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 »
France 24 North and South Korea began dismantling loudspeakers that blared propaganda across their heavily fortified border on Tuesday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, fulfilling a promise made at last week’s historic summit. The moves are the first practical, if small, steps toward reconciliation and come after an agreement in the joint declaration signed at Friday’s summit between South Korean… Read more »
For all the slander that Donald Trump faces on a day to day basis, one thing (though the left denies it frequently) that the Commander in Chief is doing right, is his policy on North Korea. While on the surface Trump has remained strong willed, belligerent, and seemingly provoking, his methods have proved to work thus far. Trump will be… Read more »
Al-jazeera Chinese President Xi Jinping has overseen what is being labelled as the country’s largest naval military drill in the contested South China Sea. Clad in military fatigues and as determined as ever to modernise the People’s Liberation Army, Xi on Friday presided over a large military parade involving the country’s only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. “Building a strong navy has never become… Read more »
Straitsnews.com SEOUL – North Korea is committed to “complete denuclearisation” and will not make unacceptable demands such as the withdrawal of United States troops stationed in South Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae In said on Thursday (April 19), a week before his summit with the regime’s leader. This is even as Washington vowed to maintain maximum pressure on Pyongyang, with… Read more »
Straitsnews.com BEIJING/TAIPEI • Chinese aircraft have again flown around self-ruled Taiwan in what China’s air force yesterday called a “sacred mission”, as Taiwan denounced its big neighbour over what it called a policy of military intimidation. H-6K bombers, Su-30 and J-11 fighters and reconnaissance aircraft took part in a patrol around Taiwan, air force spokesman Shen Jinke told the official… Read more »
Straitstimes.com North Korea has expressed its desire for “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean peninsula and is not seeking conditions such as US troops withdrawing from the South first, South Korean President Moon Jae In (above) said yesterday. He also said a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War “must be pursued”. But he cautioned that implementing any deal with… Read more »