(30.8.2018) Investigative news outlet Vox cited „multiple sources familiar with the negotiations“ as saying Trump made the promise during his summit with Kim in Singapore in June.
The report said Trump made the promise and later qualified it by asking North Korea to dismantle most of its nuclear arsenal first.
Trump released a nearly minute-long video on Twitter on Saturday, defending his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“I’ve said for a long time, if you’re president, you should meet with foreign leaders. You have nothing to lose and you have a lot to gain,” he said. „Nothing bad can happen, it’s only going to be positive, especially if your president knows what he’s doing.“
“We’re all pursuing the denuclearization of North Korea and a new future of prosperity, security and peace on the Korean Peninsula and all of Asia,“ Trump told a VFW convention in Kansas City, Missouri. “New images just today show that North Korea has begun the process of dismantling a key missile site and we appreciate that. We had a fantastic meeting with Chairman Kim, and it seems to be going very well.“
The Pentagon announced on Friday that they have indefinitely suspended a number of additional war games with South Korea. The US agreed to such suspensions as part of the Trump-Kim summit deal.
Moore photographed the toddler on June 12, the same day as Trump’s summit in Singapore with Kim Jong Un.
After the crucible of the Trump-Kim summit, it seems clear that Pompeo has been elevated, and Bolton diminished, by the president’s sudden love affair with Pyongyang. But Pompeo will also be the first to fall “if this thing goes to shit.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may visit North Korea this weekend or next week in an effort to implement the outcome of last week’s summit between the U.S. and the North, a South Korean opposition lawmaker said Thursday.
Japan has decided to halt evacuation drills to prepare for a potential North Korean missile attack as tensions had eased following a historic summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday.
(12.6.2018) The handshake between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore’s sunny Sentosa island on Tuesday (June 12) was a simple but history-making moment, that was beamed live to viewers by media outlets all across Asia.
More than 35,000 Americans perished on the Korean peninsula between 1950 and 1953, in a fight that pitted the communist North Korea, backed by China and the Soviet Union, against the U.S. and United Nations-backed South.
The breakthrough reached between the U.S. and North Korea in Singapore on June 12 carries tremendous weight for surviving Korean War veterans and the families of those who were lost.
The veterans expressed their hopes for a united and peaceful Korean peninsula, while maintaining caution when it came to trusting the North Korean regime.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un began a surprise two-day visit to China on Tuesday, his third trip to China in three months, with analysts saying that Kim is expected to discuss the implementing details of the document signed during the US-North Korea summit in Singapore.
To be sure, unlike the two Koreas, Pakistan and India are two different nations, with two different histories and national stories, and some shared attributes like all other neighbors. But the Pak-India conflict offers some similarities to the Korean conflict in terms of complexity and insolvability. Both conflicts involve emotions, ideologies, and nuclear weapons. China and the United States are important outside players in both cases; both conflicts appear impossible to resolve, and both have wider implications for the region and the world.
Veterans For Peace (Veteranen für Frieden) sind hocherfreut, dass auf der koreanischen Halbinsel der Frieden ausbricht. Wir gratulieren dem koreanischen Volk, das nach Frieden und Einheit rief, und wir applaudieren seinen Führern, die zugehört und mutig gehandelt haben.
The friendly meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on Tuesday points to a change in Japan’s role in the Korean Peninsula issue. To be specific, Japan was a participant in the Six-Party Talks, and now is just a bystander.
Most American adults say that the meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un was a good idea, according to a Monmouth poll released Thursday.
The seven-in-10 who say it’s a good idea is up from 63% in late April, including 93% of Republicans, 74% of independents, and 49% of Democrats. Only 20% say it was a bad idea.
Following his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Trump’s approval ratings are now at one of the highest points of his presidency.
North Korea and China do support if South Korea and the US end their military drills, however, should the US be upset only because Pyongyang and Beijing are happy? Negotiation is about finding biggest common ground instead of imposing conditions on others through tricks and intimidation.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have never been lower. North Korea has suspended its nuclear and missile tests, scrapped its nuclear test site, and repeatedly promised to work for complete denuclearization. Back to the second half of 2017, when there were the most serious tensions and hostilities between the two countries, the US society wouldn’t believe today’s progress possible. How can the US „lose“ when there are so many visible achievements?
„My disagreement with Senator Schumer in that letter is that’s basically parroting the talking points of John Bolton, saying that we should not engage in any diplomacy or make any concessions without complete denuclearization. That’s just not realistic. A far more realistic framework is what Bill Perry has advocated in the 1990s and worked on, which is an incremental approach, where we need to look at our joint military exercises, as the president has, where we need to ask for the cessation of testing, and make concessions on an incremental basis. And that’s what I think has begun with this process.“
This is a glorious day for cynics, especially lazy ones. It doesn’t take much effort to find loopholes, inconsistencies and other deficiencies in the agreement signed by President Trump and Kim Jong Un.
As Republican leaders reacted with cautious optimism, Democrats said Trump gave up leverage by meeting with Kim and by agreeing so quickly to halting joint U.S. military „war game“ exercises with South Korea.
In the end, diplomacy can work – as a process, not an event. There is no Big Bang theory of nuclear diplomacy. If no further progress is made toward peace on the Korean peninsula, all this – the back-and-forth, the Moon-Kim meetings, the Singapore summit itself – is at worst another good start that faded. It is more likely, however, a turning point.
„We wish and support the two sides to implement the consensus reached by the two leaders, promote follow-up consultations, further consolidate and expand the achievements, and make the political settlement of the peninsula issue a sustainable and irreversible process,“ it said.
„As a neighbor of the peninsula and an important party of the issue, China stands ready to work with other relevant parties toward denuclearization and the establishment of a peace mechanism on the Korean Peninsula.“
The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the Summit between the leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States as an important milestone in the advancement of sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
As the Secretary-General noted in letters to both leaders before the Summit, the road ahead requires cooperation, compromise and a common cause. Implementing today’s and previous agreements reached, in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions, will require patience and support from the global community.
Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers‘ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, held the summit meeting and talks with Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America, at Sentosa Island of Singapore on June 12, 2018 for the first time in the histories of the two countries.
The following is a joint statement of the Singapore summit signed by Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America, on June 12:
Having acknowledged that the U.S.-DPRK summit — the first in history — was an epochal event of great significance in overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening up of a new future, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un commit to implement the stipulations in this joint statement fully and expeditiously. The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.-DPRK summit.
Is the result of this summit reliable? Since there is no expression such as „complete,“ „verifiable“ or „irreversible denuclearization“ in the joint statement, some people from the US and South Korea may think the declaration is „not thorough enough“ and still doubt whether North Korea would eventually abandon its nuclear program. But the correct response should be promoting the thorough implementation of the agreement through continuous efforts.
Did anyone dare to believe that such a summit can actually take place half a year ago? A certain force is pushing such seemingly impossible things toward becoming possible.
This force is the new logic of international politics in the 21st century.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program will take place as soon as „mechanically, physically“ possible, but refused to set a deadline.
Sentosa Island, Singapore
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sign a document to acknowledge progress and keep momentum between both countries alive.
„Excellent relationship,“ he said as he emerged from one-on-one talks after 38 minutes.
Trump’s threats to politely walk out of the meeting if his expectations were unmet did not materialize. Instead he predicted he could „solve a big problem, a big dilemma“ alongside his new partner.
„Working together, we’ll get it taken care of,“ Trump said.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiled and waved to a cheering crowd during a surprise late-night tour of Singapore on the eve of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
About 100 reporters and Singapore residents shouted his name and took pictures with phones as Kim visited Marina Bay Sands resort, famed for its rooftop infinity pool overlooking the city.
The working groups of both sides have touched on establishing official relations. A U.S. embassy in Pyongyang was an option that was brought up.
According to South Korean daily Joongang Ilbo, citing a source in Singapore, Mr Kim has invited Mr Trump to North Korea to hold a second summit in July.
The invitation was in a letter written by Mr Kim to Mr Trump and hand delivered by Mr Kim’s right-hand man, General Kim Yong Chol, to the White House on June 1.
▪ Roadmap for North Korea’s complete and swift denuclearization: Experts
▪ Neighboring countries of Korean peninsula closely monitor how N. Korea-U.S. talks would turn out
The discussions between the United States and North Korea are ongoing and have moved more quickly than expected.
President Donald J. Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. Following the initial greeting, President Trump and Chairman Kim will participate in a one-on-one meeting, with translators only, an expanded bilateral meeting, and a working lunch.
(5.6.2018) State Department officials believe national security adviser John Bolton made inflammatory comments during a televised interview to deliberately disrupt talks with North Korea. CNN’s Michelle Kosinski reports.
State Department officials believe national security adviser John Bolton made inflammatory comments during a televised interview to deliberately disrupt talks with North Korea. CNN’s Michelle Kosinski reports.
Pompeo said the pre-summit talks were “moving quite rapidly” and that he believed “they will come to their logical conclusion even more quickly than we anticipated.”
“These discussions will set a framework for the hard work that will follow,” Pompeo said.
“In each of these countries there are only two people who can make decisions of this magnitude and those are the two people who will be sitting in the room tomorrow,” he added.
North Korea’s integration into the global economy could have a profound impact on regional development and growth
„India has stepped up its focus on East Asia as well as ASEAN and any addition of an emerging market like North Korea will be most beneficial for the country’s expanding export-oriented industries,“ said a trade source.
India’s Act East Policy, that was introduced by the Modi government, focusses on the extended neighbourhood in the Asia-Pacific region.
Trump is set to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a summit on Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew his support for the final G-7 communique.
The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan are also due to meet later in the week.
Yet as Kim prepares to finally meet Trump in Singapore on Tuesday, some analysts say Beijing appears to be getting a sudden case of the jitters.
They say the Chinese leaders, who are unused to being on the outside looking in, are growing anxious about whether they can keep their Cold War-era ally firmly in its current orbit around China. Leaders in Beijing are worried, experts say, that Kim might try to counterbalance China’s influence by embracing the United States, North Korea’s longtime enemy.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation on Monday, Moon’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
Beijing’s influence over Pyongyang has waned over the years but it still has a number of economic cards it can play to make sure it is not sidelined in developments on the Korean peninsula
“I’m determined to resolve the abduction issue through direct talks between our country and North Korea,” he said at a press conference to wrap up his visits to the United States and Canada. “I strongly hope that major results will be achieved” at a historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slated for Tuesday in Singapore, Abe added.
Some in the Trump administration have the same thinking which sabotaged peace talks with North Korea for 64 years.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un today. This is the first meeting between the two leaders.
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PM Lee Hsien Loong visited officers from the SAF and Home Team, and toured the International Media Centre set up by the Ministry of Communications and Information at the F1 Pit Building on 10 June 2018. These were part of the preparations for the DPRK-US Singapore Summit taking place on 12 June 2018.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore ahead of a June 12 summit with President Donald Trump.
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A Chinese private jet is on its way to Singapore from North Korea… possibly carrying Kim Jong-un to his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. According to flight-tracking website Flightradar24,… the Air China plane took off from Pyongyang Airport at around 8.30 a.m.,… after arriving from Beijing earlier in the morning. The site says the plane initially reported that it was bound for Beijing… but as it neared the Chinese capital it changed its flight number… and its destination.
Let’s start with the North Korea-U.S. summit. Singapore’s top diplomat arrived in Beijing on Saturday after visiting Pyongyang. China’s state-run media outlet CCTV is reporting he told them U.S. President Donald Trump AND North Korean leader Kim Jong-un WILL arrive in Singapore on Sunday. Vivian Balakrishnan spent two days in North Korea to discuss logistics, security and other details of the summit with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho.
President Trump says he’s well prepared to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at a historic summit Tuesday. Isaac Stone Fish, CBSN contributor and senior fellow at the Asia Society, joins to discuss the meeting’s outlook.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen as one of the top US officials who strongly favors diplomacy. This is contrasted by National Security Adviser John Bolton, who has been an outspoken opponent, and who has at times been accused of trying to sabotage the talks.
Indeed, Moscow appeared more at ease a few months ago, when Trump and Kim were exchanging purple insults and apocalyptic threats.
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton will be in Singapore for next week’s highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a White House official said Wednesday.
(16.5.2018) That hasn’t stopped North Korean first vice foreign minister Kim Kye-gwan from accusing the U.S. of trying to “drive us into a corner.” In a press statement, Kim said, “prior to the DPRK-U.S. summit, unbridled remarks provoking the other side of dialogue are recklessly made in the U.S. and I am totally disappointed as these constitute extremely unjust behavior.” He specifically took aim at National Security Adviser John Bolton and his “assertions of so-called Libya mode of nuclear abandonment.”
„Kim Jong Un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it, which is exactly the position you want to put him in.“
Singapore’s Gurkhas are linked to a British tradition that has recruited and paid for elite regiments of soldiers from Nepal for more than 200 years.
As President Donald Trump huddled in the Oval Office on Friday with Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man, he was accompanied by only one other US official: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Absent was the administration’s most vocal North Korea hawk, national security adviser John Bolton.
Abe will hold talks with Trump at the White House on June 7 before traveling to Canada for the Group of Seven summit on June 8 and 9, hoping to coordinate their policies toward the president’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Asia’s key defense forum opened in Singapore on Friday, with North Korea’s nuclear issue high on the agenda, at a time when regional security faces a potential turning point.
The annual Shangri-La Dialogue comes amid cautious optimism about a historic breakthrough in efforts to denuclearize North Korea and formally end the 1950-53 Korean War with a peace treaty.
High-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol landed in New York on Wednesday for talks about a potential summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. He’s the most senior North Korean official to visit the U.S. since 2000. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood joins CBSN to discuss.