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Xi meets North Korea's Kim ahead of Trump talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping is the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years after relations between the Cold War era allies deteriorated.
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North Korean leader's slain half-brother a CIA informant - Wall Street Journal
The 'Journal' cited an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter” for the report, and said many details of Kim Jong Nam’s relationship with the CIA remained unclear.
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Nuclear stalemate one year after Trump-Kim summit - analysts
In Singapore, the first-ever summit between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader, Kim signed a vaguely-worded deal on denuclearisation, touted by Trump as a historic breakthrough.
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North Korea state media hits out at 'imbecile' Biden
Joe Biden has been on the campaign trail since announcing last month his candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2020 presidential election.
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North Korea says ship seizure by US violates spirit of Trump-Kim summit
The North’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it rejected UN Security Council resolutions against it which the United States cited in impounding the vessel, as a violation of its sovereignty.
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North Korea's missile tests not 'breach of trust' - Trump
Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles Thursday following an earlier drill the previous Saturday -- the first in 18 months.
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North Korea's Kim orders stronger strike power; US seizes cargo ship
News of the call for 'full combat posture' by Kim Jong Un follows a US announcement that it had seized a large North Korean cargo ship for carrying an illegal shipment of coal.
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'Nobody's happy' about N. Korea missile launch, says Trump
Since then Kim has accused Washington of acting in "bad faith" and given it until the end of the year to change its approach.
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Vietnamese woman in Kim Jong Nam murder case freed
Then last month they withdrew murder charges against Huong, who pleaded guilty to a reduced count of "causing injury" and was told she would be released in May at the end of her sentence.
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North Korea warns of ‘undesired’ outcome if no change in US nuclear stance
Kim Jong Un has set a year-end deadline for the US to show more flexibility after his second summit with President Donald Trump failed to produce a deal to end a nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
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North Korean leader warns of a return to tension, blames US 'bad faith'
A second summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump in Vietnam in February collapsed with no progress on a US demand that the North give up its nuclear programme.
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Putin arrives in Vladivostok for first summit with Kim
Kim's armoured train arrived in the city in Russia's Far East on Wednesday and the two were set for a meeting on an island off the coast.
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North Korea's Kim arrives in Russia for summit with Putin
Kim's private armoured train arrived Wednesday in the Russian border town of Khasan, Russian media reports said, where he was welcomed with bread and salt in a traditional gesture.
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N Korea's Kim heads to Russia to revive old friendship
North Korea's Kim Jong Un is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok this week, reportedly on Wednesday and Thursday.
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North Korea slams Bolton for 'stupid' remarks - KCNA
Pyongyang and Washington have been at loggerheads since the collapse of a summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump earlier this year.
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North Korea's Kim to meet Putin as tensions rise with US
The Kim-Putin meeting will be the first between the two leaders, as Moscow seeks to play a role in another global flashpoint.
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N.Korea's Kim oversees test of new weapon with 'powerful warhead'
Wednesday's test was "conducted in various modes of firing at different targets" the Korean Central News Agency reported, adding that Kim "guided the test-fire".
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Vietnam woman in Kim brother murder to be freed on 3 May
Following diplomatic pressure from the Vietnamese government, Malaysian prosecutors had dropped the murder charge against Doan Thi Huong on 1 April.
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North Korean leader open to third Trump summit: KCNA
Trump and Kim held their first landmark summit in Singapore last June, where the pair signed a vaguely-worded agreement on the "denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula".
