US officials say Pompeo has met with NKorea’s Kim
WASHINGTON — CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently traveled to North Korea to meet with leader Kim Jong Un, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. The highly unusual, secret visit comes as the enemy nations...
View ArticleTrump says unless NKorea summit ‘fruitful’ he’ll pull out
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that although he’s looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out if he feels...
View ArticleMissile, nuclear testing suspended by North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site. The announcement came ahead of a new round of nuclear...
View ArticleTrump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn’t.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to “denuclearization” before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un. But that’s not the case. North Korea said...
View ArticleTrump gives peace a chance in deciding to meet with North Korea’s leader
President Donald Trump’s decision to meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un opens new possibilities. Trump’s critics suggest Trump has given Kim a major concession – the recognition that would come...
View ArticleKim Jong Un will walk across border for summit with Moon
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon-Jae-in will plant a commemorative tree and inspect an honor guard together after Kim walks across the border Friday...
View ArticleKim Jong Un vows to shut North Korea’s nuke test site in May
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down his country’s nuclear test site in May and disclose the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United...
View ArticleLocation, date for Kim meeting could be revealed soon
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the date and location for what will be a historic meeting between a sitting American president and the leader of North Korea over denuclearization...
View ArticleWithout net neutrality, small businesses don’t stand a chance online
The U.S. Senate is just one vote away from overturning the FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality provisions. This vote, set to take place this month, will determine if small businesses will continue...
View ArticleBefore Trump takes a Korean victory lap, let’s see where this goes
If President Donald Trump’s incendiary threats have actually frightened the “dear respected comrade” Kim Jong Un into laying down his nuclear arsenal, he will deserve the Nobel Peace Prize his fans are...
View ArticleNorth Korea threatens to cancel US summit over drills
SEOUL, North Korea on Wednesday canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
View ArticleNo notification received about threat to cancel summit: Trump
WASHINGTON — Amid fresh uncertainty over his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump Wednesday said that he is committed to pressing for the country to abandon its...
View ArticleUS has a daunting to-do list to get ready for N. Korea summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Who sits where? What’s on the agenda? Will they eat together? What’s the security plan? President Donald Trump and his team have a daunting to-do list to work through as they prepare...
View ArticleSeoul pushes for successful Trump-Kim talks as North warns
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea strongly criticized South Korea over ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises on Thursday and said it will not return to talks with its rival until Seoul resolves...
View ArticleUS, South Korea work to keep North Korea summit on track
WASHINGTON — The United States and South Korea are laboring to keep the highly anticipated U.S. summit with North Korea on track, even after President Donald Trump abruptly said “there’s a very...
View ArticleNorth Korea demolishes nuke test site with series of blasts
PUNGGYE-RI, North Korea — North Korea carried out what it said is the demolition of its nuclear test site Thursday, setting off a series of explosions over several hours in the presence of foreign...
View ArticleTrump cancels June 12 summit in Singapore; cites ‘open hostility’ by North Korea
WASHINGTON — In a dramatic diplomatic turn, President Donald Trump canceled next month’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Thursday, citing the “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent...
View ArticleUS team in North Korea raises expectations of a Trump-Kim summit
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials worked with North Korea over the weekend on plans for the on-off-on meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as Trump continued to signal...
View ArticleTrump shouldn’t lead us back to brink of war with North Korea
President Donald Trump torpedoed the summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in a letter he dictated that was virtually incoherent. The question now is whether the shoddy, impulsive,...
View ArticleAhead of summit with Kim Jong Un, Trump has lots of options
TOKYO — When President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore next month, assuming they can stay on track long enough to make it happen, they will have two very different...
View ArticleCredit South Korean president for setting up Trump-Kim summit
The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un got on track because of the extraordinary leadership of South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Remember how we got here....
View Article‘I’m so happy’: Dennis Rodman weeps as Trump and Kim meet
SINGAPORE — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman openly wept on television in a live interview from Singapore on Tuesday as President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met for the first time. He told...
View ArticleTrump, Kim sign ‘important’ unspecified document
SINGAPORE – President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed what Trump says is a “very important” and “pretty comprehensive” document. But Trump is refusing to tell reporters...
View ArticleTrump sees ‘new future’ for North Korea, but path unclear
SINGAPORE — President Donald Trump wrapped up his five-hour nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with surprisingly warm words and hope for “a bright new future” for Kim’s isolated and...
View ArticleTo ‘get behind’ peace talks, we have to know what they are
In regard to the 6/18/2018 opinion piece: “Progressives should get behind Trump’s peace talks with N. Korea”: The issue is not about support. Talk is almost always a good thing, particularly in regard...
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