Politics

This undated photo distributed on Sept. 3, 2017 by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
26 April 2018
North Korea's Kim Jong Un watches a missile launch in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency last September, when nuclear saber rattling was the name of his game.
North Korea Crisis

North Korea faces arduous road to US peace treaty

For starters, Kim would have to go the distance on denuclearization

25 April 2018
This picture issued by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on April 20 could give facial profilers clues to Kim Jong Un's personality, mental state and health.
International relations

Facial profiling helped Donald Trump trip up Xi Jinping

Now specialists and new technologies have their gaze on Kim Jong Un

25 April 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, speaks to a hospitalized Chinese tourist who survived the deadly bus crash in a North Korean province.
International relations

North Korea rushes to patch up relations with China

Country prepares for Xi visit to Pyongyang after Trump-Kim summit

25 April 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his Oval Office meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Tuesday.
North Korea Crisis

Trump: Pyongyang wants meeting as soon as possible

US president says Kim Jong Un is 'very open' and 'very honorable'

25 April 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in answers reporters' question during his New Year news conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Jan.10.
North Korea Crisis

South Korea's Moon looks to gain politically from summits

President's image as bridge between North and Trump is popular with voters

24 April 2018
Whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will continue the country's just-announced freeze on nuclear and ICBM testing is far from clear.
North Korea Crisis

Trump and Kim engage in denuclearization chess game

US leader tones down praise of progress as 'irreversibility' is questioned

24 April 2018
Commuters at a Seoul train station catch the news that North Korea has frozen testing of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says the country will shift focus to the economy.
North Korea Crisis

South Korea split over North's pledge to stop nuclear tests

Pyongyang's past gestures toward denuclearization lacked follow-through

23 April 2018
People in Tokyo walk past a street monitor showing a news report of North Korea's big announcement on April 21.
North Korea Crisis

How North Korea and the US define denuclearization

Kim Jong Un has yet to put his country's nuclear program on the table

22 April 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s announcement Saturday on his country’s nuclear policy sets up summits but may not mean much in practice.
North Korea Crisis

Kim Jong Un's announcement falls short of dismantling nuclear weapons

Halting nuclear test seen as calculated move for concessions from US, S Korea

21 April 2018
The U.S. State Department sharply criticizes North Korea in the latest edition of its annual human rights report.
International relations

US blasts North Korea on human rights ahead of historic summit

State Department report also touches on Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese

21 April 2018
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono speaks to Nikkei in Tokyo on April 20. Kono warned against letting North Korea buy time to continue its nuclear program. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
North Korea Crisis

Top Japan diplomat sets 2020 goal for North Korea denuclearization

Foreign Minister Kono says Kim must not be allowed to run out the clock

21 April 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe persuaded U.S. President Donald Trump to represent Japanese interests at his upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
North Korea Crisis

Trump ready to walk out of Kim meeting if 'not fruitful'

US and Japan agree to maintain pressure until regime takes concrete action

19 April 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to hold talks aimed at addressing the trade imbalance between the two countries but differed on the approach. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
Trade war

US and Japan agree on new 'free, fair and reciprocal' trade talks

Trump downbeat on TPP but would take deal he 'can't refuse'

19 April 2018
The Damascus skyline is lit up by missile fire as the U.S. launches air strikes targeting chemical weapons facilities.
19 April 2018
CIA Director Mike Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of a planned summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump.
International relations

Pompeo 'got along really well' with Kim Jong Un, Trump says

President chooses CIA spies over diplomats to lead negotiations

19 April 2018
U.S. CIA chief Mike Pompeo held secret talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump.
North Korea Crisis

US seeks to denuclearize North Korea by 2020

Washington coordinates with Japan and South Korea on the deadline

19 April 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a dinner party in Beijing on March 26, 2018 © KCNA/Kyodo
International relations

Xi set to visit Pyongyang 'soon,' CNN reports

Trip seen as China's intent to be a player in denuclearization talks

18 April 2018
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet on April 27.
Politics

Two Koreas agree to broadcast Moon-Kim summit live

Question of Kim inspecting military guard of honor still not clarified

18 April 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, pictured here, had his national security council chief meet in Washington last week to find ways of defusing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Politics

Seoul and Washington mull peace deal with North Korea

Wide ranging talks included ways to reassure Kim if he abandons nuclear program

18 April 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Xi's photo from AP)
16 April 2018
The Damascus skyline is lit up by missile fire as the U.S. launches air strikes targeting chemical weapons facilities.
International relations

Syria strikes cast shadow over North Korea denuclearization talks

U.S. actions draw mixed reactions while experts appear divided on effect

15 April 2018
Wednesday's meeting of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly came at a critical time in diplomacy for the isolated country.
North Korea Crisis

World seeks hints of North Korean policy as parliament meets

State media silent on legislative meeting ahead of highly anticipated summits

12 April 2018
Buying F-35B stealth fighters from the U.S. is among Japan's options to better counter China and North Korea.
Opinion

Japan must respond to China's growing naval power

Tokyo should boost defense spending and redouble cooperation with its allies

12 April 2018
Song Tao, a high-ranking Chinese official representing President Xi Jinping, will visit North Korea with a cultural delegation in a show of solidarity with the isolated state.
North Korea Crisis

Top Xi aide heads to North Korea in boost for Kim

Chinese art troupe's visit is a sign of solidarity before Trump summit

12 April 2018