North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho called U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a “poisonous plant of American diplomacy” to protest Pompeo’s remarks in an interview in which he said that Washington will maintain crippling sanctions on North Korea... read more

US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un, have met three times since last summer to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. read more

The summit comes at dramatic point in the strategic dance between the three leaders -- with US ties with both China and North Korea on the downswing. read more

Washington and Beijing have been vying for influence in the region, which hosts potential flashpoints such as the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait. read more

The most realistic goal would be to place some sort of limits on the nuclear weapons programme of North Korea. read more

He is the 14th person to be awarded the prize established in 1990 to commemorate the success of the Olympic Games in Seoul and to crystallise the yearning for peace on the Korean Peninsula. read more

Since Trump withdrew his war threats and launched talks with Kim Jong Un last year, the U.S.-backed sanctions against North Korea’s economy remain his strongest bargaining chip. read more

Kim also said the United States should continue to halt its joint military exercises with ally South Korea and not deploy strategic military assets to the South. read more

North Korea has warned it could revive a state policy aimed at strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the United States does not lift economic sanctions against the country. read more

The Award Committee recognised Prime Minister Modi’s contributions to the growth of the Indian and global economies, crediting ‘Modinomics’ for reducing social and economic disparity between the rich and the poor. read more

In her address to the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New York, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said India has been consistently supporting the efforts to bring about peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula. read more

Moon Jae-in landed in Pyongyang for his third summit this year with Kim Jong Un. read more

A look at how the parades have evolved ahead of another march on Sunday, the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s authoritarian government: read more

In a joint declaration after his historic summit with US President Donald Trump on June 12 in Singapore, Kim Jong Un had “reaffirmed his commitment” to work towards the “denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula”. read more

President Moon’s visit to India is taking place at a propitious time, when tensions in the Korean Peninsula are receding and Korean majors are renewing their economic push in the Indo-pacific region. read more