North Korea- US summit – Asia Times

Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump on June 12, 2018 at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. Photo: AFP/KCNA VIA KNS

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

White House agrees to second summit with Kim

by Andrew Salmon September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Following a recent visit to Pyongyang by South Korean envoys, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revealed that he seeks another summit with US President Donald Trump, which the White House has agreed to. The development came after Kim sent a personal letter to Trump – his second such missive. “It was a very warm, […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has shuffled his senior military staff. Photo: Reuters/KCNA

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Ahead of US summit, North Korea fires military leadership

by Andrew Salmon June 4, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's de facto chief of staff, Kim Chang Son, leaves his hotel in Singapore on Wednesday. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump confirms North Korea-US summit in Singapore is back on

by Andrew Salmon May 31, 2018February 18, 2020

The leaders of the two Koreas, and related officials, at the conference table in Panmunjom, during their surprise summit on Saturday. Photo: The Blue House

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Moon urges North Korea, US to communicate ahead of Singapore summit

by Andrew Salmon May 27, 2018February 18, 2020

An anti-US protester wearing a face-mask depicting US president Donald Trump kneels between cardboard cutouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in during a rally calling for more dialogue between the three leaders, outside the US embassy in Seoul on May 25. Photo: AFP/ Ed Jones

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Humiliation, surprise, opportunity after US cans North Korea summit

by Andrew Salmon May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Journalists and North Korean officials look around the dismantled site at the Punggye-ri nuclear test facility. Photo: Reuters

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North Korea disables nuclear test site, with big bangs for cameras

by Bertil Lintner and Andrew Salmon May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

United States President Donald Trump has taken a softer tone. Photo: AFP/Oliver Contreras/Pool via CNP

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump dangles carrot to North Korea instead of wielding stick

by Andrew Salmon May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Thae Yong-ho, who fled his post as North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain in August 2016, speaks as a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with South Korean envoys is seen on a screen during a press conference for his memoir in Seoul on May 14, 2018. Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Pyongyang, Seoul caught between principle and pragmatism

by Frank Chen and Andrew Salmon May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will soon try to hammer out an agreement, but the end result may not be what each really wanted. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque and Korea Summit Press Pool

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Pyongyang-Washington summit: Who is bluffing who?

by Robert McCoy May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

The safe choice? Singapore to host first-ever North Korea-US summit

by Andrew Salmon May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Chinese city of Dalian in May. Photo: AFP

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Diplomatic deja vu with Kim in China, Pompeo in Pyongyang

by Andrew Salmon May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean side facility Peace House in Paju City, Panmunjom, on April 18, 2018. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump indicates Panmunjom likely setting for summit

by Andrew Salmon May 1, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and South Korea's Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Do Jong-whan at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang on April 1, 2018. Photo: AFP

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North Korea: A new dawn or back down the garden path?

by Robert McCoy April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

The hotline to North Korea is displayed at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on April 20, 2018. The two Koreas opened the link between their leaders a week before a summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in in the Demilitarized Zone. Photo: AFP/ Yonhap

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Koreas connect first-ever leaders’ hotline

by Andrew Salmon April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Top spook meets Kim in Pyongyang in diplomatic surge

by Andrew Salmon April 18, 2018February 18, 2020

In Korea’s easternmost DMZ observatory, teen Lee Eun-Kyung hopes for a future free from the fear of war. Photo: Asia Times/Andrew Salmon

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

In South Korea’s far north, summit hopes rise

by Andrew Salmon April 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A North Korean flag flutters over the propaganda village of Gijungdong, near the truce village of Panmunjom. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Koreas agree to hold pre-summit preparation talks

by Asia Times staff March 24, 2018February 18, 2020

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