North Korea asks UN to help address food shortage
North Korea has asked UN aid agencies for help to address a looming food crisis after figures forecast a sharp drop in crop production for this year, a UN spokesman ...
N Korea’s US envoy arrives in Hanoi ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Pyongyang's special representative for the US Kim Hyok Chol arrived in Hanoi on Wednesday with a North Korean delegation, an AFP reporter and source confirmed, ahead of a summit between ...
North Korea exploring sanctions-proof energy technologies
Power-strapped North Korea is exploring two ambitious alternative energy sources tidal power and coal-based synthetic fuels that could greatly improve living standards and reduce its reliance on oil imports and ...
US, N Korea to continue summit talks next week: Seoul
The United States and North Korea will hold further talks next week to prepare for a second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un later this month, Seoul ...
North Korea yet to take concrete steps to dismantle nukes: Pence
US awaits concrete steps by North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons that threaten America and other countries in the region, Vice President Mike Pence has said.Pence’s statement comes during ...
Trump receives ‘a great letter’ from Kim Jong-un: report
Donald Trump has sent a letter to Kim Jong-un, a media report said on Tuesday, days after the US President said that he received a "great letter" from the reclusive North Korean leader, ...
China’s Xi hopes US, N Korea will ‘meet halfway’
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un firm backing in deadlocked nuclear talks with the US, insisting the two sides should meet "halfway", state media said ...
Koreas broke ground on railways but sanctions block project
North and South Korea broke ground Wednesday on an ambitious project to modernise North Korean railways and roads and connect them with the South, but without progress in nuclear negotiations, ...
N Korea says it won’t denuclearise unless US removes threat
North Korea said on Thursday that it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States removes its nuclear threat first, a statement that raises further doubts ...
Official says US reviewing travel ban on North Korea
The Trump administration's special envoy for North Korea says Washington is reviewing easing its travel restrictions to North Korea to facilitate humanitarian shipments as part of efforts to resolve an ...
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