It must instead focus on getting Islamabad to deliver on its action plan against terror read more

The US is demanding that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons entirely before international sanctions are lifted. North Korea is seeking a step-by-step approach in which moves toward denuclearization are matched by concessions from the US, notably... 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

But the Chinese side runs the risk of emboldening the North Korean regime read more

Chinese president Xi Jinping will make his first trip to North Korea as president this week. This is the first trip by a top Chinese leader to North Korea in 14 years. read more

It will be the first visit to North Korea by a Chinese President in 14 years; Xi’s predecessor, President Hu Jintao visited Pyongyang in 2005 to meet then-leader, Kim Jong-il while Premier Wen Jiabao visited the country in 2009. read more

The group didn’t reveal the exact locations of the sites because it’s worried that North Korea will tamper with them, but said 267 of them were located in two northeastern provinces near the China border. read more

After facing Tajikistan on July 5, India will meet North Korea on July 13, followed by their match against Syria on July 16. The top two teams from the round robin stage will qualify for the final that is scheduled on July 18. read more

The state media noted that Washington is “bluntly ignoring” South Korea’s opinion and stressed that the US has no right to interfere with internal issues of other nations. read more

Tensions between the two countries briefly heightened recently after the US seized one of its cargo ships on the suspicion of shipping coal and other goods in violation of global sanctions on the regime. read more

In a statement carried by the KCNA, a spokesperson for North Korea’s foreign ministry has urged the US to “drop its current way of calculation” to keep alive the agreement they reached earlier. read more

There has been a series of conflicting reports over the past five days about shakeups in the North’s team that steered negotiations with the United States after a failed summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in... read more

North Korean publications on Monday showed Kim Yong Chol sitting five seats away from a clapping Kim Jong Un in the same row along with other top officials during a musical performance by the wives of Korean People’s Army officers. read more

Kim Yong Chol, the North’s counterpart to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in nuclear talks, was sent to a labour camp following the collapse of the Kim-Trump summit in Hanoi in February, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper had reported Friday. read more

The Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, said Kim Hyok Chol, who laid the groundwork for the Hanoi meeting and accompanied Kim on his private train, was executed by firing squad for “betraying the supreme leader” after he was turned by the US. read more