Twenty nations agreed on Tuesday to consider tougher sanctions to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Pyongyang that it could trigger a military response if it did not choose negotiations. Choe Myong Nam, North Korea’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, said the Vancouver meeting was… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has raised concerns with China about its latest militarization of the South China Sea and there will be near-term and long-term consequences, the White House said on Thursday. U.S. news network CNBC reported on Wednesday that China had installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three outposts in the South China Sea…. Read more »
BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a visiting Chinese diplomat on Thursday that he is committed to denuclearisation, China’s foreign ministry said, as diplomatic efforts to bring lasting peace to the Korean peninsula gather pace. China is North Korea’s most important economic and diplomatic backer, despite its anger at North Korea’ repeated nuclear and missile tests,… Read more »
Source: Al Jazeera Government luxury housing project draws ire of northern Thais with one of the largest protests since 2014 military coup. More than 1,000 people demonstrated in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai against the building of a government luxury housing project on forested land – one of the largest protests during the nearly four years of military… Read more »
Source: Al Jazeera With all sides guilty of abuses, it’s civilians who are the main victims and as the conflicts drag on, they and their communities continue to fall further behind. Myanmar‘s peace process with ethnic minority groups appears to be floundering because of a deteriorating relationship between the government and its military – or, perhaps, as some would say,… Read more »
This past week has been full of new and exciting news about the newfound relationship between North and South Korea. The DMZ appears to be de-weaponizing, propaganda speakers are being taken down on both sides, and US prisoners inside the communist state of North Korea are set to be freed. I am very hopeful for what the future brings for… Read more »
abc.net xpectations have grown that North Korea will soon release three Americans held as prisoners, as a gesture of goodwill ahead of an unprecedented US-North Korea summit due to take place in coming weeks. Key points: Rudy Giuliani says release could be any day Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the move would be a “sign of goodwill” Donald Trump hints at… Read more »
Al-Jazeera A possible visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to North Korea in early June and the recent inter-Korean summit are among the top issues in the agenda during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s two-day visit to Pyongyang, according to the South Korean news agency, Yonhap. Starting on Wednesday, Wang’s trip to North Korea– a first for a Chinese foreign minister since 2007 – is seen… Read more »
France 24 North Korea has promised to shut its atomic test site within weeks and invite American weapons experts to verify its closure, Seoul reported Sunday, as new US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington had an “obligation” to pursue peace. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – who may meet US President Donald Trump as early as next month – also said… Read more »
N. Korean leader Kim and S. Korean President Moon embraced after pledging Friday to work for the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”, punctuating a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade. The two Koreas announced they would work with the United States and China this year to declare an official end to the 1950s Korean… Read more »