Asia News
A $1.8m gift from Kim Jong Un to South Koreans
Post Views: 110 SEOUL • The value of two tonnes of pine mushrooms that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent to the South as a gift is believed to be 1.5 billion […]
North Korea
National Defense & Security
UN watchdog says North Korea has not halted nuclear program
Post Views: 107 WASHINGTON – The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency says it has “grave concern” that North Korea continues to develop its nuclear weapons program. A report Monday from the International Atomic […]
Asia News
Indonesian senior minister delivers Asiad invitation for DPRK leader
Post Views: 134 Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Cultural and Human Development Affairs Puan Maharani has conveyed the Asiad host country’s official invitation for leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un, received […]
Featured
Trump thanks Kim for return of Korean War dead, but doubts remain about disarming
Post Views: 149 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Friday for the return of what are believed to be the remains of 55 U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean […]
North Korea
Visiting North Korea, UN relief chief spotlights funding shortfall to meet humanitarian needs
Post Views: 114 The United Nations is seeking to raise $111 million to meet humanitarian needs in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), where millions of people face malnutrition, a shortage medicines, and […]
Diplomacy
Report: Trump Could Hold Second Kim Jong Un Meeting in New York
Post Views: 168 Less than a month after President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the White House is reportedly already laying the ground work for a […]
Asia News
Indonesia wants Koreas’ leaders at Asian Games
Post Views: 185 President Joko Widodo of Indonesia extended an invitation to South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to come to his country for the Asian Games in August, […]
Asia News
China says North Korea’s Kim set to visit Beijing for two-day trip
Post Views: 167 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was heading to China on a two-day visit starting Tuesday, Chinese state-run television said, exactly a week after Kim’s landmark summit with U.S. President Donald […]
Asia News
2 Koreas discuss how to cooperate in Indonesia’s Asian Games
Post Views: 162 SEOUL — Sports officials from the rival Koreas met at a border village on Monday to discuss how to cooperate in the Asian Games being held in Indonesia in August. A […]
Asia News
Russia inserts itself into North Korea game
Post Views: 173 When it comes to North Korea, Japan and Russia may seem like two “lost souls” in Northeast Asia, standing on the fringes anxiously looking on as China, South Korea and the […]