U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left their hotels for a high-stakes summit in Singapore on Tuesday morning.Trump and Kim are set to meet at 9:00 a.m. (Singapore time) on the resort island of Sentosa.The historic summit will focus on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday expressed hope for the success of this week's U.S.-North Korea summit, but said it will only mark the start of a "long process" of denuclearizing the communist state, which he said could take years."The deep-rooted hostile relationship and the Nort
North Korea's state media on Monday reported leader Kim Jong-un's arrival in Singapore, saying he and U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss issues of denuclearization, permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula and other matters "required by the changed era." Kim and Trump arrived in Singa
Senior North Korean and U.S. diplomats held last-minute talks in Singapore on Monday to come up with a draft agreement to be presented to the leaders of the two countries, according to officials. Ambassador Sung Kim, the State Department's top Korea expert, met Choe Son-hui, the North's vice
Senior North Korean and U.S. diplomats will hold talks here Monday in a bid to come up with a draft agreement to be presented to the leaders of the two countries, according to officials.Ambassador Sung Kim, the State Department's top Korea expert, plans to open a working-group meeting with Choe
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to arrive in Singapore on Sunday, two days ahead of the historic talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, a news report said Friday.Kim is expected to fly into Singapore's Changi airport, Reuters news agency said, citing an unidentified source.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un got on his hands and knees to beg for the reinstatement of a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the latter's attorney said Wednesday.Rudy Giuliani made the remark at a business conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, with six days to go before the highly anticipate
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are set to meet at 9 a.m. on June 12 in Singapore, the White House said Monday.In announcing the time of the historic summit, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said logistical preparations are being finalized by an advance team
A senior North Korean official arrived in Beijing on Sunday on his way back home from a rare trip to the United States that included a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the central committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party, landed at Beijing's
South Korea welcomed the apparent revival of the historic U.S.-North Korea summit Saturday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as scheduled."It seems as if the road to a North Korea-U.S. summit has become enhanced and expanded," said Kim Eui-k
The two Koreas agreed Friday to hold general-level military talks on June 14 at the truce village of Panmunjom as part of efforts to ease tensions between the two countries.They also agreed to hold a Red Cross meeting on June 22 at the North's Mount Kumgang resort to discuss holding a reunion of
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reaffirmed that he is committed to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and expressed hope for a phased process in resolving the issue.Kim made the remark in talks with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Pyongyang on Thursday, according to
South Korea and North Korea are set to hold high-level talks Friday to discuss steps to implement the agreement reached by their leaders in their April and May summits.Officials of the two Koreas will start high-level talks at 10 a.m. at the truce village of Panmunjom in the heavily fortified Demili
A high-ranking North Korean official left Beijing for New York on Wednesday apparently to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea, took Air China flight CA981, according to diplomatic sources here.
Ahead of a potential summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, their negotiators are trying to hash out details over an array of hitherto intractable issues, including denuclearization methods, timelines and security assurances for the isolated regime.A flurry of working-level talks over the past
A decade after crossing the inter-Korean land border with box-loaded documents on North Korea's nuclear program, Amb. Sung Kim is back in talks with North Korea.The State Department's top Korea expert is meeting with North Korean officials to prepare for an unprecedented summit between Pyong
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reaffirmed his willingness to denuclearize and hold a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday."Chairman Kim Jong-un has once again clearly expressed his commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peni
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are likely to meet soon."President Moon Jae-in and State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un met twice and the North Korea-U.S. summit is also likely to take place soon," the prime minister
South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a surprise second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said, in an apparent move to convince Kim to hold his scheduled summit with U.S. President Donald Trump."President Moon Jae-in held a second summ
Candidate registration for next month's local elections in South Korea has closed, with the competition ratio standing slightly higher than a record low ratio registered years earlier, the nation's election watchdog said Saturday.For the June 13 elections, voters will cast ballots to pick 17