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Trump to meet North Korean leader Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam
Trump has said his outreach to Kim and their first meeting last June in Singapore opened a path to peace. But there is not yet a concrete plan for how denuclearization could be implemented.
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Trump says ‘things are going very well’ with North Korea
President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal to coax the North to give up its nuclear program, the White House announced Friday.
1 month ago -
Kim Jong Un warns US in New Year’s address
Kim Jong Un said he is ready to sit down again with President Donald Trump — but also warned the United States against imposing more sanctions.
2 months ago -
North Korea ordered to pay parents, estate of student $500M
A federal judge has ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.
2 months ago -
Pence canceled North Korea human rights speech with Trump admin concerned about talks
Vice President Mike Pence was expected to give a speech on North Korea’s human rights abuses last week, but the speech was scrapped amid tensions in U.S.-North Korean talks over the regime’s nuclear weapons program.
2 months ago -
N. Korea threatens to resume nuke development over sanctions
North Korea has warned it could revive a state policy aimed at strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the United States does not lift economic sanctions against the country.
4 months ago -
North Korea to fete 70th birthday with tanks, dancing masses
The spectacle, months in the making, will center on a military parade and mass games that will likely put both advanced missiles and leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes for a stronger economy front and center.
5 months ago -
Hope, caution as Kim Jong Un shifts to North Korea’s economy
North Korea’s isolated citizens are reacting to recent diplomatic and economic motions with cautious optimism.
6 months ago -
Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea
President Donald Trump said Friday he has directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a planned trip to North Korea, citing insufficient progress on denuclearization.
6 months ago -
After talks, NKorea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands
The North Korean foreign minister said two days of talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were “regrettable” and accused the U.S. of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nuclear weapons.
8 months ago -
Pompeo in Pyongyang seeks progress on NKorea nuke commitment
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began his first trip to Pyongyang since President Donald Trump’s summit with leader Kim Jong Un last month with a vow to nail down the specifics of Kim’s commitments on denuclearization.
8 months ago -
After summit, North Korea shows Trump in striking new light
North Koreans are getting a new look at President Donald Trump. They see him shaking hands with Kim Jong Un at their historic summit in Singapore, and even awkwardly saluting a three-star general.
8 months ago -
The summit’s back on: Trump, NKorea’s Kim to meet after all
A top aide to Kim Jong Un will make a rare visit to Washington Friday to hand a letter from the North Korean leader to President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after reporting “good progress” in talks between the two sides to revive an on-again, off-again nuclear summit.
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Fmr. intelligence director: US should communicate with N. Korea like Cuba
Former national intelligence director James Clapper told WTOP in a Friday interview that he believes that a successful summit would end with the U.S. and North Korea agreeing to establish a communication mechanism similar to what the U.S. once did with Havana, Cuba.
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Behind an indicted Bethesda millionaire’s fascination with tunnels under his house
In court, prosecutors revealed more about Daniel Beckwitt and the reason behind the network of tunnels under his Bethesda house, where a man died last year while digging.
9 months ago
