Beijing assures Seoul it will end retaliation, provides guidance on upcoming talks with North

Beijing assures Seoul it will end retaliation, provides guidance on upcoming talks with North

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 China will end economic retaliation against South Korea over Seoul’s deployment of the U.S.-made THAAD missile defense system, a top Chinese official said on March 30. Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi gave the assurance on THAAD during his meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in Seoul, Yonhap reported. […]

Kim Jong-Un meets South Korean delegation, agrees to summit just South of DMZ

Kim Jong-Un meets South Korean delegation, agrees to summit just South of DMZ

by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said he would give up the North’s nukes if the safety of his rule was guaranteed, according to a South Korean official who met with Kim in Pyongyang on March 6. U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted: “Possible progress being made in talks with North […]

Lawyers appeal to UN on behalf of conservative South Korean leader

Lawyers appeal to UN on behalf of conservative South Korean leader

by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Lawyers representing impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye are asking the UN to help secure her release after prosecutors called for a 30-year sentence and a court in Seoul extended her detention by six months. “The UN is looking at our application urgently and the South Korean authorities need […]

Ivanka averted her eyes as S. Korean president welcomed N. Korean official at Olympics

Ivanka averted her eyes as S. Korean president welcomed N. Korean official at Olympics

by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2018 Following Vice President Mike Pence’s lead from the opening ceremony, Ivanka Trump did not acknowledge the North Korean delegation at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics Sunday. The body language is seen by some analysts as signalling Washington’s anger at Seoul’s appeasement moves blasted by South Korean […]

Opposition denounces Seoul’s plan to welcome N. Korean official tied to 2010 attacks

Opposition denounces Seoul’s plan to welcome N. Korean official tied to 2010 attacks

by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2018 South Korea’s main opposition party is furious that the Moon Jae-In administration agreed to host a top North Korean official at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Moon’s government announced that Kim Yong-Chol, a vice chairman of the Central Committee of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, will head an eight-member […]

N. Korea warns of Olympics pullout after South’s praise of Trump

N. Korea warns of Olympics pullout after South’s praise of Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 North Korea is threatening to withdraw its contingent from the 2018 Winter Olympics after South Korea lauded U.S. President Donald Trump for his role in bringing about last week’s talks between the North and South. South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Jan. 10 said Trump deserved “big credit for […]

‘Surprised’? Trump suggests he and Kim Jong-Un could be friends

‘Surprised’? Trump suggests he and Kim Jong-Un could be friends

by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump indicated that he actually has a “good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who the president has referred to in the past as “Little Rocket Man.” “I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong-Un,” Trump said in an interview with the Wall […]

Trump takes credit for Korean North-South talks weeks before Winter Olympics

Trump takes credit for Korean North-South talks weeks before Winter Olympics

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2018 North Korea on Jan. 5 accepted South Korea’s offers of talks to be held next week in the DMZ truce village of Panmunjom in the first official meeting between delegations from the two Koreas since December 2015. President Donal Trump “is taking credit for easing tensions that might have […]

Trump agrees to cancel exercises during Winter Olympics in major concession to Pyongyang

Trump agrees to cancel exercises during Winter Olympics in major concession to Pyongyang

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 The United States and South Korea will not hold joint military exercises that were slated to be held while the Winter Olympic Games were underway in PyeongChang next month. U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In agreed in a phone conversation on Jan. 4 to delay […]

Liberal government in Seoul sees Winter Games as opening for North Korea talks

Liberal government in Seoul sees Winter Games as opening for North Korea talks

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 Liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-In ran on a platform that emphasized reaching out to North Korea for peace talks. Moon’s hopes were quickly dashed by North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile tests, and his leftist government is in trouble with its base for providing enthusiastic lip service to […]

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