Confronting New Realities: North Korea Policy Under the Trump and Lee Administrations

Overview Despite countless efforts to find durable pathways to mitigate the North Korean nuclear threat and to reconcile inter-Korean relations, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) has dramatically expanded its nuclear...

'Build Trump Tower in North Korea, Golf with Kim Jong Un': S. Korean Prez jokes with US President

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met US President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss peace on the Korean Peninsula. Lee praised Trump’s global efforts and past achievements, while raising concerns over North Korea’s advancing nuclear...

South Korea's Lee proposes meeting between Trump and North Korea Kim later this year, Lee's office says

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has proposed a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year if Trump comes to South Korea for a regional forum meeting, Lee's office...

US President Donald Trump wants a meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un

US President Donald Trump says he wants to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and that he was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally. “I’d like to meet him this year,” Trump...

North Korea Rapidly Enhancing Air Defences with New Surface-to-Air Missiles

The Korean People’s Army Missile General Bureau tested two newsurface-to-air missiles on August 23, with both fired against multiple targets to verify their capabilities, including against targets simulating the characteristics of drones and...

North Korea's Kim Jong-un supervises test-firing of new air defence missiles

Seoul: North Korea conducted a test-firing of two types of newly improved air defence missiles to assess their combat capability, with leader Kim Jong-un supervising the test of new weapons, state media reported Sunday. The Missile Administration...

Trump says he wants meeting with North Korea's Kim as Lee visits White House

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally, APA reports citing Reuters....

Trump met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to talk trade, shipbuilding, and North Korea

Donald Trump met South Korean president Lee Jae Myung on Monday at the White House, just weeks after both countries struck a last-minute trade deal. Trump opened the talks by saying the U.S. is behind Lee “100%.” The meeting came less than two...

Trump says he wants to meet North Korea's Kim this year

Trump Tower in North Korea? South Korean president teases as Trump gushes over Kim Jong Un

Lee Jae Myung, the president of South Korea, met with President Donald Trump on Monday at the White House, where the two talked about, among other things, their relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. In an Oval Office conversation,...

Trump hopes to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un again as soon as 'this year'

Donald Trump has said he wants to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un “as soon as this year.” Listen to this article Speaking during a meeting with new South Korean president Lee Jae Myung at the White House, Mr Trump said: "I'd like to meet...

South Korea's president raises prospect of a 'Trump Tower' in North Korea

North Korea reveals more soldier deaths from Russia’s war than initially claimed

NK Pro has compiled full list of 101 dead medal recipients, plus 6 extra names featured in ‘heroic’ suicide stories North Korean state media last Friday repeatedly featured a list of 101 soldiers who died fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine,...

South Korean president asks Trump to ‘usher in a new era of peace’ with North Korea

The leader of South Korea hopes the White House will help establish a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, a task that President Donald Trump seems eager to take on. “I would like to ask for your role in establishing peace on the Korean...

Trump says he wants to meet North Korea's Kim again

US President Donald Trump said Monday he hoped to meet again with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, possibly this year, as he held White House talks with South Korea's dovish new leader that got off awkwardly. Hours before President Lee Jae Myung arrived...

Trump To Meet North Korea's Kim Jong-un? US President Hints Towards Renewed Talks

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at some point,” even as he launched fresh criticism at South Korea during the first White House visit of President Lee Jae Myung. “Someday I’ll see him,”...

Donald Trump says he wants to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un again - as soon as 'this year'

Donald Trump has said he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again. Speaking at the White House as he held talks with the new South Korean president Lee Jae Myung, Mr Trump told reporters: "I'd like to meet him this year... I look...

Trump wants to meet North Korea’s Kim this year, he tells South Korea

United States President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year and that he was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally. “I’d...

Trump hosts South Korea's Lee, talk North Korea and trade

Donald Trump met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday, with the topic of North Korea at the forefront of discussions as the US president said he'd like to meet with Kim Jong Un "this year." Trump 'looks forward'...

Trump says South Korea tariff deal will stay, despite Lee's push

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump refused to change the terms of South Korea’s tariff agreement, despite a lobbying effort from President Lee Jae Myung during their first in-person meeting. Trump and Lee on Monday expressed optimism for close...