For North Korea, Trump’s summit silence on denuclearization speaks volumes

Pyongyang will likely welcome references to new US approach, while bristling at push to ‘modernize’ alliance with ROK For North Korea, the most important takeaway from the first summit between Donald Trump and Lee Jae-myung was not what they said,...

World News | "South Korea Looks Forward to "construction of Trump Tower in North Korea, [Trump] Playing Golf": President Lee Jae Myung

Washington, DC [US], August 26 (ANI): President of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, on Tuesday asked for US President Donald Trump's intervention in establishing peace in North and South Korea. Lee Jae Myung jested with Trump- an avid golfer- that he...

Trump hints at meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un to revive diplomacy

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to have a meeting with North Korea's Supreme leader Kim Jong Un. Speaking during a meeting with South Korea's president Lee Jae Myung, the Republican leader expressed that he would “like to meet him...

North Korea military denounces US-South Korea drills, state media says

FILE PHOTO: A North Korean soldier stands guard at his guard post inside North Korean territory, in this picture taken from Paju, South Korea, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File...

During his first term as US president, Donald Trump (L) held bilateral talks in 2019 with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi

Trump promises to improve relations between US, North Korea

WASHINGTON, August 25. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has pledged to improve relations between the United States and North Korea and expressed hope for "great progress" in this area. "We'll have talks. He'd like to meet with me," the head of...

The first Lee-Trump summit, and North Korea’s commemoration of war dead

In this week’s episode, NK News Deputy Managing Editor Alannah Hill breaks down President Lee Jae-myung’s first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, where Lee appealed for Trump to take on a “peacemaker” role with Pyongyang. She also discusses...

Trump seeks meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un this year

WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump stated his intention to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year during South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s White House visit. “I’d like to meet him this year,“ Trump told reporters in the...

Trump tells South Korean president he wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

(CNN) — President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart during a meeting on Monday where they discussed peace in the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s nuclear weapon capabilities....

Trump says relationship with Kim Jong Un excellent, sure of North Korea’s great potential

WASHINGTON, August 25. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has described his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as excellent and expressed confidence in the "tremendous potential" of the DPRK. "I think he has a country of great...

Trump says he wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un this year

President Donald Trump said he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year as South Korea floated the idea of constructing a Trump Tower in the reclusive country if diplomatic relations improve. “I will say that Kim Jong Un and I...

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. South Korea’s new President, Lee Jae...

Trump, South Korea's Lee agree to work toward peace with North Korea

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed Monday that they will work toward peace with North Korea, with Trump saying he wants to meet with the country's leader Kim Jong Un as early as this year. In...

Donald Trump asked to build Trump Tower in North Korea at key Oval Office meeting

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung jokingly asked Donald Trump to build a new Trump Tower in North Korea as he lauded the U.S. president's recent accomplishments in the realm of world peace. "Many wars in Europe and Asia and Africa and in the...

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

U.S. President Donald Trump said he hopes to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year, as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hailed Trump as a “peacemaker” during a defense— and trade-focused summit in Washington on Monday. "I'd like...

North Korea Tests New Air Defense Missiles Amid Russian Cooperation

North Korea has tested two new types of surface-to-air missiles for its air defense systems amid growing military cooperation with Russia, state news agency KCNA reported. The launches took place on August 23rd at a missile test range in North...

North Korea Tests New Surface-to-Air Missile Systems to Counter US-made F-35 Stealth Fighters

According to information published by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 24, 2025, the Missile Administration of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted live-fire testing of two newly developed air defense missile...

Trump wants to meet North Korea's Kim

WASHINGTON/SEOUL: US 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....

Trump says he wants to meet with North Korea’s Kim as South Korean president visits US

WASHINGTON/SEOUL - US President Donald Trump said on Aug 25 he wanted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2025 and was open to further trade talks with South Korea, even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally. “I’d like...

Trump eyes North Korea meet as he ambushes South Korea leader

By Shaun Tandon, AFP US President Donald Trump gestures as he meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit in 2018. Photo: AFP US President Donald Trump said he hoped again to meet North Korea's...