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South Korean President Moon: “Should North Korea’s economy be opened, neighboring countries, international organizations and global funds will take part…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday departed Pyongyang for the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi, the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) confirmed on Sunday morning.
A range of sanctions are up for negotiation if the US achieves ‘a substantial step’ towards denuclearization through the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sa
Seoul is preparing for the possibility of a bilateral end of war declaration in Hanoi. South Korean presidential spokesperson Kim Eui-keum said “I think the end-of-war declaration between North Korea and the U.S. would be sufficient by itself.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korea identified China as a security concern, adding that the US has communicated to Kim Jong Un, “that the security assurances that they need can be provided in a way that is reasonable.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the U.S. secretary of state he did not want his children to live with the burden of nuclear weapons, a former CIA officer involved in high-level diplomacy over the North’s weapons was quoted as saying on Saturday.
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The chairmen of three U.S. House of Representative committees urged President Donald Trump, in a letter published on Thursday, to stop withholding from Congress information pertaining to North Korea and current negotiations with the DPRK.
The White House says that if North Korea follows through on its commitment to denuclearize, “The United States and partners are prepared to explore how to mobilize investment, improve infrastructure, enhance food security, and more in the DPRK.
The U.S.-South Korea alliance can withstand the current diplomatic pressures
In a new The Washington Post oped, Korea Society President Thomas Byrne says, “An alliance that can continue to adapt to changing conditions, amid the crosscurrents of denuclearization, is essential for moving the process forward.”