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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2019
North Korea warns it's up to the U.S. to decide what 'Christmas gift' it will get
North Korea has one question for the United States: Naughty or nice?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2019
Kim looks to turn tables on Trump with own 'maximum pressure' push
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to still be angling for a nuclear deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, experts say, but there are growing signs that the young dictator is preparing to slap his own version of "maximum pressure" on the American president if things don't go his way.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2019
North Korea throws cold water on Trump's hint of third summit with Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's bromance with U.S. President Donald Trump may be on its last legs, as an end-of-year deadline set by Kim for progress fast approaches.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2019
North Korea's Kim oversees military drills after U.S. and South cancel joint air exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen air force drills "under the simulated conditions of real war," state-run media reported Monday, a day after the U.S. and South Korea said they were postponing their joint air exercises in a bid to boost stalled nuclear talks with Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 17, 2019
Washington and Seoul postpone military drills in bid to boost stalled diplomacy with Pyongyang
The United States and South Korea on Sunday announced that they are postponing a joint military air exercise criticized by North Korea as provocative in a bid to keep alive foundering nuclear talks with Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2019
North Korea says U.S. is seeking December nuclear talks, warns of 'trick' to buy time
North Korea's top nuclear envoy said Thursday that the U.S. is seeking a return to denuclearization talks in December, but warned that he believed the move could be a "trick to earn time" ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for progress in the talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2019
North Korea assembles large fleet of military aircraft at east coast airport
North Korea may be preparing for a massive show of force, according to an analysis Friday of new satellite imagery that shows dozens of military aircraft parked wingtip to wingtip at an airport on the country's east coast.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2019
North Korea says 'window of opportunity' closing for progress in nuclear talks with U.S.
A North Korean diplomat said Friday that the window of opportunity for progress in dialogue with the United States was getting smaller, adding that Pyongyang expects reciprocal steps from Washington by the end of the year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2019
North Korea says inclusion on U.S. terror report closing door to dialogue
North Korea lashed out at the U.S. on Tuesday after Washington redesignated it a state sponsor of terrorism last week, warning that the United States' "hostile policy" was closing the door to continued dialogue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2019
North Korea's Kim eyeing December summit with Trump, Seoul spy agency says
A new round of U.S.-North Korea working-level talks on denuclearization was likely to be held this month or early next month, the South's Yonhap news agency reported Monday, quoting Seoul's spy agency, with leader Kim Jong Un eyeing a December summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2019
China urges U.S. and North Korea to make progress in stalled talks by year-end
China on Monday called on the United States and North Korea to move ahead with stalled nuclear talks for regional stability, with Pyongyang having been putting pressure on Washington to change what it regards as one-sided demands by the end of this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2019
Ex-top North Korean nuclear negotiator warns U.S. not to ignore year-end deadline by 'exploiting' Kim-Trump ties
The former top North Korean nuclear negotiator Sunday delivered a scathing indictment of the United States' position in nuclear talks, blasting Washington's "delaying tactics" and warning of a failure to heed leader Kim Jong Un's deadline for a "bold decision" by the year's end.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2019
Wife of North Korea's Kim makes first public appearance in nearly four months
The wife of Kim Jong Un made her first appearance in state media Wednesday after a nearly four-month absence, showing up in photos accompanying the North Korean leader on a visit to a flagship tourist development with the South that Kim condemned as an eyesore and ordered demolished.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2019
U.S. offered to help North Korea build up tourist area in exchange for denuclearization: report
The U.S. reportedly offered a long-term plan to help North Korea develop a tourist area in return for denuclearization during recent working-level talks in Stockholm that ended with the North side walking out, according to a new report.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 16, 2019
North Korean leader visits sacred mountain as speculation grows of fresh provocation
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made yet another improbable trek to the top of 2,744-meter-high (9,003-feet-high) Mount Paektu, which the country calls "the sacred mountain of the revolution" — and this time, he did it atop a white steed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2019
North Korea demands Japan pay compensation over sinking of fishing boat
North Korea has “strongly demanded” Japan pay compensation for a fishing boat that sank after it collided with a Fisheries Agency patrol boat in the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2019
North Korea's top nuclear negotiator warns of 'terrible events' if talks with U.S. resume without shift
North Korea's top negotiator in just-resumed nuclear talks with the United States warned Monday of "terrible events" unless the United States comes to the negotiating table well prepared.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2019
Trump and Moon hold summit as South Korean spy agency says nuclear talks with North could resume in two or three weeks
U.S. President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held a summit in New York on Monday to discuss plans to restart U.S.-North Korea talks, as the allies hold discussions in Seoul on sharing the cost of American soldiers stationed in South Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2019
Japanese radar stations and MSDF crews failed to track recent North Korean missiles launches
The missiles, including some capable of reaching Japan, apparently escaped detection due to their low altitudes and irregular trajectories.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2019
North Korean chief negotiator welcomes Trump's call for 'new method' at nuclear talks
North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator welcomed on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that a "new method" be used in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.

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