South Korea

North, South Korean leaders ‘to meet on April 27’

Mar 29, 2018 08:28

April 27 has been set as the date for what would be a historic meeting between North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in, officials from the two countries have announced.
Trump: US will maintain maximum pressure on North Korea until it denuclearizes

Mar 28, 2018 13:27

US President Donald Trump says his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will go forward, but the policy of pressure and sanctions against Pyongyang will continue “at all cost” until it denuclearizes.
US shows off new F-35 jets ahead of drills with South Korea

Mar 26, 2018 14:03

US Marines are flying F-35B fighter jets over the Pacific Ocean near the Japanese island of Okinawa ahead of US-South Korea drills, despite a diplomatic thaw with North Korea.
Pyongyang agrees to inter-Korean talks next week: Seoul

Mar 24, 2018 04:54

North Korea has agreed to hold high-level talks with South Korea on March 29 at the border truce village of Panmunjom to prepare for a summit of their leaders planned for April, the South said on Saturday.
South Korea, China, Russia welcome possible meeting between Trump and Kim

Mar 09, 2018 10:06

An unexpected announcement that a meeting is being planned between the leaders of long-time adversaries the United States and North Korea has been welcomed by regional powers China and Russia as well as South Korea.
Korean Peninsula denuclearization still distant target: South Korea’s Moon

Mar 08, 2018 13:31

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in says a recent North Korean proposal for holding disarmament talks is a positive step but insists there is a long way to go to achieve a full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea says ‘too early to be optimistic’ about North

Mar 07, 2018 09:37

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he has no plans to ease sanctions on the rival North only because of Pyongyang’s offer to discuss denuclearization with the United States.
North Korea offers to give up nukes in exchange for security guarantees

Mar 06, 2018 14:06

North Korea has said it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees, a South Korean envoy says.
South Korea ‘to send high-level delegation to North’

Mar 04, 2018 12:20

South Korea has announced a decision to send a high-level political delegation to the North, raising hopes for a diplomatic solution to the decades-long conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea condemns new US sanctions as ‘act of war’

Feb 25, 2018 09:39

North Korea has censured the latest round of sanctions imposed by Washington against Pyongyang as an “act of war,” accusing the US administration of trying to undermine an improvement in inter-Korean relations triggered by the Winter Olympic Games in the South.