A Chinese airplane landed in Singapore on Saturday after leaving Pyongyang, days before a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a website that traces flight routes showed.The airplane for the Chinese air carrier, Air China, arrived at Singapore'
About 3.8 million Koreans, or 8.77 percent of eligible voters, cast ballots Friday, the first of two days of early voting for the June 13 local elections, which are seen as an indicator of voter sentiment toward liberal President Moon Jae-in.The advance voting was conducted at 3,512 polling stations
Korea Aerospace Industries Co., the country's sole aircraft manufacturer, said Friday it has received a 115.7 billion won (US$108 million) parts order from the United States.Under the deal signed with Triumph Aerostructure LLC, KAI plans to supply wing and body parts for the B767 twin-engine jet
Observing the 23rd Ocean Day on May 31, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM) took pains to publicize the significance of protecting the marine environment. KOEM set up a Marine Environment Promotion Booth during a special Ocean Day event which took place at Incheon Inner Port Pier
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton will be in Singapore for next week's highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a White House official said Wednesday.Bolton has been a target of North Korean anger since he called for applying a s
South Korea will hold two-day early voting for the June 13 local elections and parliamentary by-elections this week, the election watchdog said Thursday.Eligible voters can cast ballots at 3,512 polling stations nationwide from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. starting Friday, according to the National Electi
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un probably wants to test the United States' commitment to any nuclear deal when he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump next week, a former U.S. envoy said Tuesday.Trump and Kim are set for a historic summit in Singapore next Tuesday, a meeting that will focus on
China's national carrier will resume flights between Beijing and Pyongyang this week amid improved Sino-North Korea ties, a company official said Tuesday.Starting Wednesday, Air China will provide three flights per week on the route that it suspended on Nov. 21 last year. Relations soured last y
South Korea is in talks with the United States over their diplomatic schedule to follow the upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a Seoul official said Tuesday. The remark was made following a report by Japanese broadcaster NHK stating that
The chief of the U.S. delegation to summit preparation talks with North Korea said Friday the discussion is "moving in the right direction."Sung Kim, U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, however, noted that there is still "much work" left before nailing down the summit between U.S. President Dona
The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States agreed Saturday to maintain their robust alliance in the face of North Korea's recent peace offensive.In talks held on the margins of the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual security forum, in Singapore, Defense Minister Song Young-moo and Secre
(Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday put a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un back on for June 12 following weeks of uncertainty over whether it would take place.Trump said after meeting with a senior North Korean official at the White House that the summit will go ahead in Sin
A senior North Korean official arrived in New York Wednesday to salvage a highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Kim Yong-chol, a vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, arrived at JFK International Airport, b
South Korean President Moon Jae-in may travel to Singapore next month to hold a three-way summit with his U.S. and North Korean counterparts, Seoul officials noted Thursday, possibly suggesting that Washington and Pyongyang may currently be considering a formal end to the Korean War as an incentive
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
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with a senior North Korean official in New York this week, the White House said Tuesday, as the two sides ramp up preparations for a potential summit between their leaders.The visit by Kim Yong-chol, a vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers
Japan plans to push for a foreign ministers meeting with North Korea in August should the North make progress toward denuclearization after the summit between the United States and the communist country, the Japanese news agency has said.Citing multiple government sources, Japan's Kyodo News rep
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday to meet ahead of the president's planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the White House said.Trump and Abe spoke by phone after the U.S. leader canceled his June 12 meeting with Kim, citing "open host
U.S. and North Korean officials will meet again on the inter-Korean border after a one-day break Monday, a diplomatic source said, as they continue preparations for a potential summit between their leaders.The two sides met Sunday (Korea time) on the northern side of the border, with the U.S. delega
South Korea is making preparations for high-level talks with North Korea slated for later this week to discuss follow-up measures to the historic summit between their leaders last month, the unification ministry said Monday.The move came after South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean lead