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South Korean officials confirmed on Monday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is personally hosting a dinner reception for special envoys sent by Seoul to discuss stabilizing bilateral relations, among other concerns.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and vital Asian allies are reportedly working on coordinating an unprecedented crackdown on ships suspected of evading sanctions on the murderous North Korean regime led by dictator Kim Jong-un.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged the United States and North Korea to lower their conditions for negotiations to take place.

It has been almost a half-century since the technology first made its appearance in 1969, but the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) has become a necessary part of life for people on the go in need of instant cash.

First daughter Ivanka Trump is cheering on Team USA athletes in Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, hanging out with athletes and even the South Korean First Lady, Kim Jung-sook.

North Korea has opened talks with South Korea over the possibility of their participation in the upcoming Paralympic Games, officials in Seoul have revealed.

A Dutch speed skater was forced to apologize to the South Korean people for saying that Koreans need to treat their canines better, reports say.

North Korea’s Olympic “charm offensive” came to an end on Thursday as officials announced Pyongyang’s delegation to the closing ceremony would include Kim Yong-chol, who is currently vice chairman of the Workers’ Party Central Committee but formerly chief of the North Korean military intelligence agency blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack on the South Korean corvette Cheonan.

OXON HILL, Maryland — CPAC attendees raucously cheered Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday when he harshly rebuked positive media coverage of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un’s sister at the Olympics.

The sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is reportedly pregnant with her second child.

The White House and State Department revealed on Tuesday that North Korean officials offered to meet with Vice President Mike Pence during the Winter Olympics in South Korea, but retracted their offer at the last minute after Pence condemned North Korea’s human rights violations.

Politics are in the spotlight again at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea as Ivanka Trump attends the closing ceremony of the games on Sunday.

Contents: 38North reports that North Korea continues nuclear weapons development; American politicians debate a ‘bloody nose attack’ on North Korea

A North Korean official on Tuesday floated the possibility of co-hosting the 2021 Asian Winter Games with South Korea and using North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort for the event.

In a rare interview with Margaret Brennan of CBS News’ 60 Minutes, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he has been working to convince China that North Korea is a “serious threat” to its interests.

A sports writer for USA Today thinks that Norway has been successful at the Winter Olympics because their athletes are friendly, and they have nationalized healthcare.

The friendly competition for medals between athletes and nations are usually the focus of the Olympic games. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea proved otherwise.

The South Korean government is debating a proposal to bill South Korean taxpayers almost $3 million to cover the cost of North Korea’s participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

President Donald Trump’s self-described unpredictability is “one of the most powerful assets in negotiation” in dealing with North Korea, said Michael Malice on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight.

Trump said he was concerned about foreign countries like China dumping cheap steel on the United States, hurting the country’s steel industry.

In an extremely rare display of effusive praise, North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted dictator Kim Jong-un on Tuesday lauding South Korea’s treatment of a Pyongyang delegation to the Winter Olympics as “very impressive” and expressing gratitude that

South Korean politicians and analysts are divided over North Korea’s proposal for a summit between dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang. Some are supportive of the idea or, at least, think it is worth a few days of President Moon’s time, while others believe the summit could be counterproductive or even dangerous.

Vice President Mike Pence said diplomacy with North Korea is possible, but a “maximum pressure campaign” would remain in place.

Kim Yo-jong, North Korea’s head of Propaganda and Agitation and sister of Kim Jong-un, invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the “earliest date” to visit Pyongyang at her brother’s request.

U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu made history at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, by successfully performing the first ever triple axel performed by an American woman at the Winter Games.

CNN ran a Trump and Pence-bashing piece on Monday morning sourced entirely to “a senior diplomatic source close to North Korea.”

North Korea’s state media – run by head of Propaganda and Agitation at the Korean Workers’ Party, Kim Yo-jong – took a rare stab at the Chinese government for allegedly “seriously spoiling the atmosphere” of a meeting between North and South Korean officials.

Contents: Kim Yo-jong, the North Korean dictator’s sister, charms the Olympics; Kim Yo-jong returns to Pyongyang with fond memories and an invitation for Moon; Moon Jae-in faces some difficult decisions

In a bizarre display of willful blindness, U.S. liberal media have lavished praise on North Korea’s dictatorship during the first days of the Winter Olympics, gushing over its “charm offensive” and comparing it favorably to the Trump administration.

Despite efforts by the South Korean government to hide the dog-meat on menus, many shops offered dog soup near venues for the 2018 Olympics.

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has apologized to South Koreans for an on-air remark by an analyst that cited Japan as an example that has been important to the country’s own transformation.

Just hours ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday, South Korean protesters scuffled with police as they burned North Korea flags and images of dictator Kim Jong-un.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Workers’ Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Director Kim Yo-Jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister, shook hands at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday, an unprecedented diplomatic gesture between Seoul and Pyongyang.

A “record-setting” light display consisting of 1,218 drones was revealed during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Friday.

TEHRAN – Iran said Friday that its athletes had refused to accept special Samsung mobile telephones issued for the Winter Olympics in South Korea until they received an apology for initially being refused them.

North Korea reportedly staged the military parade it rescheduled to precede the 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies on Thursday, showing off its latest intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in an event Korean outlets described as both “massive” and smaller than usual.