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Trump meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on trade, North Korea
President Donald Trump hosted South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday, where the two leaders discussed President Trump's 15% tariff rate for South Korea; potential contracts for new shipbuilding and the countries'...

Donald Trump aims to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un this year, tells South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung
US President Donald Trump said on Monday (August 25) he hopes to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year. Speaking in the Oval Office while welcoming South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung, Trump said: "I'd like to meet him this year. I...

Trump praises South Korean president's North Korea strategy as Lee urges renewed talks with Kim Jong Un
President Trump on Monday praised President Lee’s approach towards North Korea as “much better” than that of his predecessors as the South Korean leader urged Trump to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to restart peace efforts on the Korean Peninsula...

'I visited North Korea's so-called Benidorm - these four things left me totally shocked'
A woman from Russia who was among the first to visit North Korea's "Benidorm" has revealed details of the holiday resort built near a missile testing site. Wonsan Kalma can accommodate almost 20,000 people and is at the centre of North Korean...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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,”...