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Denuclearisation talks underway in Pyongyang

United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo is back in Pyongyang for his third visit to the hermit kingdom, for further discussions on denuclearisation on the back of the historic summit between the leaders of both states in Singapore last month. Since that meeting, Trump has remained optimistic on the prospect that North Korea will hold up their end of the bargain and give up its nuclear arsenal.

6 July 2018
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Kim urges `step-by-step' nuclear talks

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.

21 June 2018
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Trump defends North Korea summit, says US ‘got so much’

President Donald Trump pushed back against criticism that he gave too much ground to North Korea at last week’s summit, saying the United States (US) “got so much” out of the meeting, including the return of American citizens.The president also defended his decision to halt military exercises with South Korea in the region, writing that the so-called war games can start again if a deal isn’t reached with North Korea.“Holding back the ‘war games’ during the negotiations was my request because

18 June 2018
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Trump, Kim summit ends with signing of joint declaration

All eyes were on the Capella Hotel in Singapore, the location of the historic summit between the President of the United States (US), Donald Trump and Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. The previously unimaginable encounter saw the leader of the free world shake the hand of a third-generation leader of a ruling dynasty, whom just months ago, he had an intense verbal exchange with and threatened to rain “fire and fury” if the latter endangered the US.

12 June 2018
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Trump and Kim shake hands to kick off US-North Korea summit

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.

12 June 2018
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Singapore Summit: Trump, Kim arrive for historic meeting

Tuesday, 12 June 2018 will be a date etched in world history when Donald Trump meets Kim Jong Un as it will mark the first meeting between a sitting United States (US) President and a Supreme Leader of North Korea. Departing from the G7 Summit, Trump called his meeting with Kim a “one-time opportunity” which “will not be wasted” on Twitter.

11 June 2018
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Invest in North Korea! Great upside, cheap labour and oh so risky

North Korea continues to stiff Sweden over a bill for 1,000 Volvo sedans shipped back in the 1970s; a Chinese mining company called its four-year venture in the isolated nation a “nightmare”; and an Egyptian telecoms giant doing business there can’t repatriate its profits.All of which explains why North Korea has a well-deserved reputation as a corporate graveyard for foreign investors.

9 June 2018
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A verifiable path to nuclear disarmament

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.

7 June 2018
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Trump wants Kim to commit to disarmament timetable in Singapore

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.

6 June 2018
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What a Trump-Kim deal may look like

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

1 June 2018
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