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NORTH KOREA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 29, 2019
North Korea calls Trump invite to meet Kim at DMZ over weekend 'interesting'
In a stunning move employing the Twitter diplomacy that he has become famous for, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him at the border between the two Koreas over the weekend — a proposal the regime in Pyongyang called "interesting."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2019
LIVEBLOG: Osaka G20 — day 2
Live updates from Osaka and The Japan Times newsroom about the June 28-29 Group of 20 summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2019
LIVEBLOG: Osaka G20 — day 1
Live updates from Osaka and The Japan Times newsroom about the June 28-29 Group of 20 summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2019
LIVEBLOG: Osaka G20 — a look ahead
Live updates from Osaka and The Japan Times newsroom about the June 28-29 Group of 20 summit.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2019
North Korea tells South to let it deal directly with U.S.
North Korea said Thursday that South Korea must stop trying to mediate between Pyongyang and Washington, as it stepped up its pressure on the United States to work out new proposals to salvage deadlocked nuclear diplomacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2019
One-third of Americans would back nuclear strike on North Korea — even if it killed a million civilians, survey shows
Over one-third of Americans would back a preventive attack by the U.S. on North Korea — including one using nuclear weapons — despite knowing it would kill some 1 million civilians, an innovative new survey has found.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2019
Three Chinese banks face U.S. restrictions in North Korea sanctions probe: report
Three large Chinese banks could lose their access to the U.S. financial system, after a judge found them in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in a probe into the violation of North Korean sanctions, The Washington Post reported Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / G20 Osaka
Jun 24, 2019
For G20 host Abe, election hopes ride on summit success
The agreement leaders reach at the Osaka meeting, which comes at a critical time politically, could impact the domestic fortunes of the prime minister.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2019
Pompeo says U.S.-North Korea relationship 'in a better place' after letters
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday confirmed that President Donald Trump had sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, voicing hopes of a quick restart to denuclearization talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 23, 2019
Kim Jong Un receives letter from Trump, saying he will 'seriously contemplate' its 'interesting content'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received an "excellent" letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday, just days before Trump travels to Asia for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 20, 2019
In Pyongyang, Xi and Kim discuss nukes as speculation grows over possible message to Trump
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday kicked off his first visit to Pyongyang as president, meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, telling him that the international community expects the U.S. and North to restart nuclear talks in efforts to produce a tangible outcome.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2019
High-profile defector says Kim has shown 'great interest' in meeting Abe, but summit will come at a cost
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has shown "great interest" in meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — with a major caveat — one of the highest-ranking North Korean diplomats to defect in years told a news conference Thursday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 19, 2019
Xi writes rare op-ed in North Korea's ruling party newspaper, touts 'grand plan' for East Asia stability
Chinese President Xi Jinping has penned a front page op-ed in the Wednesday edition of North Korea's ruling party newspaper, a day ahead of his landmark visit to the nuclear-armed country, writing that Beijing is willing to work with Pyongyang to prepare a "grand plan" for achieving "permanent stability"...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 18, 2019
When it comes to North Korean nukes, Xi wants U.S. and Japan to know that China still wields immense power
When Xi Jinping makes his first visit to North Korea as China's president on Thursday, he'll be broadcasting a message to the U.S. and Japan: When it comes to Pyongyang's nukes, Beijing still wields immense power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2019
Chinese raids target 'Underground Railroad' of North Korean defectors
A decade after leaving her family behind to flee North Korea, the defector was overwhelmed with excitement when she spoke to her 22-year-old son on the phone for the first time in May after he too escaped into China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2019
China's Xi to make first visit to North Korea as president on Thursday
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make his first visit to North Korea as president on Thursday, state-run media from both countries reported Monday, just over a week before Xi is due to meet U.S. leader Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe separately on the sidelines of the Osaka Group of 20 summit....
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2019
Father of Japanese girl abducted from London to North Korea in 1983 receives letter from Trump
Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko Arimoto was abducted to North Korea at the age of 23 while studying English in London in 1983, said Sunday he has received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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