Russia opposes sanctions against North Korea, calls them improper
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean President Kim Jong-un met in Russia on Wednesday amid heightened speculations in the West about the meeting’s purpose. Kim expressed his country’s full support to Russian attempts to fight against “hegemony and imperialism”
Russia and China have a shared vision for North Korea
The visits of Sergey Shoigu and Li Hongzhong indicate that Russia and China are close to North Korea in response to the Biden Administration accelerating the deepening of a trilateral alliance between Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul
North Korea builds 10,000 homes in capital Pyongyang, despite harsh sanctions
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un described the housing project as a cherished and most important undertaking of the government
Joint US-South Korea military exercises conclude, with an eye on North Korea and China
The military exercises point towards a more aggressive US presence in the Pacific and increasing encirclement of China
South Korea declares multilateral agreement to end Korean War
South Korean president Moon Jae-in announced that the four parties in the Korean War, which ended in a stalemate in 1953, have agreed “in-principle” to formally declare its end, indicating a major step towards peace
New US sanctions on North Korea threaten to jeopardize Korean peace process
The US has sanctioned two companies based in China for employing North Korean citizens overseas. The US claims that it is implementing UN-backed sanctions
Kim-Trump meeting sparks fresh hopes of peace in Korean peninsula
Donald Trump became the first US president to cross the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea. Following a meeting, he and Kim Jong-un decided to resume negotiations between the countries
At meet with Kim Jong-un, Putin talks about guarantees before denuclearization
“Kim Jong-un is interested in denuclearization, all North Korea needs is guarantees of its security and sovereignty,” Putin said
“The US is at war with itself over North Korea”
Newsclick Editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the developments in the aftermath of the Hanoi Summit – between US’s Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
Hanoi Summit: So close, yet so far from peace
Prabir Purkayastha discusses the changing dynamics and the possibilities that the inter-Korean peace process has augured
Hanoi summit thwarted by an uncompromising US
An opportunity to have North Korea dismantle its only known source of plutonium was lost as US insisted on maintaining sanctions
An End of War Declaration may be reached in the US – N. Korea summit, says S. Korea
Unless the contents of the declaration provide an assurance that US will not pose a security threat to North Korea, it is unlikely to mark a real beginning of the process of complete denuclearization
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