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Report: Dennis Rodman Might Join Trump-Kim Summit

Ex-NBA player knows both men well

(Newser) - Next week's historic summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump might feature one of the only people on the planet who has spent significant amounts of time with both men: Dennis Rodman. The former NBA star—who has visited North Korea multiple times and was a Celebrity Apprentice...

Report: Kim Jong Un Has Purged Military Leadership

Top 3 military chiefs fired ahead of summit

(Newser) - In preparation for the Singapore summit, Kim Jong Un has reportedly shaken up North Korea's military leadership—though it's not clear whether it's the kind of reshuffle that involves executions or mere demotions. According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, all three of North Korea's...

New World Leader Wants to Meet Kim Jong Un

Bashar al-Assad says he wants to visit, Kim will 'realize the reunification of Korea without fail'

(Newser) - North Korea's state-run news agency reported Sunday that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is interested in visiting North Korea and meeting leader Kim Jong Un. The KCNA report said Assad made the comments May 30 while receiving the credentials for the North Korean ambassador, reports the AP . "I...

New Glitch in Summit Meeting: Who Pays for Kim's Hotel?

The Fullerton Hotel in Singapore is expensive, after all

(Newser) - At least as of Friday, the US-North Korea summit meeting is back on —but who's going to foot the bill? Especially that darned hotel bill. So the Washington Post is asking in an article about how two teams led by Washington and Pyongyang are hammering out details before...

Trump: Summit With North Korea Is Back On
After 'Nice Letter'
Summit Is
Back On
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Jun 1, 2018 2:48 PM CDT

After 'Nice Letter' Summit Is Back On

President meets with top North Korean envoy

(Newser) - It's back on. President Trump on Friday declared that the summit between him and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will take place after all on June 12. Trump made the announcement after receiving a visit from one of Kim's top aides, Kim Yong Chol, who delivered a...

A Millionaire, Secret Tunnels, and a Fiery Death in Maryland

Daniel Beckwitt arrested over the death of Askia Khafra

(Newser) - During a hearing on Thursday, Daniel Beckwitt gave an affirmative nod when his defense attorney described him as an "unusual individual." Indeed, lawyer Robert Bonsib describes the 27-year-old Maryland man as a millionaire thanks to stock trades who was in the process of building a bunker below his...

North Koreans Will Deliver Letter From Kim to Trump

'I am confident we are moving in the right direction,' Pompeo says

(Newser) - A top aide to Kim Jong Un will make a rare visit to Washington Friday to hand a letter from the North Korean leader to President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after reporting "good progress" in talks between the two sides to revive an on-again, off-again nuclear...

Attempts to Salvage Summit Found in 3 Corners of World

Kim Yong Chol said to be en route for NYC

(Newser) - It'll take a "herculean focus on all kinds of details" to revive President Trump and Kim Jong Un's June 12 summit, reports the New York Times , and a herculean effort seems to be underway. The paper tracks three separate efforts in three corners of the world to...

N. Korea Sending Ex-Spy Chief Blamed for Sony Hack to US

Senior official Kim Yong Chol said to be on his way to NY to jump-start summit talks again

(Newser) - He's said to be behind the 2014 Sony hack , made an appearance at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and is often right next to Kim Jong Un at meetings with global leaders. Now one of North Korea's most high-level officials is on his way to the US, reportedly to attend...

Kim Executed Uncle Because of Grudge Over His Mom: Book

More family secrets in defector's memoir, including a Clapton concert attended by Kim's brother

(Newser) - Long-held grudges, executions, an Eric Clapton concert—it's all there in a new 542-page memoir by a man the Wall Street Journal calls "North Korea's most high-profile defector in two decades." The New York Times reports on Thae Yong Ho's Cryptography From the Third-Floor Secretariat,...

Trump: N. Korea Will Be a 'Great Economic Nation'

He says US team is there to plan summit

(Newser) - A US team is in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting will indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the American and North Korean officials have...

Trump, NYT in Throwdown Over June 12 Korea Summit

President accuses 'Times' of making up senior White House official who spoke to reporters

(Newser) - If the negotiations swirling around the proposed June 12 summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump are making your head spin, you are far from alone: Following a surprise meeting between Kim and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in in which Moon said Kim "once again has made clear...

Another Surprise Twist in North Korea Drama

Leaders from North, South have a surprise summit

(Newser) - The roller coaster of North Korea news took another twist on Saturday: Kim Jong Un met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in a surprise summit, reports the BBC . The two leaders embraced for the cameras afterward. "Both leader exchanged opinions ... for the successful holding of the North Korea-US summit,...

Trump Caught Between Pompeo, Bolton on Summit, Sources Say

He ultimately sided with Bolton

(Newser) - The summit between the US and North Korea is off , at least for now—and officials tell NBC News it's because President Trump wanted to nix things before Kim Jong Un had a chance to. "He doesn't want to be the bride left at the altar,"...

Trump-Kim Coin Is a Hot Seller
Trump-Kim Coin Is a Hot Seller
May 25, 2018 4:04 AM CDT

Trump-Kim Coin Is a Hot Seller

It could be a new '1804 dollar'

(Newser) - The Trump-Kim summit has been called off —but it's still a historic event for coin collectors. A commemorative coin produced by the White House Communications Agency to mark the summit between Trump and "Supreme Leader" Kim Jong Un is now in high demand and is expected to...

North Korea Responds to Trump's Cancellation of Summit

Kim Jong Un is still willing to meet with Trump, according to new statement

(Newser) - Despite President Trump canceling his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Thursday, North Korea says it is still willing to proceed with the sit-down. "We reiterate to the US that we are willing to sit face to face at any time and in any way,"...

North Korea Wasn't Responding to US Over 'Past Many Days'

Mike Pompeo says US was working on summit preparations, getting silence

(Newser) - "To the detriment of the world," the US-North Korea summit has been canceled—and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday told Congress the North didn't seem to be preparing for it when it was on. "Over the past many days, we have endeavored to...

North Korea Says It Just Blew Up Nuke Test Site

But just foreign journalists were on hand to witness the explosions

(Newser) - North Korea carried out what it said is the demolition of its nuclear test site Thursday, setting off a series of explosions over several hours in the presence of foreign journalists. The explosions at the nuclear test site deep in the mountains of the North's sparsely populated northeast were...

N. Korea Threatens War, Slams 'Stupid' Mike Pence

Official warns of 'nuclear-to-nuclear' showdown if there is no summit

(Newser) - The US has a simple choice, according to Pyongyang: Meet North Korea at the negotiating table, or in a "nuclear-to-nuclear showdown." Senior North Korean official Choe Son Hui put the planned June 12 summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un in even more doubt Thursday with a...

Journos Told to Keep Blinds Closed on N. Korea Train Ride

Foreign journalists began trek to Mount Mantap on Wednesday

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un vowed to dismantle the nuclear testing facility beneath Mount Mantap this week, and he invited foreign journalists to witness the Punggye-ri facility's end. Reuters reports journalists from the UK, US, China, Russia, and South Korea on Wednesday began the trek to the site, and a trek...

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