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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...

Trump: North Korea Summit 'May Not Work Out' for June 12

He hedges on historic meeting with Kim Jong Un

(Newser) - President Trump insisted last week that despite multiple threats from North Korea about canceling it, his planned summit with Kim Jong Un was still on. On Tuesday, however, the POTUS was hedging on that, USA Today reports. "You never know about deals. I’ve made a lot of deals....

North Korea Plans &#39;Spectacle&#39; at Mount Mantap
North Korea
Plans 'Spectacle'
at Mount Mantap
the rundown
May 21, 2018 9:20 AM CDT

North Korea Plans 'Spectacle' at Mount Mantap

It's supposed to destroy nuke site as journalists look on this week

(Newser) - The world's last active underground nuclear testing site is set to meet its end this week. North Korea intends to close the Punggye-ri facility beneath Mount Mantap between Wednesday and Friday, depending on the weather, and journalists from five outside countries have been invited to attend and observe. The...

Trump: Kim Jong Un Could Suffer Same Fate as Gadhafi

But that's only if there's no deal, he says

(Newser) - President Trump and national security adviser John Bolton are apparently not on the same page when it comes to the "Libya model"—and the confusion led to what was seen as a stern threat to North Korea Thursday. When asked about Bolton's suggestion that the 2003 Libya...

North Korea Follows One Threat With a Second
North Korea Follows
One Threat With a Second
the rundown
May 16, 2018 6:37 AM CDT

North Korea Follows One Threat With a Second

Warns it'll ax June 12 summit with Trump if denuclearization talk keeps up

(Newser) - North Korea is ratcheting up its threats—and potentially inching away from the table. After canceling high-level talks with South Korea planned for Wednesday and warning the US it could cancel Kim Jong Un's meeting with President Trump over joint military exercises between the US and South Korea, another...

North Korea: We Might Cancel Trump-Kim Meeting

Pyongyang is not happy over US-South Korea military drills

(Newser) - President Trump is supposed to have a historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month—but now North Korea, angry over joint military exercises between the US and South Korea that started Friday, is threatening to cancel it. The Korean Central News Agency called the Max Thunder...

N. Korea's New Move Assures Some, Concerns Others

It appears to be dismantling Punggye-ri nuclear-test site, but experts aren't so sure

(Newser) - Satellite imagery shows North Korea has already begun dismantling its Punggye-ri nuclear-test site ahead of a promise to destroy it entirely in front of international journalists. The removal of buildings and rail lines observed by 38 North on May 7 appear in line with Kim Jong Un's promise over...

Trump Welcomes N. Korea's 'Gracious Gesture'

Kim will close nuke test site in less than 2 weeks

(Newser) - President Trump welcomed North Korea's vow on Saturday to dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks as a "gracious gesture" that would set up the US-North Korea summit. North Korea's Foreign Ministry said all tunnels at the country's testing ground will be destroyed...

North Korean Waitresses Were Forced to 'Defect'

Former restaurant manager bares all on cable TV

(Newser) - A famous North Korean defection may have actually been a kidnapping engineered by the South—news that comes at a slightly awkward moment for the two Koreas, the New York Times reports. A South Korean cable TV channel broke the news Thursday, saying the apparent defection of 12 waitresses and...

North Korea's Nuke Site Is Way Worse Off Than We Knew

Satellite scans show even more damage to Mount Mantap

(Newser) - The nuclear test site that Kim Jong Un promises to shutter may be in worse shape than the world knew, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Punggye-ri site—which is couched in a mountain called Mount Mantap—apparently suffered a sizeable collapse in the hours and days after North Korea'...

Trump Announces Site of Summit With Kim Jong Un

They will meet in Singapore on June 12

(Newser) - The time and date are set: President Trump will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12. "We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!" Trump tweeted Thursday morning, providing details for the first time about the...

In Wee Hours, Trump Welcomes Home '3 Really Great People'

Three former prisoners arrived back in US from North Korea early Thursday

(Newser) - A proud moment for President Trump: Trump, accompanied by Melania Trump, Mike Pence, and Karen Pence, was on hand to welcome three former prisoners back from North Korea at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington early Thursday, the AP reports. Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song, and Kim Sang Duk were...

Trump Rules Out DMZ as Site of Meeting With Kim
Trump: Kim and I
Not Meeting at DMZ
May 9, 2018 12:47 PM CDT

Trump: Kim and I Not Meeting at DMZ

Says date, location will be announced within 3 days

(Newser) - President Trump says the date and location of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be released within the next three days, but it won't be held in the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea. "We're just working arrangements" before the announcement...

North Korea Releases 3 American Prisoners

Trump tweets that he'll be there to greet the plane at 2am

(Newser) - American prisoners Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song, and Kim Sang Duk are once again free men and on their way home following their release Wednesday from North Korea. "I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back...

Pompeo Seemingly Stumbles on Kim Jong Un's Name

NYT reports he referred to 'Chairman Un' while en route to North Korea

(Newser) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is making his second visit to Pyongyang and South Korean officials say he will probably bring three detained Americans home with him. Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang Wednesday for meetings with Kim Jong Chol, director of the North's agency for inter-Korean relations, reports Reuters . An...

Xi Has Surprise Meeting With Kim, Then a Call With Trump

Xi Jinping met a second time with Kim Jong Un

(Newser) - China says President Xi Jinping has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a northern Chinese port city. The meeting, held Monday and Tuesday in Dalian, is the second between the two men in recent weeks , following Kim's March visit to Beijing, his first since taking power...

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