Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the National Cemetery during his visit to Seoul, South Korea. PM Modi paid tribute to the soldiers who were killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War. PM Modi is on a two-day visit to South Korea. Earlier on Thursday, PM Modi spoke at South Korea’s Yonsei University where he inaugurated Mahatma Gandhi’s bust. (Hindustan Times)read more

PM Modi and President Moon underlined the need to strengthen counter-terror efforts at international level. read more

Moon acknowledged that the agreement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump signed at their first summit in Singapore was “somewhat vague”. read more

Trump and Moon, meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, “reaffirmed their commitment to achieve the final, fully verified denuclearization” of North Korea, Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. read more

The use of the word “tactical” in the KCNA report suggests that no long-range ballistic rocket or nuclear device was involved, and there were no immediate indications any such test had been detected by the South. read more

The United States and North Korea have been discussing a second meeting between their leaders to follow up the Singapore summit in June and lay the groundwork for ending a nuclear stand-off between the old foes. read more

On November 6, First Lady Kim Jung-sook will participate in the Uttar Pradesh government’s Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali and will attend the ground-breaking ceremony for Queen Huh Memorial Park in Ayodhya, South Korean culture, sports and... read more

South Korean President Moon Jae-in also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for winning the Seoul Peace Prize. read more

US and North Korea agreed to “continue talks to decide on the specific time and location for the second summit”, Pompeo told South Korean President Moon Jae-in, following his meeting with Kim in Pyongyang earlier Sunday. read more

The dogs passed through the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) and the truce village of Panmunjom into South Korea on Thursday. read more

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (2nd-R), and his wife Kim Jung-sook (R), stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd-L), and his wife Ri Sol Ju on Mount Paektu in North Korea. There is no more sacred place in North Korea than Mount Paektu —and getting the South Korean President to such a spot is a propaganda coup unlike any other.

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Kim Jong Un and MoonJae-in’s trip to the Paektu mountain on the North Korean-Chinese border, and the striking photo-op, followed a day of wide-ranging agreements they trumpeted as a major step toward peace. read more

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have visited a crater lake atop a volcano considered sacred in North Korea on the last day of Moon’s visit for summit talks on the nuclear standoff and other inter-Korean affairs. Dressed in long black coats and accompanied by their wives, Kim and Moon raised their grasped hands while posing in front of the lake at Mount Paektu on Thursday. The leaders rode together in a cable car to reach the lake. Moon says relations between the rivals should improve so that more South Koreans can visit the volcano. Kim says Mount Paektu has become a “subject of yearning” for South Koreans and Koreans living abroad. Moon plans to return to the South later on Thursday.read more

The announcement came at a summit meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. read more

US president Donald Trump has maintained that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have a solid relationship, and both leaders have expressed interest in a follow-up summit to their meeting in June in Singapore. read more