In May, North Korea released three American detainees and sent them home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after his meeting with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang 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

China fully and firmly supports North Korea’s denuclearisation efforts and backs its upcoming dialogue with the United States, President Xi Jinping has conveyed to the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, during their meetings in Beijing on Tuesday and... 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

Kim arrived in Beijing on Tuesday and held summit talks with President Xi Jinping hours later, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, adding that after the closed-door talks, Xi hosted a dinner banquet for Kim. Details of their hour-long meeting were... read more

As with the North Korean leader’s three visits in 2018, this visit wasn’t announced ahead by either China or North Korea. Kim Jong-un is expected to have long interactions with President Xi Jinping on whose invitation he has officially come to China. 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

Union Minister Giriraj Singh made the statement soon after the BJP filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the order by Calcutta High Court’s division bench which barred the party from holding its ‘Save Democracy Yatra’ in the state. read more

North Korea’s state-run news agency said, “The US should realize before it is too late that ‘maximum pressure’ would not work against us and take a sincere approach to implementing the Singapore DPRK-US Joint Statement.” read more

The so-called “nuke masks” were created by 5149, a South Korean fashion and cosmetics company. It said it has sold more than 25,000 “unification moisture nuclear masks” since June, the BBC reported. read more

The 12th Delhi International Arts Festival witnessed colourful performances by South Korean artists who presented musical and dance performances during the opening ceremony at the Purana Quila, and the next day at Central Park, Connaught Place. It was the first time in India that South and North Korean dance performances were presented on the same stage.

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The White House said in a statement on Saturday after Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that they and Kim will strive “to see a nuclear free Korean Peninsula.” 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 Security Council has discussed human rights in the DPRK for the past four years. Each meeting went ahead only after a procedural vote in the 15-member council, where at least nine “yes” votes are needed to hold the session. read more

UNESCO accepted the joint Korean bid to recognize traditional Korean wrestling on November 26. Ssireum was inscribed onto the United Nations cultural body’s list of intangible cultural heritage items. It was a historic bid as both North and South Korea made an unprecedented joint bid. The decision was unanimously made by a UNESCO committee in Mauritius.The official name of the newly listed world heritage item is “Traditional Korean Wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum)”. Kumbh Mela and Yoga made it to this list in 2017 and 2016 respectively from India. (Hindustan Times)read more