Talks with North Korea figure prominently in US envoy’s visit to Seoul
While the US has repeatedly attempted to downplay the significance of talks with North Korea, US envoy Stephen Biegun said on the day of his arrival to Seoul that the Trump administration is “open” to talks with the North
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
“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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