Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok for his summit with President Putin on Thursday 2019-04-24 16:33:03 KST
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Most Popular Pyeongyang confirms Kim Jong-un will soon meet with Putin for summit talks Confirmation from Pyeongyang that the North Korea-Russia summit is happening soon. Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will soon visit Russia on the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. It added that there will be a summit between Kim and Putin. Pyeongyang's announcement on the summit comes at the same time as the Kremlin's confirmation that Kim and Putin will meet by the end of April. The upcoming Pyeongyang-Moscow summit is the first of its kind in eight years. In 2011, Kim's late father and the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The announcements from both Pyeongyang and Moscow have not provided details about when and where the summit will happen. But North Korea's advance team, led by Pyeongyang's protocol chief Kim Chang-son, has been spotted checking Vladivostok since last week. And seeing where they've been visiting, various media outlets are reporting that the Kim-Putin summit will take place at the Far Eastern Federal University, located on Russky island off the coast of Vladivostok. NK News reports that preparations are underway there with the flags of North Korea and Russia lined up in one of the buildings. Reports say Kim Jong-un will be heading over to Russia's Vladivostok using his special train on Wednesday. And Kim will be staying in Russia until Friday even though President Putin will leave the country on Friday for a One Belt, One Road summit in China. Kim will tour around where his father had visited 8 years ago and possibly visit the world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre, a public aquarium and Russia's Pacific Fleet headquarters according to Japan-based Kyodo News Agency. Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News. 2019-04-23 Pompeo to announce no more sanctions waivers for Iranian oil exports The United States is ending sanction waivers to all countries importing Iranian crude or condensate seeking to drive oil exports to zero. The White House confirmed the reports ahead of a press conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set for Monday. The current sanctions waiver given to eight countries including South Korea, is set to expire on May 2nd and any country still importing oil from Iran after that period are to be subject to U.S. sanctions. The sanctions follow Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal last May. The reason to pull out of the agreement was that it "did not stop Tehran from developing its ballistic missile program." 2019-04-22 N. Korean officials tour Far Eastern Federation University in Vladivostok, possible venue for Kim-Putin summit: Yonhap Kim Jong-un's de facto chief of staff and protocol officer was spotted at a university campus in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. A group of North Korean officials led by chief protocol officer Kim Chang-son toured various facilities at the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island of Vladivostok on Sunday. The campus is widely expected to be where Kim Jong-un will hold his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The North's delegation also included Kim Chol-gyu, a top official in charge of the leader's security, as well as Vice Foreign Minister Im Chon-il. The North Korean officials were also seen at a train station in Vladivostok last week while they toured a theater over the weekend. The exact date of the Kim-Putin summit is not yet clear. However, developments suggest it's highly likely to take place in Vladivostok either on Wednesday or Thursday before the Russian leader flies to China for the One Belt, One Road Forum. The summit will be the first between the leaders of the two countries in eight years, when former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2011. Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News. 2019-04-22 President Moon has a message for Kim Jong Un from Trump, sources say President Moon Jae-in reportedly has a message for North Korea's Kim Jong-un from U.S. President Donald Trump. CNN reports, citing South Korean diplomatic sources, that President Moon received the message from President Trump in their summit earlier this month. They say it's about "things that matter to the current course of action, things that have to lead to something positive for the North Korea-U.S. summit." The source also said that, for President Moon, the process has to be sustainable and something has to happen whether it's a small deal, a big deal, a good one or a bad one. Asked about the report, a Blue House official said Sunday that President Moon will deliver the message if he holds a fourth summit with Kim. 2019-04-22
