S. Korea’s outgoing president calls for US-North Korea talks
February 10, 2022 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in his final months in office, has expressed concern over North Korea's expanding weapons program and the possibility it could resume nuclear and long-range missile tests that would revive fears of war in the region.
On summit anniversary, North Korea vows to build up military
June 12, 2020 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday again vowed to build up its military force to counter what it perceives as U...
Seoul: US, N. Korea in talks to set up 3rd Trump-Kim summit
June 26, 2019 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean and U.S. officials are holding "behind-the-scenes talks" to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fate of the North's expanding nuclear arsenal, South Korea's president said, four months after a second meeting between the leaders in Vietnam collapsed without any agreement...
Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions
April 13, 2019 GMTPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the North's state-run media said Saturday...
China calls US-North Korea summit an ‘important step’
March 8, 2019 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The U.S.-North Korea summit in Vietnam last week was an "important step" toward denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, China's foreign minister said Friday, despite criticism that the meeting ended early without leading to an agreement...
N. Korea airs documentary glorifying Kim’s summit with Trump
March 7, 2019 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong Un's recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald Trump...
Kim returns home after failed nuclear diplomacy with Trump
March 5, 2019 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returned home on Tuesday after traveling two and a half days by train from Vietnam, where his high-stakes nuclear summit with President Donald Trump ended without any agreement.
Trump claims Cohen hearing may have hurt North Korea summit
March 4, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suggesting that a congressional hearing Democrats arranged with his former personal attorney may have contributed to his failure to reach a summit deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
North Korea’s Kim leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown
March 2, 2019 GMTDONG DANG, Vietnam (AP) — Smiling and holding up his clasped hands in a victorious pose, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday boarded his private train at the Vietnam-China border for a 60-plus-hour ride home, ending a trip to Vietnam that saw a HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U...Officials say Trump overstated Kim’s demand on sanctions
March 1, 2019 GMT
NKorea leader Kim Jong Un tours Hanoi after summit breakdown
March 1, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A day after his stunning summit breakdown with Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiled broadly as he strode down a red carpet with Vietnam's president Friday, a military band playing as stiff-backed soldiers goose-stepped by...
The Art of the Walk? Summit collapse and Trump’s diplomacy
March 1, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump framed the breakdown of his nuclear summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as wisely knowing when "to walk...
US, North Korea offer dueling accounts of talks breakdown
March 1, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The U.S. and North Korea offered contradictory accounts Thursday of why the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un broke down, though both pointed to punishing American sanctions as a sticking point in the high-stakes nuclear negotiation...
The Latest: NKorea disputes Trump account of summit collapse
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Latest on the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local):...
Trump, Kim end summit with standoff over easing US sanctions
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Talks between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to bridge a standoff over U...
Analysis: Even without a deal, Kim makes gains at summit
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — As Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump took their seats across from each other at the negotiating table, the North Korean leader confidently told reporters he had a gut feeling the two would conclude their second summit with some sort of an agreement...
The lunch that never was: Trump’s North Korea summit falters
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The table was set, with flowers in vases and menus tucked inside white napkins...
AP Photos: Trump-Kim summit ends without deal
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended without an agreement in Hanoi...
Hanoi Postcard: Vietnam sees upside to media invasion
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — For a one-party communist state without a free press, there were bound to be some kinks when Vietnam agreed to welcome more than 2,600 journalists from around the world to its capital for one of the biggest news stories of the year...
North Korea media tries slicker, quicker summit coverage
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — North Koreans have been getting a quicker, more polished look at their leader as he meets with President Donald Trump in Vietnam in their second summit. But one thing hasn't changed at all — North Korea's media have one story to tell, and it's always about the infallibility of the glorious leader.
The Latest: NK media: Kim shared sincere opinions with Trump
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Latest on the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local):...
On summit sidelines, North Koreans study Vietnam’s economy
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Senior members of North Korea's delegation to Hanoi for Kim Jong Un's summit with President Donald Trump took a side trip Wednesday to visit one of Vietnam's most successful conglomerates...
Trump-Kim go one-on-one: Who will know what was really said?
February 28, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Only four other ears on the planet heard what President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said to each other Wednesday during a one-on-one chat that began their HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The moment was meant to be a grand diplomatic triumph, a headline-dominating spectacle that could lead to the disarmament of a dangerous nation while delivering a vital political victory...Trump, at North Korea summit, distracted by Cohen
February 27, 2019 GMT
Trump, Kim share smiles, dinner before nuke talks
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un projected optimism Wednesday as they opened high-stakes talks about curbing Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear weapons, a problem that has bedeviled generations of leaders...
White House restricts press access as Kim, Trump meet
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The White House restricted press access Wednesday to portions of President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam...
Summit Day 1: What happened at Trump-Kim meeting II?
February 27, 2019 GMTPerhaps the sheer mind-bending spectacle of seeing North Korea's secretive, dynastic leader Kim Jong Un together with the mercurial U...
AP Photos: Vietnam capital buzzes ahead Trump-Kim of summit
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnamese capital was buzzing Wednesday as the city prepared for a HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump and Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong presided over the signing of several trade deals in Hanoi on Wednesday, including agreements to sell the booming Southeast Asian country 110 Boeing planes worth billions of dollars...Before meeting Kim, Trump oversees big Vietnamese plane deal
February 27, 2019 GMT
Trump touts prosperity, but is that what North Korea wants?
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump's message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been simple and clear: give up your nuclear weapons and a flood of wealth will soon be yours for the taking...
Hanoi Postcard: Vietnamese painter of Trump art diversifies
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The stereotype of artists as eccentric is a common one, and the work of Vietnamese artist Tran Lam Binh seems to support that view...
AP Explains: What everyone wants at the Trump-Kim summit
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will likely be all smiles as they shake hands in Hanoi at a meeting meant to put flesh on what many critics call their frustratingly vague first summit in Singapore...
Mirroring grandfather, Kim rides the rails to Trump summit
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — For his second summit with President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opted to go retro — riding the rails like his grandfather decades before...
The Latest: NKorea: Kim to stay in Vietnam through Saturday
February 27, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Latest on the summit in Vietnam between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U...
US-North Korea roller coaster ties add to summit uncertainty
February 26, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Before he was elected president, Donald Trump said he could see himself having burgers and chatting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un...
One-on-One: Trump, Kim confront North Korea’s nuke plans
February 26, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — With nervous world capitals looking on, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un are beginning their SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It's unclear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going to give up his nukes anytime soon, and the same could probably be said for his cigarettes...On his way to Vietnam, Kim Jong Un took an early smoke break
February 26, 2019 GMT
Hanoi Postcard: Kim-Trump summit inspires entrepreneurs
February 26, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — For North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, this week's summit in Hanoi is a chance to advance the cause of world peace. For canny entrepreneurs, it's an opportunity to make a buck, or a dong, in Vietnamese currency.
Trump tamps down expectations as he heads to Kim summit
February 26, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Redefining success, President Donald Trump headed to his HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armored train barreling through China toward Vietnam's capital, and U...Vietnam vows ‘maximum level’ security for Trump-Kim summit
February 25, 2019 GMT
Hanoi Postcard: Children hope to give Kim comradely welcome
February 25, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Children at a kindergarten in Hanoi, some in Korean traditional "Hanbok" dress, have been practicing singing and dancing, hoping to show off their talents to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when he comes to town this week for his second summit with U...
Russia: US asks for advice on North Korea talks
February 25, 2019 GMTMOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the United States has asked Moscow's advice in dealing with North Korea before a summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader...
AP PHOTOS: ‘Peace & Love’ summit shirts for sale in Hanoi
February 25, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — As Vietnam's capital gears up for the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, people leave offerings at temples, snap selfies and buy snacks in Hanoi...
AP Explains: How to verify North Korea’s nukes
February 25, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The success of this week's second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinges largely on whether Kim proves he's truly committed to denuclearization...
Nightmare result of US-NKorea talks: Bad deal, little change
February 25, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The nightmare scenario heading into the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un isn't so much "fire and fury" and millions dead...
Fire, fury, love? The mythology behind the Trump-Kim summit
February 24, 2019 GMTFire, fury, love.
Between the two of them, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have created a mythology about the U...
In Chinese border city, locals hope North Korea opens up
February 24, 2019 GMTDANDONG, China (AP) — When a green-and-yellow train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled slowly over a bridge into the Chinese city of Dandong late Saturday, few locals took notice...
AP PHOTOS: A night at Hanoi lake before Kim-Trump summit
February 24, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — As Vietnam's capital gears up for the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, people take time to relax at nighttime by Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi...
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un boards train to summit
February 24, 2019 GMTDANDONG, China (AP) — North Korea leader Kim Jong Un was on a train Sunday to Vietnam for his second summit with President Donald Trump, state media confirmed...
From bombers to Big Macs: Vietnam a lesson in reconciliation
February 23, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnamese capital once trembled as waves of American bombers unleashed their payloads, but when Kim Jong Un arrives here for his summit with President Donald Trump he won't find rancor toward a former enemy...
Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit
February 22, 2019 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As President Donald Trump seeks a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week in Vietnam, some in Seoul are wondering if the fate of Washington's decades-long military alliance with South Korea could be at stake...
Trump-Kim summit host Vietnam is model for economic growth
February 22, 2019 GMTBANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam, the location of President Donald Trump's next meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has come a long way since America abandoned its war against communist North Vietnam in the 1970s...
AP Photos: Looking back at historic first Trump-Kim summit
February 21, 2019 GMTBANGKOK (AP) — A second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set for Vietnam's capital from Feb...
2nd Trump-Kim summit crucial moment for Moon’s presidency
February 21, 2019 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has staked his legacy on the stunning diplomatic progress he has forged with North Korea, as well as the behind-the-scenes orchestration of the U...
Possible peace declaration looms large over Trump-Kim summit
February 20, 2019 GMTTOKYO (AP) — With their second summit fast approaching, speculation is growing that U.S. President Donald Trump may try to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to denuclearization by giving him something he wants more than almost anything else: an announcement of peace and an end to the Korean War...
Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders’ hairdos for free
February 20, 2019 GMTHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At a barbershop tucked away in a Hanoi alley, Le Phuc Hai patiently waits for the dye to turn his black hair the orange shade of President Donald Trump's locks...
Memorial speaks to North Korea’s ties to summit host Vietnam
February 20, 2019 GMTBAC GIANG, Vietnam (AP) — In a rice field in northern Vietnam, 14 headstones are an enduring symbol of the wartime friendship of Vietnam and North Korea...
Seoul: US, NKorea officials to meet in Asia ahead of summit
February 10, 2019 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and North Korea will meet again this month in an unidentified Asian country ahead of their leaders' planned second summit in Vietnam in late February, South Korean officials said Sunday.
South hopeful, wary, but nuke talks crucial for Korean ties
February 8, 2019 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans, always deeply divided over how best to deal with their often-belligerent northern neighbor, are reacting with both hope and wariness to President Donald Trump's announcement that he will hold a second nuclear disarmament summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...