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North and South Korea to bid for 2032 Summer Olympics

Dan Martin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 05:09 PM

North and South Korea will bid jointly for the 2032 Olympics, they announced Wednesday, in an ambitious plan built on hopes of deepening a diplomatic thaw catalysed by this year's Winter Games in the South. Read more »

Korea: The land of peace

Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool via Reuters
Posted at Sep 19 02:48 PM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for photographs with the joint statement in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday. Read more »

N. Korea's Kim to visit Seoul, shut missile site

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 01:31 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a historic visit to Seoul "in the near future," he said Wednesday after a summit with the South's Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang. Read more »

Two Koreas aim for agreement to unlock nuclear talks

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Sep 19 08:37 AM

Leaders of South and North Korea plan to announce steps aimed at rekindling stalled nuclear talks and deepening bilateral ties after they meet for a second day of summit talks on Wednesday in the North's capital Pyongyang. Read more »

Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un’s 3rd meeting

Kim Hong-Ji, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 18 12:45 PM

People watch the televised broadcast in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, of South Korea's President Moon Jae-in as he is greeted by North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un after arriving in Pyongyang for the inter-Korean summit. Read more »

Moon landing: S. Korean leader arrives in Pyongyang for summit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 10:07 AM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to reboot stalled denuclearization talks between North Korea and the United States.   Read more »

Moon flies to Pyongyang for third inter-Korean summit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 06:57 AM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in flies to Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to rekindle stalled denuclearization talks between North Korea and the United States. Read more »

Samsung heir in South Korea's delegation to North: Seoul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 03:11 PM

The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week for an inter-Korean summit, Seoul announced Sunday. Read more »

North Korea says US accusation of hacking a 'smear campaign'

Reuters
Posted at Sep 14 02:41 PM

North Korea said on Friday US accusations that it was responsible for cyber attacks in 2014 and 2017 were a "smear campaign" and the man sanctioned by Washington does not exist, the official KCNA news agency said. Read more »

Hopes rise as two Koreas open de facto joint embassy on North's side of border

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Sep 14 09:02 AM

North and South Korea will open a joint liaison office on the North's side of the heavily militarized border on Friday, a South Korean official said, as hopes rise for progress in stalled denuclearization talks at a summit next week. Read more »

Putin urges ‘security guarantees’ for North Korea denuclearization

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 06:45 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said North Korea must be given security guarantees in exchange for steps towards denuclearization. Read more »

North Korea celebrates 70th Foundation year

Danish Siddiqui, Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 12:46 PM

Fireworks explode over participants carrying torches during a torchlight procession during the celebration marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's foundation in Pyongyang, North Korea. Read more »

North Korea's Kim asks Trump for another meeting in new letter

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 06:55 AM

US President Donald Trump received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asking for a second meeting and the White House is already looking at scheduling one, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Monday.   Read more »

Trump salutes Kim for N.Korean parade without nuclear missiles

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 07:05 AM

US President Donald Trump saluted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday for holding a massive military parade "without the customary display of nuclear missiles" to celebrate his country's 70th anniversary.  Read more »

North Korea to hold military parade to mark 70th anniversary

Sebastien Berger, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 08:42 AM

Hundreds of trucks carrying thousands of troops lined a Pyongyang riverbank in the pale light of dawn early Sunday, as nuclear-armed North Korea prepared to celebrate its birthday with a huge show of military strength. Read more »

N.Korea's founding anniversary a chance for Kim to raise cash, project new image

Josh Smith, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 08 01:55 AM

Sunday's events will kick off about a month of performances, as well as a trade show and other visits designed to drum up foreign investment and tourism spending in the sanctions-strapped country. Read more »

U.S. charges North Korean in Bangladesh central bank, Sony hacks

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 07 08:31 AM

The hack of the central bank of Bangladesh saw at least $81 million stolen and transferred between a number of accounts in the Philippines and elsewhere, rendering most of it unrecoverable. Read more »

Two Koreas agree to hold September summit in Pyongyang: Seoul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 12:08 PM

Kim Jong Un will meet the South's President Moon Jae-in at a summit in Pyongyang in September to discuss nuclear disarmament, Seoul said Thursday. Read more »

North Korea preparing toned-down military parade - analysts

Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Sep 01 02:31 PM

Satellite imagery shows North Korea is poised to stage another military parade amid new worries that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization are stalling, though analysts say it is unclear whether it will showcase any of the country's largest ballistic missiles. Read more »

Japan eyes record defense budget amid N. Korea, China threats

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 31 05:51 PM

Japan's defense ministry on Friday made its biggest-ever budget request, seeking better missile defense and bolstered air poweJapan's defense ministry on Friday made its biggest-ever budget request, seeking better missile defense and bolstered air power amid ongoing threats from North Korea and China.r amid ongoing threats from North Korea and China. Read more »