Kim Jong Un told South Korean President Moon Jae-in he’s “embarrassed” by his country’s infrastructure. This was an out-of-character moment for Kim, as North Korean leaders have long been well-known for boasting about their country (and themselves) in an exaggerated fashion. At Friday’s summit, Kim and Moon made a joint […]
A South Korean official says North Korea may be open to US investment to help modernise its economy. The official likened “modernisation” to building a Trump Tower or a McDonald’s restaurant. “They want to be a normal country, a normal state to be recognised by the United States,” he said […]
The leaders of North Korea and South Korea pledged on Friday to end their decadeslong war and work toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Some right-leaning US politicians, experts on international relations, and people who advocate Korean unification are saying US President Donald Trump deserves the credit for the talks. […]
North Korea and South Korea pledged Friday to sign a peace treaty between the two countries, which technically are still at war. US President Donald Trump tweeted enthusiastically about the prospect of the Korean War ending, saying the US “should be very proud.” He also credited China’s Xi Jinping for […]
Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in met for historic talks on Friday and pledged to denuclearise and strive for peace. But North Korean TV has broadcast everything but footage of the inter-Korean summit. The country doesn’t like broadcasting live events in case something goes wrong. It wants to make sure […]
During an inter-Korean summit on Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suggested he would stop missile tests, which he joked were interrupting South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s sleep. Kim pledged last week to halt North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests. Kim and Moon put on a show of unity […]
North and South Korea agreed to pursue signing a peace treaty and work towards “complete” denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The two countries will hold talks with the US and China, and South Korean President Moon Jae-In will visit Pyongyang later this year. The two countries also agreed to begin […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un planted a commemorative pine tree “as an expression of wishes for peace and prosperity” during their diplomatic summit on Friday – their first in more than a decade. Moon and Kim applied a mixture of soil and water […]
During the historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Kim joked that it’s taken them 11 years to organise a visit, despite that a portion of the demarcation line separating the countries at Panmunjom is quite slim. “The 200-meter separation line is […]
Kim Jong Un appeared to go off script twice during the beginning of a summit between the leaders of North and South Korea on Friday. Each moment of the diplomatic affair was carefully planned out, but Kim invited President Moon Jae-in to step across into North Korea, and later he […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hopped back into his Mercedes-Benz S-Class limousine during a lunch break at the Inter-Korea summit on Friday. Kim and the South Korean president Moon Jae-in had spent a couple hours participating in celebratory exercises and diplomatic meetings to mark the first conference between the […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in made history on Friday when the two met for the first time. This was also the first time any North Korean leader has visited South Korea. Kim walked across the demarcation line which marks the border between the […]
North and South Korea made history on Friday and agreed to pursue a peace treaty to end the decades-long war between them that ended in an armistice in 1953. Kim Jong Un also became the first North Korean leader to ever cross over to South Korean soil before meeting with […]
Preparations for the Inter-Korea summit on April 27 have been extensive. The table the two leaders will sit at will be exactly 2,018 millimetres wide and is designed to look like two bridges merging into one. The meeting will take place in South Korea’s Peace House which has been completely […]
South Korea is pulling out all the stops for the upcoming inter-Korean summit this week where President Moon Jae-in will meet with Kim Jong Un for the first time – and the food they will be eating will be fraught with symbolism. Friday’s summit follows Kim making an unexpected trip […]
