North Korea

North Korea has been the subject of international sanctions for more than a decade.
N Korea at crossroads

North Korea's trade value falls to half previous low in 2018

Almost all of isolated country's trade is with neighboring China

19 July 2019
Trump's impromptu tweet inviting Kim to a DMZ rendezvous was a theatrical gesture which both surely knew was coming.
Opinion

DMZ 'surprise' summit should not have been a surprise

US, China, and North Korea seem to be tacitly coordinating moves

5 July 2019
Kim Myong Gil, then a member of North Korea's mission to the United Nations, center, back in August 2007.
5 July 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Panmunjom, South Korea. North Korea on Wednesday accused the U.S. of being "hell-bent on hostile acts" against Pyongyang.
Trump-Kim Summit

Trump-Kim bromance takes quick sour turn

North Korea says US is 'hell-bent on hostile acts' against Pyongyang

4 July 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held an unexpectedly long meeting Sunday in the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas.
Trump-Kim Summit

Pyongyang jumped on Trump's Twitter invite within an hour: Japan

Foreign Minister Kono says Tokyo still seeks Abe-Kim summit on abductions

2 July 2019
Trump met his buddy Kim for a photo op. Nothing else changed.
Opinion

More questions than answers in Trump's Asian summitry

Despite president's diplomatic drama, US interests will likely, in the end, decide policy

1 July 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on June 30.
Trump-Kim Summit

Trump and Kim make history but leave hard work for negotiators

Both sides seized opportunity to grab attention with DMZ encounter

1 July 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, on June 30.
Trump-Kim Summit

Trump and Kim agree to revive nuclear talks at DMZ meeting

First sitting US president to enter North Korea invites leader to White House

30 June 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka on Saturday.
G-20 summit Osaka

Trump says US will not impose new tariffs on China exports

In apparent policy reversal, president says US companies can sell to Huawei

29 June 2019
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 27 met for the first time since November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. (Photos via Reuters/Kyodo)
G-20 summit Osaka

Xi pushes for third Trump-Kim summit

North Korea says US needs to present 'proper counterproposal' for talks to resume

28 June 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un played up their close relationship at their recent summit in Pyongyang.
The Nikkei View

Xi-Kim talks must make progress on a nuclear-free North Korea

China and Russia should use their sway in Pyongyang to promote regional stability

25 June 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showcased the historically strong relationship between their nations as Xi visited Pyongyang this week.
N Korea at crossroads

North Korea counts on Chinese support amid nuclear deadlock

Sanctions pressure leaves Pyongyang increasingly dependent on main ally

22 June 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, shake hands before their meeting in Pyongyang. (CCTV via AP)
N Korea at crossroads

Xi urges Kim to move talks forward with US

North Korean leader frustrated at lack of positive responses from Washington

21 June 2019
Thae Yong Ho, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the U.K. who defected to South Korea in 2016, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.
N Korea at crossroads

Kim wants Xi to convey peace offer to Trump, says ex-N Korea envoy

Thae, who defected in 2016, says Kim will meet Abe if Japan offers aid first

20 June 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 10.
N Korea at crossroads

Xi set to pull Kim Jong Un out of his shell

US-China trade war prompts surprising early summit in North Korea

19 June 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have used the failed Hanoi summit with the U.S. to tighten his already strong grip on the country.
N Korea at crossroads

How Kim's ultra-dictatorship fuels rumors of North Korean purge

Government reshuffle comes as US negotiations and economy remain stalled

18 June 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping who met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing on January 10, will make a state visit to North Korea on Thursday.
N Korea at crossroads

Xi to make first North Korea visit ahead of G-20

First trip by China's leader in 14 years intended to show support for Pyongyang

18 June 2019
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump broke the diplomatic ice in Singapore on June 12, 2018.
N Korea at crossroads

Trump and Kim neglect nuclear deal a year after historic summit

Looming 2020 election distracts president while North Korea focuses on economy

12 June 2019
Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, left, visits Panmumjom on June 12. (Photo courtesy of Unification Ministry of South Korea)
N Korea at crossroads

Kim Jong Un sends flowers to South Korea to mourn former first lady

North Korean leader's sister hands bouquet and letter over at border

12 June 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet at the Capella Hotel in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Subsequent talks between the leaders in Hanoi earlier this year broke down.
N Korea at crossroads

Cold War patience seen as key to ending US-North Korea deadlock

South Korea's Moon to make Oslo speech on Trump-Kim summit anniversary

12 June 2019
Women clad in traditional Korean clothes talk on smartphones in Pyongyang on April 15.
N Korea at crossroads

North Koreans tap into smartphone apps on restricted state network

Isolated nation has its own version of Netflix on its domestic-made devices

6 June 2019
North Korea's missile program appears to have received a big boost from Russia. (Reuters)
Comment

North Korea threat shows Russia's role behind missile program

Moscow and Beijing will gain ground if US military allows itself to be distracted

3 June 2019
People work in a field near Pyongyang. Though North Korea has suffered from droughts and food shortages for decades, this year’s situation appears to be particularly dire.
N Korea at crossroads

Korea relations tested after North rebuffs South's food aid offer

Experts say China and Russia may be helping, as Pyongyang wants to appear strong

29 May 2019
Japan wants to make sure that cryptocurrency exchange operators are safeguarding against illicit transactions.
Cryptocurrencies

Japan eyes cryptocurrencies as it toughens money laundering laws

G-20 expected to discuss international regulations for digital currencies

22 May 2019
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou, China's next ambassador to Japan, answered questions from reporters Friday in fluent Japanese.
Interview

China's new Tokyo envoy stresses shared responsibility on trade

Japan hand Kong urges Belt and Road cooperation and supports Abe-Kim meeting

11 May 2019