A survey from Seoul National University published on Tuesday found South Koreans view China as a greater threat to peace on the peninsula than North Korea. It was the first time in the 11-year history of the survey that China passed North Korea as the biggest obstacle to peace.
A top South Korean official told lawmakers on Monday that Kim Jong-un’s regime in North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul’s first public admission about the size of the Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal.
North Korea’s state-run KCNA news service declared on Tuesday that a peace treaty to formally conclude the Korean War “can never be a bargaining chip” for ending Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program and suggested the United States must decide if it truly wants a treaty.
South Korea’s Yonhap News on Monday noticed North Korea’s state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun lavishing extraordinary praise on China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative, an international infrastructure program China has invested a great deal of pride and money in.
North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun opened the month of October with a stern warning to readers that America’s “bourgeois ideology and culture” was a “constant danger” to the country, just days after a senior communist official declared to the United Nations that the country would never unilaterally abandon nuclear weapons.
President Donald Trump on Saturday hit out at countries that rely on the U.S. “subsidizing” their military capabilities, pointing to Saudi Arabia, as well as Japan and South Korea as culprits. In doing so he linked them to NATO allies in Europe that rely on U.S. defense capabilities while neglecting their own.
A South Korean tour company appears set to be the first in the nation to organize trips to North Korea, according to a report by the nation’s Yonhap news agency Friday.
The South Korean destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great sailed close to the disputed Paracel Islands in mid-September, irritating the Chinese even though South Korean officials say the ship was merely seeking refuge from a typhoon.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, as world leaders often do. The encounter began on a high note but turned sour with an argument over the “comfort women” issue that has divided South Korea and Japan for many years.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, expressing thanks to the United States, United Nations, and various international organizations for helping to create an opportunity for lasting peace between North and South Korea.
“From day one I promised the American people that I would renegotiate our trade deals to ensure that our agreements were fair and reciprocal,” Trump said during his remarks.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in New York on Sunday to attend the U.N. General Assembly and hold a bilateral summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Moon is eager to set up a second meeting between Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. President Trump indicated on Monday such a meeting could occur “quite soon.”
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters Thursday that America’s stance on negotiations with North Korea has not changed regarding denuclearization and that Washington would take no “corresponding measures” to please Pyongyang before the communist rogue state fully dismantles its illegal nuclear program.
As the third summit meeting between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in drew to a close, officials from the Trump administration signaled the United States is ready to resume discussions about eliminating North Korea’s nuclear program.
President Moon Jae-in and wife Kim Jung-sook made a final stop on their three-day trip to North Korea on Thursday to climb Mount Paektu, the highest peak in the Koreas.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told reporters following his return to Seoul from North Korea Thursday that he hopes to see all participants in the Korean War sign a peace treaty by the end of the year.
North and South Korean military officials agreed on Wednesday to conduct joint searches for the remains of Korean War soldiers, the first such cooperative project undertaken since the end of the war in 1953.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s third summit meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, held in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, produced an offer on Wednesday for Kim to visit South Korea “in the near future.”
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in signed an agreement Wednesday to “get rid of all threats in every part of the country that could spark war,” according to Moon, and potentially limit North Korea’s nuclear development in exchange for unspecified rewards.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un credited his meeting in June with President Donald Trump for “stabilizing” Asia while greeting his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on Tuesday in Pyongyang.
Leftist South Korean President Moon Jae-in landed in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday morning local time to a fervent crowd and a hug from dictator Kim Jong-un, who thanked him for continuing talks with the rogue regime even as no evidence surfaces that Kim has shut down his illegal nuclear weapons program.
Leftist South Korean President Moon Jae-in has assembled an entourage of over 200 big business CEOs, pop stars, politicians, and journalists to accompany him to Pyongyang on Tuesday for his third summit this year with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
The governments of North and South Korea announced on Friday that they had agreed to open two liaison offices, one for each country, on their mutual border that would allow for “round-the-clock communication.” The offices will be located in the same building.
The government of South Korea downplayed the high financial cost of diplomacy with North Korea on Wednesday, as opposition lawmakers argue they are spending excessively to appease the communist regime.
Authorities in South Korea have vowed to “make an example” of a dozen music students who allegedly gained weight to avoid having to do the country’s mandatory military service.
China is continuing to undermine international sanctions on North Korea by increasing trade with their close communist ally, NBC News revealed in a report Wednesday.
South Korea’s special envoy to the North, Chung Eun-yong, met with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Wednesday and said the North Korean dictator wants to denuclearize during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term. Chung said Kim professed “unwavering trust for President Trump” despite recent diplomatic tensions between the United States and North Korea.
The North Korean communist regime – through state media, ministry statements, and words attributed to dictator Kim Jong-un – changed its approach towards the United States on Thursday, urging President Donald Trump to restart denuclearization talks.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met with a special delegation representing South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday, continuing ongoing talks on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.
An NGO specializing in the proliferation of cluster bombs released a report Thursday at the United Nations accusing the communist government of North Korea of continuing to build and stockpile the weapons.
President Donald Trump published a statement from the White House Wednesday asserting that he does not believe that there is a good reason “at this time to be spending large amounts of money on joint U.S.-South Korea war games,” as his relationship with dictator Kim Jong-un is “a very good and warm one.”
South Korea’s Gangwon Province faces huge debts after hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics this year, becoming the latest venue to suffer in the aftermath of holding a large-scale international sporting event.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry announced on Tuesday that it will spend 1.1 trillion won (about $993 million) on cross-border initiatives with North Korea next year, an increase of 14.3 percent over current spending.
North Koreans who fled the regime and live in South Korea say the government and major national institutions are pressuring them to treat the human rights atrocities they experienced as “taboo” and to refrain from criticizing the leftist government for warming up to dictator Kim Jong-un, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.
Reports on Monday revealed that North Korean officials sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warning that denuclearization talks “may fall apart” because the United States will not “meet expectations in terms of taking a step forward to sign a peace treaty” shortly before his trip to the country was canceled.
The South Korean government remains eager for another summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a presidential office spokesperson said on Tuesday.
China’s state-run Global Times posted a furious editorial on Sunday denouncing the Trump administration for canceling a planned trip to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Contents: China, North and South Korea confounded by cancellation of Kim Jong-un meeting; Trump pursues risky strategy, trying to avoid a greater risk
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published a report on Monday stating there is no indication North Korea is truly abandoning its nuclear weapons program. The U.N. watchdog agency said the few steps taken by Pyongyang so far have been largely theatrical and do not represent a meaningful dismantling of the rogue Communist nation’s nuclear capability.
North and South Korea are holding family reunification events this week for the first time since 2015. A group of 89 elderly South Koreans journeyed to North Korea’s Mount Kumgang resort to meet with family members they haven’t seen since the Korean War ended in 1953.
