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KIM JONG IL

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 10, 2018
Trump calls statement with North Korea's Kim 'a contract,' suggests China may be interfering in nuclear talks
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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2018
Economist who fled North Korea says South's plan falls short
South Korea's blueprint for railroad links through North Korea to China and Russia falls well short of Kim Jong Un's vision for developing his impoverished nation, according to a defector who provides economic research to the government in Seoul.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 9, 2018
North Korea reminds Trump its nuclear weapons won't come cheap
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went to Pyongyang to get Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear weapons. He left with a harsh reminder that the North Korean leader expects something in return.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2018
Inside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's fraught trip to North Korea
As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Pyongyang at 10:54 a.m. on Friday he had few details of his schedule in the North Korean capital — even which hotel he and his staff would stay in.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 8, 2018
Japan, U.S., South Korea foreign ministers to coordinate over North Korea
The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea will seek to beef up coordination on Sunday amid uncertainty about North Korea's denuclearization path.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2018
Officials put $14 million price tag on canceled joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise
A joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea scrapped after President Donald Trump griped about "tremendously expensive" military drills would have cost around $14 million, U.S. officials said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2018
Trump's summit with Kim could foretell catastrophe with Putin
Before the U.S. president's second summit, it's time to note all that went wrong at the first.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2018
Pompeo in Pyongyang to 'fill in some details' on North Korean denuclearization
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Friday, hoping to "fill in" details on how to dismantle the North's nuclear program and recover the remains of U.S. troops missing from the Korean War.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2018
North Korea eyes second summit with U.S. in Switzerland
North Korea is looking for a venue in Switzerland for a possible second summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 5, 2018
U.S. softens North Korea approach as Pompeo departs for more nuclear talks
The United States appears to have shelved an "all-or-nothing" approach to North Korean denuclearization as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back to North Korea, hoping to agree on a road map for its nuclear disarmament.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2018
'All of Asia is thrilled': Trump takes credit for averting war with North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump personally took credit Tuesday for averting war with nuclear-armed North Korea, writing in a tweet that talks with the regime of leader Kim Jong Un were proceeding smoothly while also claiming that Asian nations were "thrilled" with the developments.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 3, 2018
Top U.S. diplomat to visit North Korea for talks amid questions over denuclearization commitment
A spate of reports detailing apparent efforts by North Korea to expand its nuclear arsenal are likely to put pressure on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he makes his third visit to Pyongyang later this week to flesh out the details of a plan for the North to relinquish its weapons of mass destruction...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2018
United Nations Command stepped up use of U.S. bases in Japan last year amid North Korean weapons tests
The United Nations Command gave Japan 27 notifications of plans to use U.S. bases in the country in 2017, compared with 15 the previous year, Japanese and U.S. government sources have said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 2, 2018
U.S., North Korea hold working-level talks at border village in Demilitarized Zone, reports say
The United States and North Korea on Sunday held working-level talks at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone, according to South Korean media reports.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 1, 2018
North Korea needs cash. Japan has it. Can a deal be made?
Tokyo could use its economic clout to insert itself to forefront of nuclear talks, observers say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2018
Women must have been 'trained to kill' North Korean leader's half brother, Kim Jong Nam, in Malaysia: prosecutors
Two women accused of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader must have been trained to carry out "an assassination" using the deadly VX nerve agent, Malaysian prosecutors said as they wrapped up their case on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 26, 2018
Pompeo refuses to put timeline on North Korea denuclearization
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that he will not put a timeline on negotiations with North Korea to rid it of its nuclear weapons, an apparent reversal of earlier remarks that the White House would seek "major disarmament" by Pyongyang by January 2021, the end of President Donald Trump's...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2018
North Korea says it will ignore Japan until Tokyo scraps military drills, other measures
North Korea will continue to ignore Japan unless Tokyo halts hostilities against its neighbor, such as large-scale military drills and efforts to boost military readiness, the isolated nation's state media has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 25, 2018
U.S. to give North Korea post-summit schedule with 'specific asks' soon: official
The United States will soon present a time-line to North Korea with "specific asks" of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a senior U.S. defense official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2018
Japan's nuke experts ready to help defang North Korea
Japan is apparently pitching its experience decommissioning a small facility in the village of Tokai as a reason to get into the North's secretive Nyongbyon facility, sources say.

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