North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump waves after his meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. The two will meet again next month.
N Korea at crossroads

Trump and Kim will meet next month to restart stalled talks

President decides after talks with North Korea envoy, but venue to be announced later

19 January 2019
Kim Yong Chol, right, who is in charge of North Korea's negotiations with the U.S., flew to Washington from Beijing.
N Korea at crossroads

Trump and Kim eye Vietnam summit as preparations intensify

North Korean envoy to meet with Pompeo, and possibly president

18 January 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk ahead of lunch at the Beijing Hotel on Jan. 9. U.S. trade negotiators were in meetings with Chinese counterparts across the street.
China up close

China, US and North Korea: dangerous 3-way chess

Xi hosts Kim in Beijing as Trump watches closely

17 January 2019
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the demilitarized zone separating the two countries in April.
16 January 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing on Jan. 8.
The Nikkei View

US and China must not let the trade war prevent a nuclear-free North Korea

Japan needs to ensure that key players don't stray from the script

15 January 2019
Trucks wait for border inspection at the Chinese side of the bridge that connects Sinuiju, North Korea with Dandong, China.
International relations

North Korea trade shrank significantly in 2018, Beijing says

Customs authority notes compliance with UN sanctions, but banned goods seen at border

15 January 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, dines with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
N Korea at crossroads

Xi pledges support for second Trump-Kim summit

Chinese leader says North's concerns are reasonable and must be solved

11 January 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed how to work together to steer denuclearization talks during their summit in Beijing on Jan. 8.
N Korea at crossroads

North Korea and China discuss how to 'jointly' push denuclearization

Kim Jong Un, meeting with Xi, promises efforts for second US summit and breakthrough

10 January 2019
A TV screen shows the live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's press conference in Seoul.
Politics

Moon seeks to reboot presidency with vow to revive economy

South Korean leader calls for innovation as trade war hurts export-driven country

10 January 2019
Armed police officers stand guard outside a Beijing medicine factory that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly visited on Wednesday.
N Korea at crossroads

Kim tours Beijing medicine plant in search of economic remedies

North Korean leader emphasizes industrial growth before heading home

10 January 2019
North and South Korean officials kick off a project to link railways and roads between their two countries at a ceremony in Kaesong, North Korea, on Dec. 26.
The Big Story

South Korea's rail dreams face harsh realities

Moon envisions a North-South link, but US sanction and funding hurdles loom

9 January 2019
California-based autonomous delivery start-up Udelv will launch a service based on Baidu's Apollo open-source platform this year.
China tech

Baidu's driverless tech to power Walmart delivery: CES 2019

Chinese platform finds way into US despite trade war

9 January 2019
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has installed close allies in his cabinet in an effort to shore up his flagging approval ratings.
Politics

Moon replaces top aides with eye on 2020 general election

South Korean president brings close allies to inner circle amid waning public support

9 January 2019
A car believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
N Korea at crossroads

Kim solicits Xi's support to advance talks with US

China welcomes North Korean leader amid trade negotiations

9 January 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife Ri Sol Ju inspect an honour guard before leaving Pyongyang for a visit to China on Jan 7. (KCNA/Reuters)
N Korea at crossroads

Kim Jong Un makes 4th China trip ahead of potential Trump summit

Visit comes days after Kim warned the U.S. he may take an alternative path

8 January 2019
As his administration talks trade with Beijing this week, Donald Trump faces a depressed stock market, an impeachment inquiry, and a reelection campaign. 
Opinion

From Pelosi to Xi, Trump's tough year ahead

Democrat resurgence makes life harder for U.S. president, including in Asia

7 January 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump said that if he had not been elected, Asia would be in "a nice, big fat war" with Kim Jong Un's North Korea.
N Korea at crossroads

Trump to reveal location of second Kim summit soon

President says he has communicated with North Korean leader 'indirectly'

7 January 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's annual New Year's address was broadcast the morning of Jan. 1 by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
N Korea at crossroads

Kim puts denuclearization ball in Washington's court

Trump says he received a new letter from North Korean leader

3 January 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's New Year's remarks, broadcast in Seoul on Jan. 1, included a fresh pledge to "move toward complete denuclearization."
N Korea at crossroads

North Korea's Kim ready to meet Trump again 'anytime'

Leader promises not to test nuclear weapons in New Year's speech

1 January 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers his New Year's speech on Jan. 1, 2018.
N Korea at crossroads

Kim Jong Un set for key speech after a missile-free year of talks

With negotiations deadlocked, analysts see Kim reaching out directly to Trump

29 December 2018
North and South Korean officials unveil signs for a joint rail project Dec. 26 in Kaesong, North Korea. (Photo courtesy of South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
N Korea at crossroads

Inter-Korean railway diplomacy sidetracked by sanctions

US 'maximum pressure' campaign stymies economic cooperation

27 December 2018
The arrival of 5G and Asia's first-ever Rugby World Cup are just some of the events to look forward to in the next 12 month. (Illustrations by Eric Chow)
The Big Story

The Year Ahead 2019

Our preview of what to watch for in business, politics, sports and more

26 December 2018
A train takes South Korean officials to inspect the North's railway infrastructure on Nov. 30, weeks before the groundbreaking ceremony. 
N Korea at crossroads

Two Koreas give road and rail projects a ceremonial push

Sanctions loom over groundbreaking event for transport links

26 December 2018
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde
N Korea at crossroads

Seoul firms up support for North Korea to join the IMF

But stalemate in nuclear talks risks halting push to help North open up

17 December 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is willing to support North Korea to open its sky to international airliners by launching direct flight routes between two Koreas.
N Korea at crossroads

Moon wants to help North Korea open its airspace to passenger jets

Seoul in talks with Washington to find a way through international sanctions

14 December 2018