Trump 5th US president to visit DMZ, first to cross to North

US President Donald Trump made history when he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday, becoming the first sitting US president to meet a North Korean leader at the DMZ and to cross into the North. Trump was the fifth US president to visit the border area separating the two Koreas, some seven years after Barack Obama’s visit in 2012. Every US president since Ronald Reagan has visited the border area, except for George H.W. Bush, wh

June 30, 2019

Trump, Kim hold historic DMZ meeting

The leaders of the two Koreas and the US gathered for the first time Sunday at the border village of Panmunjom, making history in Korean Peninsula issues. In a manner similar to President Moon Jae-in’s summit with Kim in April last year, Trump and Kim met at the Military Demarcation Line, respectively on the South Korean and North Korean side. After a brief greeting across the MDL, Trump and Kim walked several steps into North Korea, after which they came back to the South Korean

June 30, 2019

[Photo News] Photo News: Trump meets Kim Jong-un at Panmunjom, inter-Korean border village

     

June 30, 2019

Moon, Trump visit DMZ observation post together

US President Donald Trump visited an observation post along the inter-Korean border, overlooking North Korea, and received a briefing from front-line troops Sunday. The trip to the Observation Post Ouellette came just ahead of Trump's planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the truce village of Panmunjom, also known as the Joint Security Area, located not far away from there.Wearing a suit, Trump looked at the northern side across the DMZ with no binoculars, according to TV foota

June 30, 2019

Trump, Kim Jong-un to meet at Panmunjom: Moon

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have agreed to meet at Panmunjom, an inter-Korean border village, President Moon Jae-in announced after a summit with Trump, who called it "just a step" that's perhaps "important."Moon noted that it will be the first time for the leaders of the Cold War foes to hold a meeting at Panmunjom since the Korean War ended with the Armistice Agreement in 1953. Moon was speaking at a joint press conference with Trump at Che

June 30, 2019

[Breaking] DMZ 'closed to tourists' on N. Korean side: tour firm

The Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas was closed to tourists on the North's side on Sunday, a tour company said, amid speculation US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong -un would meet there."The DMZ is closed to tourists visiting from the North Korean side today," tweeted Koryo Tours, the market leader in western tourism to the isolated country. (AFP)

June 30, 2019

Trump on possible Kim encounter: 'He very much wants to'

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Kim Jong-un "very much wants" to meet him, a day after inviting the North Korean leader to "say hello" in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula."We'll see. He very much wants to. We are trying to work it out," Trump told reporters about a possible third face-to-face meeting between the pair after summits in Singapore and Hanoi."It will be very short but that's OK. A handshake means a lot," he added, wi

June 30, 2019

N. Korea says Trump's DMZ meeting offer 'interesting suggestion'

North Korea said Saturday that a proposal by US President Donald Trump to meet its leader Kim Jong-un in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas is a "very interesting suggestion.""We see it as a very interesting suggestion, but we have not received an official proposal in this regard," the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) cited First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui as saying. Trump earlier made the offer on Twitter, hours before he was due to visit

June 29, 2019

Trump’s Tweet fans speculations ahead of trip to Seoul

OSAKA, Japan -- US President Donald Trump on Saturday further fanned speculations about his visit to Seoul with a Twitter post saying he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un while in Korea. “After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon),” Trump wrote.“While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his ha

June 29, 2019

Cheong Wa Dae: No decision on Trump-NK leader meeting

OSAKA, Japan -- Responding to US President Donald Trump's latest twitter message on North Korea, Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday that "Nothing has been decided."Trump offered in the message to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the border between the two Koreas, during his upcoming trip to South Korea. Trump will leave for the South for a two-day trip later Saturday after attending the two-day Group of 20 summit here. He was widely expected

June 29, 2019

Putin: N. Korean leader says security assurance is a key corresponding step for denuclearization

OSAKA -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made it clear that security assurance is his key demand in terms of corresponding measures for denuclearization, Russian President Vladimir Putin told South Korean President Moon Jae-in during their talks here Saturday.Putin was briefing Moon on the outcome of his April summit with Kim held in the Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, according to deputy Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Han Jung-woo."President Putin quoted Chairman Kim Jong-un as saying th

June 29, 2019

Trump: US has never been more loyal to S. Korea than now

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump on Friday reaffirmed the close friendship and alliance between South Korea and the United States, saying his country has never been more loyal to the ally nation than now.The comments were published in a press release from the White House ahead of his visit to South Korea on Saturday and Sunday. "The partnership between our two nations and our two people is deep and enduring," Trump said. "We have been proud to stand by your side for many de

June 29, 2019

Trump offers to meet Kim at inter-Korean border

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump has offered to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the inter-Korean border when he travels to South Korea later in the day.Trump made the offer on Twitter on Saturday (Japan time), hours before he was due to visit Seoul from Osaka, Japan, where he has been attending a Group of 20 summit."After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon)," Tru

June 29, 2019

Xi’s statements invite varied interpretations

Messages from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un relayed by Chinese President Xi Jinping invited mixed interpretations in Seoul.During a summit with President Moon Jae-in in Japan on Thursday, Xi briefed him on the results of his two-day state visit to Pyongyang June 20-21.  While stressing the North Korean regime’s unwavering commitment to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through dialogue with the US, Xi said that Kim is willing to do what it can to address the regime’s &l

June 28, 2019

US ready for talks with NK to make 'simultaneous and parallel' progress: nuke envoy

The United States is ready to hold talks with North Korea to move their denuclearization negotiations forward in a "simultaneous and parallel" manner, Washington's top nuclear envoy was quoted as saying Friday.US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun made the remarks when he met with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Do-hoon, a day before US President Donald Trump visits Seoul for summit talks with President Moon Jae-in, according to the foreign ministry.Biegun "re

June 28, 2019

Canberra checking on Australian reportedly detained in NK

The Australian government said it is working with the Swedish government to confirm reports that an Australian man has been detained in North Korea. The family of Alek Sigley, a 29-year-old student who has lived in North Korea for the past year and is pursuing a master’s degree in Korean literature at Kim Il-sung University, said they had not heard from him since Tuesday. Citing unnamed sources, South Korean and Australian media reported that Sigley had been arrested by North Korean author

June 28, 2019

President’s adviser calls on NK to take bold steps to resume talks

North Korea should take bold actions to resume the stalled denuclearization negotiations with the United States, a security adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday.Moon Chung-in, a special presidential adviser for unification, foreign and security affairs, suggested that the North should take bold actions, such as allowing open inspections of Punggye-ri nuclear test site and dismantlement of the Dongchang-ri missile launch site, if it wants the US to take its offer.  &ld

June 27, 2019

[Breaking] Xi asks Moon to resolve THAAD issue, Moon says that's why denuclearization is needed: Cheong Wa Dae

On request of Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve issues involving the deployment of a US anti-missile system in Korea, President Moon Jae-in said that is why denuclearization is needed, Cheong Wa Dae said on Thursday.

June 27, 2019

Xi says many things possible from China-S. Korea cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed "unswerving support" Thursday for South Korea's efforts for regional peace and an improvement in inter-Korean relations, holding summit talks here with President Moon Jae-in, Cheong Wa Dae said.At the outset of the talks, which pool media were allowed to cover, Xi said Beijing would contribute to maintaining regional peace and stability."If our two nations join hands, (we) can do a lot of things," he told Moon. "China will push ince

June 27, 2019

NK’s Kim remains firm on denuclearization: Xi

OSAKA, Japan -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s intentions regarding denuclearization and dialogue remain unchanged, and he is open to engaging with South Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. At the summit meeting with President Moon Jae-in held in Osaka, Japan, Xi relayed these and other plans Kim has, briefing his South Korean counterpart on his trip to Pyongyang. “(Kim’s) intentions on denuclearization are unchanged,” Xi was quoted as saying by Cheong W

June 27, 2019