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Asia & Pacific 06/29/19, 23:52

President Donald Trump will meet Sunday with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the North and South, a day after he issued an unprecedented invitation and expressed willingness to cross the border for what would be a history-making photo op. South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced that ...

U.S. 06/29/19, 15:37

President Trump departed from Osaka, Japan, for Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, June 29, having concluded an agenda at the G-20 summit that included high-profile meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Party Secretary Xi Jinping. Trump will be spending two days with Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is hosting ...

Europe 05/29/19, 20:00

The Latest on a boat that capsized in the Danube River in Budapest with 33 South Korean tourists (all times local):3 a.m. ThursdaySouth Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered officials to mobilize all available efforts to support rescue work in cooperation with the Hungarian government after a boat with South ...

Asia & Pacific 04/24/19, 04:04

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week expands a diplomatic charm offensive that has included meetings with leaders from China, South Korea and the United States. Some key moments: Jan. 1, 2018: In his New Year's address, Kim calls for improved relations with South ...

Europe 04/16/19, 03:17

Nations are expressing solidarity with France after the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral and offering help for the recovery. Monday's fire collapsed the spire and burned through the roof of the 12th-century landmark, sparking outpourings of grief. President Donald Trump called the cathedral "one of the great treasures of the ...

Asia & Pacific 04/15/19, 03:51

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday he's ready for a fourth summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to help salvage faltering nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang. Moon's comments came after Kim issued his harshest criticism yet over South Korea's diplomatic role last week, accusing Seoul of acting ...

Politics 04/12/19, 20:29

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the state-run media said Saturday. Kim made the comments ...

Politics 04/12/19, 08:03

President Donald Trump says the U.S. wants to keep economic sanctions in place to pressure North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, but isn't ruling out a third summit with Kim Jong Un or taking steps to ease food or other shortages in the repressive nation. "We want sanctions to remain ...

Asia & Pacific 04/11/19, 23:08

South Korean President Moon Jae-in failed to move the US position on sanctions, which may cost him credibility with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Politics 04/11/19, 12:08

The Latest on Attorney General William Barr, Congress and the Russia probe (all times local): 1:05 p.m. President Donald Trump says he believes Attorney General William Barr was correct in saying that spying did occur on Trump's 2106 presidential campaign. Attorney General William Barr reacts as he appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee ...

Asia & Pacific 04/11/19, 12:06

The Latest on President Donald Trump's meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (all times local): 12:55 p.m. President Donald Trump says the U.S. wants to see sanctions against North Korea continue for now. President Donald Trump walks with South Korean President Moon Jae-In to the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, ...

Politics 04/11/19, 11:20

President Donald Trump's meeting Thursday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in comes amid uncertainty over whether the leader of North Korea is considering backing out of nuclear negotiations or restarting nuclear and missile tests. It is Moon's first meeting with Trump since his unsuccessful summit with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. ...

Politics 04/11/19, 07:01

Both leaders want a denuclearized Korean Peninsula, but have differed on how to approach negotiations with North Korea

Asia & Pacific 04/09/19, 01:27

S. Korean President Moon Jae-in travels to Washington for a summit with Trump in an attempt to restart talks between Washington and Pyongyang

Asia & Pacific 04/02/19, 05:54

Pyongyang called a daylight raid on its Madrid embassy a “grave terrorist attack” a month after it occurred

Politics 03/28/19, 21:33

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will travel to the United States in two weeks for a summit with President Donald Trump on stalemated North Korean nuclear diplomacy. It would be their first meeting since Trump's second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam last month. Their talks collapsed ...

Asia & Pacific 03/26/19, 04:05

US President Donald Trump canceled new sanctions imposed on Chinese shipping companies accused of helping North Korea skirt international sanctions

Asia & Pacific 03/19/19, 03:22

International journalists' organizations are criticizing South Korea's press freedoms after the country's ruling party singled out a Bloomberg reporter with South Korean nationality over what it claimed was a "borderline traitorous" article insulting President Moon Jae-in, resulting in threats to the reporter's safety. The Democratic Party said Tuesday that it has ...

Asia & Pacific 03/07/19, 03:00

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he’s ready to step in and be the mediator between the United States and North Korea after the two nations failed to reach an agreement in Hanoi last week

Asia & Pacific 03/05/19, 22:11

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed a joint project with China to use artificial rain to clean the air in Seoul, where an acute increase in pollution has caused alarm.Moon also on Wednesday instructed government officials to quicken the retirement of old coal-burning power plants.Seoul has been struggling to ...