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U.S. to expand its spending on improving North Korea's human rights issues
Amid these flurry of developments, the U.S. is planning to expand its funds for improving North Korea's human rights situation. Voice of America reported Saturday citing an explanatory statement on the State Department's spending bill for 2019 that 10-million U.S. dollars has been allocated for North Korea's human ...
2019-01-19 15:23:59 KST -
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Kim and Trump to meet for a second summit near end of Feb.
We start today with the latest developments on the talks between North Korea and the United States. After months of silence, the two sides finally held high-level talks on Friday in Washington. We also heard that the North Korean envoy was able to meet with President Donald Trump, and they seem to have made some pr...
2019-01-19 09:13:06 KST -
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N. Korea's top nuclear negotiator arrives in Washington with Kim Jong-un's letter to Pres. Trump
North Korea's point man in its denuclearization talks with the U.S. has arrived in Washington D.C. Kim Yong-chol, the vice-chairman of the Party Central Committee, landed in Dulles Airport Thursday evening, local time. While the State Department and the White House are still silent on the "seemingly obviou...
2019-01-18 18:01:09 KST -
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Vietnam prepares for Kim Jong-un visit amid talk of second summit with Trump: Reuters
With a second Pyeongyang-Washington summit looking likely to happen soon Vietnam is reportedly preparing for a visit by Kim Jong-un. Citing a source familiar with the matter, Reuters reports the regime's leader will travel to that country for an official state visit after the Lunar New Year holiday in early ...
2019-01-18 17:59:09 KST -
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Trump's new missile defense review calls N. Korea "extraordinary threat"
The Pentagon's latest Missile Defense Review says North Korea is an "extraordinary threat." The defense plan unveiled on Thursday takes a more aggressive approach to protecting the U.S. and its allies from what it calls "rogue nations" -- North Korea and Iran" -- and potential advsera...
2019-01-18 17:59:09 KST -
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Top N. Korean official in Washington for meeting with Mike Pompeo
Kim Yong-chol is in Washington for his meeting with Secretary Pompeo this Friday. As for the possible meeting with President Trump, according to CNN, he's carrying a letter for him, presumably a reply to the letter Trump sent to Kim Jong-un last weekend. Ahead of these meetings, Kim Yong-chol is spending the night i...
2019-01-18 14:30:33 KST -
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[ISSUE TALK] Kim Yong-chol arrives in Washington building expectation for announcement on 2nd N.Korea-U.S. summit
For more we have with us Dr. Woo Jung-yeop, a research fellow from the Sejong Institute. 1 - Kim Yong-chol has arrived in Washington and set to meet with Pompeo. He may also meet with Trump to deliver a letter from Kim Jong-un. There is a lot of expectation that this will lead to confirmation of the se...
2019-01-18 12:14:03 KST -
02:17
N. Korea's top nuclear negotiator arrives in Washington with Kim Jong-un's letter to Pres. Trump
The North Korean leader's right-hand man Kim Yong-chol is now in Washington, reportedly carrying Kim Jong-un's letter to President Trump. The North Korean envoy was spotted arriving in Beijing on Thursday afternoon. He caught a plane bound for Washington in the evening and landed there on Thursday ev...
2019-01-18 12:11:12 KST -
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N. Korea one of world's most repressive states, Kim Jong-un in total control: HRW
North Korea remains one of the world's most repressive states and leader Kim Jong-un is exercising almost complete political control. That's according to a report by international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch. The report says, North Korea not only restricts people's civil and polit...
2019-01-18 09:58:52 KST -
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N. Korea labeled 'extraordinary threat' in U.S. missile defense review amid Kim Yong-chol's visit
On the day North Korea's Kim Yong-chol is set to arrive in Washington, the latest U.S. missile defense strategy report has labeled the regime an ongoing and dangerous threat. Unveiled by President Trump at the Pentagon on Thursday, he did not mention the North Korea missile threat in his remarks, but the Missile Def...
2019-01-18 05:09:24 KST -
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N. Korea's top nuclear negotiator Kim Yong-chol en route to Washington
The North Korean leader's right-hand man Kim Yong-chol is en route to Washington, reportedly carrying Kim Jong-un's return letter to President Trump. The North Korean envoy was spotted arriving in Beijing on Thursday afternoon. He caught a plane bound for Washington in the evening and is set to land there on Th...
2019-01-18 05:09:20 KST -
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U.S. agrees to let S. Korea to send 200,000 doses of Tamiflu to N. Korea
South Korea will deliver 200-thousand doses of Tamiflu to Pyeongyang early next week. The shipment was agreed on Thursday during an hour long video-conference between Seoul and Washington's working group on North Korea. Senior officials here in the nation familiar with the matter say the two Koreas will coo...
2019-01-17 18:02:14 KST
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