Lee, who was elected in a snap election in June, has promised to strengthen ties with the United States and ease tensions with North Korea while not antagonising China.
North Korea Fires Cruise Missiles Hours Before Trump’s South Korea Summit
The launches follow North Korea’s tests of short-range ballistic missiles last week, which it said involved a new hypersonic weapon intended to bolster its nuclear deterrent.
Trump dangles ‘big as you get’ carrot in bid to tempt Kim and jump-start new North Korea talks
President Trump floats sanctions relief for North Korea denuclearization as Secretary of State Marco Rubio maintains focus on nuclear disarmament policy.
With a new leader – and Trump in town – Japanese families whose loved ones were abducted by North Korea have fresh hope
For the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, this week is perhaps the best shot they’ve had in years of substantive progress.
Trump says he’d be willing to extend Asia trip to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump noted that he’d be willing to extend his trip to meet with Kim Jong Un of North Korea, if the foreign official wants to meet.
How North Korea outsmarts US intelligence agencies—and what they should do to adapt
North Korea has turned deception into strategy, weaponizing ambiguity to mask nuclear progress. Its success reveals how bureaucratic inertia within US intelligence creates blind spots.
Putin and North Korea’s foreign minister discuss strengthening ties, KCNA says
North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Monday to discuss strengthening cooperation, North Korean state media KCNA said on Tuesday.
Trump says he’s ‘open’ to meeting with Kim Jong Un during Asia trip, North Korea is ‘sort of a nuclear power’
President Donald Trump said he is open to meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un during his trip to Asia, claiming they previously got along “very well.” …
Is the U.S. Losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Gaining.
U.S. allies worry that American volatility and Russian outreach and arms sales, in particular, are driving Vietnam into a new phase.
South Korean presidential aide says meeting between Trump and North Korea’s Kim unlikely to happen soon
A South Korean presidential security adviser said on Monday that she did not believe a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was likely to happen soon. Oh …