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North Korea Crisis

Trump and Abe agree to meet ahead of Singapore summit

US and North Korea teams negotiate details of deal at border village

29 May 2018
It is in China's interest to keep the U.S.-North Korea summit alive and endorse Kim Jong-un's position for phased denuclearization.
Opinion

China seeks to keep Trump-Kim show on the road

Beijing gains from dragging out talks, with US bogged down and North Korea stable

28 May 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in November 2017. Trump has expressed frustration toward China's meddling in U.S.-North Korea affairs.
China up close

'Poker player' Xi made Trump think twice about Kim summit

Beijing's new foreign policy czar Wang Qishan is calling the shots

28 May 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump is eager to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
28 May 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on May 27.
North Korea Crisis

Moon says Kim has will for 'complete denuclearization'

North Korea ready to accept US conditions, wants guarantee of security

27 May 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, embraces North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the truce village of Panmunjom on May 26. (Photo courtesy of the South Korean Office of the President)
North Korea Crisis

Kim Jong Un expresses strong will to meet Trump

North-South leaders agree to resume high-level dialogue on June 1

27 May 2018
South Korean protesters in Seoul portray U.S. President Donald Trump as an obstacle to reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula on May 25.
North Korea Crisis

Trump's back and forth over North Korea summit puzzles partners

With meeting looking more likely, South Korea is delighted; Japan, worried

27 May 2018
The world seems unable to contain Trump's self-serving diplomacy.
Comment

Trump's me-first diplomacy unravels world order

Calculations that created the detente proved the summit's undoing

26 May 2018
The experts are unanimous that the denuclearization will remain a challenge, regardless of the summit issue.
North Korea Crisis

Is Trump-Kim summit dead? Experts give their views

Cancellation a blow to policy of engaging North Korea; China could emerge as winner

25 May 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to be on the same page earlier this week when they met in Washington.
North Korea Crisis

South Korean President Moon 'embarrassed' by summit's collapse

Would-be peacemaker faces serious challenges as mediator role fizzles

25 May 2018
The White House says the summit planned in Singapore has been canceled.
North Korea Crisis

North Korea open to talks after Trump calls off summit

US president describes cancellation as 'tremendous setback'

25 May 2018
The cancellation of the U.S.-North Korea summit came just two days after South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited the White House.
25 May 2018
Chinese and U.S. flags fly aboard a Chinese naval vessel that participated in the Rimpac military exercises in Honolulu in 2016.
International relations

Pacific snub signals US break from China engagement policy

Beijing feared to further ease economic pressure on North Korea

25 May 2018
North Korea's Punggye-ri test site
North Korea Crisis

North Korea 'dismantles' nuclear test site

Experts see action as a show amid doubts over Trump-Kim summit

24 May 2018
Military personnel take part in the Locked Shields 2018 cyberdefense exercise in Tallinn, Estonia, in April. (Photo courtesy of CCDCOE)
International relations

Big three cyberthreats bring Asia-Pacific and NATO allies closer

Russian, Chinese and North Korean hackers spur global countermeasures

24 May 2018
Journalists arrive in Wonsan before setting out to cover the demolition of North Korea's nuclear weapons testing facility.
International relations

North Korean nuclear test site awaits destruction

With no outside experts present, full dismantlement tough to verify

24 May 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, welcomes South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the White House Tuesday.
North Korea Crisis

Trump says June summit with Kim Jong Un may be postponed

President guarantees North Korean leader's safety if nuclear deal is agreed

23 May 2018
North Korean seafood has become easier to find at markets in the Chinese border city of Dandong. (Photo by Oki Nagai)
North Korea Crisis

Border town thrives as China eases up on North Korea trade

Kim's promises of economic development fuel speculative real estate boom

23 May 2018
The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Milius arrives to join Forward Deployed Naval Forces at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture, on May 22. (Photo by Kohnosuke Urata)
Politics

US deploys missile destroyer fitted with latest technology to Japan

Presence of latest defense system sends message to North Korea and China

22 May 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
North Korea Crisis

White House warns Kim not to 'play' Trump on summit

Moon arrives in Washington with a mission to mediate

22 May 2018
British Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland has been gathering information on North Korean smugglers in waters near Japan since early May.
International relations

Japan gains help in crackdown on North Korean smugglers at sea

Australia, Canada and UK join surveillance of ship-to-ship transfers

22 May 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, hosts North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Dalian, China in this undated photo released on May 9.
China up close

Is Xi Jinping the scriptwriter of the Trump-Kim summit?

US president saw Chinese leader's hand in North Korean about-face

21 May 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks to reporters at a summit of Pacific island nation leaders in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19.
International relations

Pacific island leaders pledge action toward North Korea denuclearization

Summit declaration vows crackdown on ship-to-ship transfers to prevent imports

19 May 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, is seen with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House on May 17.
North Korea Crisis

Trump says Kim would stay in power in nuclear deal

President dismisses 'Libya model' if North Korea terms can be agreed

18 May 2018