United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called for a "free and open" Indo-Pacific region Monday, taking aim at China ahead of a trip to Southeast Asia to promote America's strategic vision for Asia.Pompeo will depart later this week on a trip to Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia to hammer home the Trump administration's commitment to the region, and also press for denuclearisation in North Korea.The trip comes at a time of tension with Beijing over its moves

United States (US) President Donald Trump on Thursday again signalled optimism about efforts to end the nuclear standoff with North Korea, as he took the extraordinary diplomatic step of tweeting out a letter from Kim Jong Un.The four-paragraph letter – an upbeat missive in which Kim voices hope in a "new future" and speaks of his "invariable trust" in Trump – is dated 6 July, the day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in North Korea for what turned out to be acrimoniou

The United States (US) and North Korea sharply diverged after two days of talks, with Pyongyang terming the US position on denuclearisation during meetings with Mike Pompeo “extremely regrettable,” hours after the secretary of state cited progress on central issues.A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a statement reported by the state media outlet Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), said Pompeo had put forward the same “cancerous” demands that past administrations had sought.Trust betw

Kim Jong Un doesn’t appear to be in a rush to dump his nuclear weapons.In talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, the North Korean leader reiterated his call for a gradual process to carry out the results of last week’s summit with United States (US) President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un took a historic first step toward ending decades of enmity between the United States (US) and North Korea, shaking hands to start a summit between two adversaries that only last year had seemed on the brink of nuclear war.With sombre expressions, the two men opened their highly anticipated meeting in Singapore shortly after 9 a.m. local time Tuesday, marking the first face-to-face encounter between a sitting US president and a leader of North Korea.

As officials from the United States (US) and North Korea prepare for the 12 June summit meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, nuclear experts must come to terms with a significant question: If Kim commits to dismantling his nuclear stockpile, how can the world be sure that he is following through?There is no question that North Korea poses a unique challenge to the nuclear nonproliferation regime; the political context for advancing disarmament globally is very different.

The White House wants North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to a timetable to surrender his country’s nuclear arsenal when he meets United States (US) President Donald Trump next week in Singapore, a high-stakes summit that could last as long as two days – or just minutes.Trump has been advised not to offer Kim any concessions, as the White House seeks to put the onus on the North Koreans to make the summit a success, one US official said.

The on-again, off-again summit between United States (US) President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un now appears increasingly likely to take place but it’s not yet clear what kind of agreement, if any, the two leaders will be able to reach.North Korea has ruled out the so-called “Libya model” where it loads its nuclear program onto planes bound for the US right away, with Kim saying Thursday the issue should be “solved on a stage-by-stage basis.” Trump insists that the end goa

The once irrefutable fact that North Korea is closed from others across the globe is now a thing of the past. Akin to a persona non grata before, the country is now slowly turning heads and is aiming to be accepted by the international community.

On the 21st of April, a decision made by North Korea’s controversial leader, Kim Jong-un definitely caught the world off guard. It was a momentous occasion as Pyongyang made the decision of suspending their ballistic missile tests as well as to shut down the Punggye-ri nuclear test site. There are camps suggesting that the decision to denuclearise is a caving-in to international pressure, with increasing economic sanctions on Pyongyang a big concern for Jong-un.