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Kim to meet Putin as Russia seeks closer military ties with North Korea

Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss the possibility of supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, as Russia says it is seeking closer military ties with North Korea. In a rare trip abroad, Kim would travel from Pyongyang, probably by armored train, to Vladivostok, on the Pacific Coast of Russia, where he would meet Putin, the New York Times […]

today5 September 2023

International News

‘Very sorry’: Kim Jong Un apologises for killing of South Korean

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has apologised after the fatal shooting of a South Korean fisheries official by the military earlier this week, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, citing the presidential office. In a formal letter sent to Seoul, the North conveyed Kim’s message that he felt “very sorry” for “disappointing” South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Moon is facing intense political pressure over the incident, which coincided with […]

today25 September 2020

International News

N Korea’s Kim suspends plans for military action against S Korea

North Korea has announced it will suspend "military action plans" against South Korea, after a meeting of the governing party's Central Military Commission presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, the official KCNA news agency said on Wednesday. The video conference meeting on Tuesday also discussed documents outlining measures for "further bolstering the war deterrent of the country", KCNA reported. The committee members "took stock of the prevailing situation" before […]

today24 June 2020

International News

South Korea spy agency says no sign Kim Jong Un had heart surgery

South Korea's spy agency chief Suh Hoon told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that there were no signs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has had heart surgery, refuting claims he had been seriously ill. Rumours that Kim was sick gathered momentum after he failed to attend the annual ceremonies to mark the April 15 anniversary of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung and were only quelled on […]

today6 May 2020

International News

North Korea says Kim supervised second artillery drill in week

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised his second live-fire artillery exercise in a week, state media said on Tuesday, as the country continues to expand its military capabilities. The report by Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) came a day after South Korea's military detected the launch of three short-range projectiles from North Korea's eastern coast. KCNA said Kim showed great satisfaction as his front-line artillery units demonstrated "excellent […]

today10 March 2020

International News

Trump says he thinks North Korea’s Kim is a ‘man of his word’

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had signed a contract about denuclearization and that he thought the North Korean leader was a “man of his word.” Hours after Kim said his country would continue developing nuclear programs and introduce a “new strategic weapon” in the near future, Trump said he got along with Kim and “we have to do what we have to […]

today1 January 2020

International News

Trump and Kim meet after months of threats and insults

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have sat down for unprecedented talks between the leaders of two long-hostile nations, as the world watches anxiously for signs of a peace deal and an agreement on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Trump and Kim met privately from 9:05am local time for 48 minutes flanked only by their translators, then broke for a wider bilateral meeting with aides, a meeting expected to last […]

today12 June 2018

International News

Kim Jong-un, Trump arrive in Singapore before landmark summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump have touched down in Singapore, setting the stage for a landmark summit aimed at averting a nuclear crisis. Their highly anticipated meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, will mark the first time a North Korean leader has met a sitting US president. Trump arrived at Singapore's Paya Lebar Airbase at 12:30 GMT on Sunday, a few hours after Kim […]

today11 June 2018

International News

Trump open to Kim visiting the White House if summit is a success

US President Donald Trump has said he is open to inviting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the White House if he deemed next week's summit a success, while also signalling he was willing to walk away if he thought talks did not go well. "Certainly if it goes well. I think it would be well received," Trump said on Thursday during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister […]

today8 June 2018

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