# north-korea - Saturday 4 August, 2018
# Nuclear Weapons
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# Nuclear Weapons
A UN report has said that North Korea has resorted to a “massive increase” of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products at sea to evade sanctions.
# north-korea - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
# Nuclear
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# Nuclear
Following the Singapore summit in June, President Donald Trump had declared that Pyongyang was “no longer a nuclear threat”.
# north-korea - Sunday 29 July, 2018
# Strained Relations
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# Strained Relations
The nuclear deal with Iran struck by former President Barack Obama is one that Trump detests.
# north-korea - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
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Analysts have said that it is an “important first step” towards fulfilling commitments made to US President Donald Trump.
# north-korea - Monday 23 July, 2018
# Fire And Fury
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# Fire And Fury
The US President was responding to comments by Hassan Rouhani, who suggested that the two countries could be on a path to war.
# north-korea - Saturday 7 July, 2018
# Which Is It
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# Which Is It
The two powers appear to have quite different takes on how well the two-day-long denuclearisation talks have progressed.
# north-korea - Tuesday 3 July, 2018
# Fast Friends
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# Fast Friends
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will also hold talks on the crisis with Japan and South Korea.
# north-korea - Saturday 23 June, 2018
# Pentagon
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# Pentagon
The move comes in a bid to support diplomatic negotiations with North Korea .
# north-korea - Saturday 16 June, 2018
# Starvation
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# Starvation
Experts have looked into the impact using such weapons would have on a nation’s population and resources.
# north-korea - Friday 15 June, 2018
# South Korea
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# South Korea
It’s more about the personal than the politics.
# north-korea - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
# Historic Summit
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# Historic Summit
In a joint statement following the talks, Kim agreed to the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula”.
# north-korea - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
# Meeting
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# Meeting
The first-ever summit between sitting leaders of the two Cold War foes went “better than anybody could have expected”, Trump said.
# Summit
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# Summit
Trump made the announcement following his summit with North Korea ’s leader Kim Jong Un.
# Confusion
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# Confusion
“Those who say it can not be done should not interrupt those doing it.”
# north-korea - Sunday 10 June, 2018
# Boys Are Back In Town
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# Boys Are Back In Town
Trump has said the summit is a “one time shot” at peace.
# north-korea - Saturday 9 June, 2018
# Summit
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# Summit
The US President is finally set to meet Kim Jong Un this week.
# north-korea - Thursday 7 June, 2018
# The Big Day
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# The Big Day
The US President says it’s more about attitude than preparation.
# Boxed Out
# Boxed Out
“I don’t know what part the best rebounder in basketball has to play in that,” says Trump’s deputy press secretary.
# north-korea - Friday 1 June, 2018
# Nuclear Weapons
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# Nuclear Weapons
The announcement came after unprecedented Oval Office talks with a top envoy from Pyongyang.
# north-korea - Thursday 31 May, 2018
# Criminal Justice
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# Criminal Justice
Kardashian was expected to meet aide Jared Kushner but in the end she met with President Donald Trump.
# north-korea - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
# Start Spreading The News
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# Start Spreading The News
General Kim Yong Chol is a controversial figure and some South Koreans blames him for war crimes.
# north-korea - Sunday 27 May, 2018
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Donald Trump seemed to have put an end to the meeting planned for 12 June last Thursday. But now the situation has flipped once more.
# north-korea - Saturday 26 May, 2018
# Summit's Up
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# Summit's Up
Trump said in a tweet that “very productive talks” were ongoing with North Korea about reinstating the summit.
# north-korea - Friday 25 May, 2018
# North Korea
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# North Korea
Donald Trump cancelled the summit yesterday, blaming it on a “trail of broken promises” and “open hostility”.
# north-korea - Thursday 24 May, 2018
# Tense Pence
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# Tense Pence
Pence warned North Korea that it would be a “great mistake” to try and play with Washington.
# north-korea - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
# North Korea
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# North Korea
Moon Jae-in jets into Washington on a mission to salvage a rare diplomatic opening.
# north-korea - Sunday 20 May, 2018
# Nuclear Weapons
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# Nuclear Weapons
North Korea ’s sudden shift in attitude followed a weeks-long charm offensive.
# north-korea - Wednesday 16 May, 2018
# Military Exercises
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# Military Exercises
Pyongyang has cancelled high-level talks due with Seoul over military exercises.
# north-korea - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
# Denuclearise
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# Denuclearise
The two leaders will meet in Singapore next month.
# north-korea - Saturday 12 May, 2018
# Carrot And Stick
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# Carrot And Stick
The vow was made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ahead of next month’s crucial meeting.
# north-korea - Friday 11 May, 2018
# World Peace
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# World Peace
Trump also attacked the media and his predecessor Barack Obama.
# north-korea - Thursday 10 May, 2018
# It's A Date
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# It's A Date
Singapore will be the venue for the meeting next month.
# north-korea - Wednesday 9 May, 2018
# Pyongyang
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# Pyongyang
The US President said they ‘seem to be in good health’.
# north-korea - Sunday 29 April, 2018
# Progress
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# Progress
Kim Jong Un said he “would soon invite experts of South Korea and the US as well as journalists”.
# north-korea - Saturday 28 April, 2018
# Diplomacy
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# Diplomacy
Tweeting today, Trump said he had had a “very good talk” with South Korea president Moon Jae-in.
# north-korea - Friday 27 April, 2018
# Good Neighbours?
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# Good Neighbours?
Kim was flanked by his sister and close adviser Kim Yo Jong.
# north-korea - Thursday 26 April, 2018
# Tired Mountain Syndrome
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# Tired Mountain Syndrome
Researchers have said the site is now unusable.
# north-korea - Monday 23 April, 2018
# Pyongyang
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# Pyongyang
Few details were released about the bus crash, but a now-deleted tweet claimed that 30 had died.
# north-korea - Saturday 21 April, 2018
# Progress
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# Progress
Donald Trump tweeted that “progress [is] being made for all”.
# north-korea - Friday 20 April, 2018
# On Hold
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# On Hold
North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test last year.
