2019, 12:59 PM IST
US asked Russia for advice before Trump-Kim summit: Ifax
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet in Hanoi on Wednesday and Thursday, eight months after their historic summit in Singapore.
Feb 25, 2019, 11:51 AM IST
Vietnam relishes role as peace maker as it seeks to balance ties
Vietnam was at war almost continuously for some 45 years, from the end of World War Two through to the early 1990s, battling France, the United States, China and Cambodia`s Khmer Rouge.
Feb 25, 2019, 09:55 AM IST
Kim's peace train offers luxury en route to summit with Trump
It is not clear if Kim will travel all the way to Vietnam by rail - it will take him some two and a half days to do so - and it is possible he could stop on the way and fly.
Feb 24, 2019, 13:17 PM IST
North Korea warns of food crisis, slashes rations before next leaders' summit
The official name for North Korea is the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Feb 22, 2019, 16:38 PM IST
Trump, Kim to meet one-on-one during summit in Vietnam
The leaders previously met in Singapore last year.
Feb 22, 2019, 07:19 AM IST
John Bolton to visit South Korea ahead of Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit
The NSA has long been a sceptic of a diplomatic resolution to North Korea`s nuclear threat and made clear that Kim was yet to take concrete steps towards denuclearisation.
Feb 21, 2019, 16:21 PM IST
Trump says no rush to see North Korea denuclearise
North Korea has conducted no further nuclear and missile tests since the June summit, but has made no commitment to surrendering its nuclear arsenal.
Feb 20, 2019, 11:46 AM IST
US envoy visits Seoul ahead of second Trump-Kim summit
President Trump is slated to meet with his North Korean counterpart in the coastal city of Da Nang in Vietnam in the last week of February.
Feb 03, 2019, 18:12 PM IST
Donald Trump writes to Kim Jong-un days after 'great letter' from reclusive North Korean leader
Donald Trump has sent a letter to Kim Jong-un, a media report said Tuesday, days after the US President said he received a "great letter" from the reclusive North Korean leader, amid talks about a second summit between them on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Jan 15, 2019, 13:25 PM IST
Donald Trump says received 'great letter' from Kim Jong-un, looks forward to second meeting
President Trump's announcement came after the North Korean leader warned that Pyongyang may change its approach to nuclear talks if Washington persists with sanctions.
Jan 03, 2019, 10:48 AM IST
