Putin ready to meet NKorea’s Kim at ‘early date’ – KCNA

SEOUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at an early date,” the North’s state media reported Wednesday, amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula. Putin invited Kim and the South’s President Moon Jae-in in June to an economic forum in Vladivostok next month although it […]

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US, North Korean top diplomats exchange pleasantries, barbs

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Roller-coaster nuclear diplomacy between the United States and North Korea hit highs and lows on Saturday as the countries’ top diplomats traded polite words and barbs, leaving efforts to rid the North of its atomic weapons at an uncertain juncture.

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Kim Jong-un invited to attend Asian Games in Indonesia

Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani visited North Korea on Tuesday to deliver a personal invitation from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to attend the Asian Games 2018 hosted by Indonesia.

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US pushes UN to maintain sanctions pressure on NKorea

UNITED NATIONS, United States: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday (Saturday in Manila) urged UN member-states to keep tough economic sanctions fully in place on North Korea and maintain pressure on Kim Jong Un to dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear program. “We need to see Chairman Kim do what he promised the world he would […]

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Invest in North Korea: Money pit or golden opportunity?

In a photo taken on June 16, 2018 commuters ride a bus through Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. Donald Trump dangled the carrot of foreign investment in front of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their nuclear summit, but analysts say few will want to put money into one of the highest-risk business environments in the world. / AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: NKorea-Economy-Diplomacy-Nuclear; Focus by Sebastien BERGER

Donald Trump dangled the carrot of foreign investment in front of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their nuclear summit, but analysts say few will want to put money into one of the highest-risk business environments in the world.

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Trump grumbles that North Korea deal not earning wide praise

Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump

President Donald Trump says his deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will save tens of millions of people from a potential nuclear war. Now he just has to get everyone else on board.

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