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World leaders have failed to resolve major differences with Donald Trump over trade at the G7 summit in Canada . After a gathering marked by both acrimony and banter, The US President left prematurely for Singapore and a possibly more momentous meeting – with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. Before he left Donald Trump said he…
President Trump has welcomed a decision by the North Korean leader to suspend all missile tests and shut down a nuclear test site. The announcement comes as Kim Jong-Un prepares for historic talks with South Korea and the United States. Both countries have been pushing Pyongyang to denuclearise – but this development doesn’t go far…
President Trump has confirmed, by tweet of course, that his nominee for Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has met Kim Jong-un for direct talks. The next step will be President Trump meeting the North Korean President in person to discuss disarmament, an historic occasion which the President now says will happen in one of five…
It’s no secret President Trump and Rex Tillerson’s relationship was on the rocks. But why the messy break-up now? Could it be over the sudden announcement that the President would meet Kim Jong-un, or is Mr Trump annoyed the former secretary of state condemned Russia after the Salisbury nerve agent attack? Whatever caused the split,…
After months of trading insults as they bragged about the size of their military arsenals, US President Donald Trump is set to meet Kim Jong-un of North Korea within weeks. It will be the first time that leaders of the two countries have met – so what will happen when the Rocket Man meets The Donald?
North Korea’s leader has called for a “further livening up” of the “warm climate of reconciliation” with the South that appears to have been created at the Winter Olympics. According to the North Korean state news agency, Kim Jong-un also praised the South for hosting a North Korean delegation at the Pyeongchang Games, where his…
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has defended the “market economy”, saying it has brought people out of poverty. In media interviews and his speech to Conservative conference, Mr Hammond repeatedly accused the Labour Party of posing a threat to this economic model. The chancellor even appeared to compare Labour’s policies to countries like North Korea and…
At the United Nations General Assembly, a platform President Trump once decried but now bestrode, he threatened to totally destroy North Korea and mocked Kim Jong-un, saying “Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself”. He accused Iran of being intent on destabilising the Middle East, and denounced socialism. It only brought “anguish, devastation…
The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, says China and Russia bear “unique and special responsibility for North Korea’s growing threat to regional and global stability”.
Has North Korea’s Kim Jong-un had his half-brother killed?
Sony Pictures u-turns on its decision to pull parody film The Interview following a cyber attack blamed on North Korea – and now wants it released in cinemas on Christmas day.
As a cinema chain opts not to screen a movie about North Korea, over “terror threats”, can a cyber attack on the studio that made it really be traced back to the secretive nation?
North Korea’s president has missed a key political anniversary celebration, adding to speculation over his general health and grip on power.
North Korea sends a senior delegation to South Korea as the two countries agree to reopen a dialogue. But where is Kim Jong-un? The North Korean leader has not been seen in public for weeks.
North Korean state television airs photographs of Kim Jong-un, the country’s dictator with one of the most appalling human rights records on the planet, as a cherub-faced child.