South Korea

SEOUL: (Web Desk) The 92-year-old South Korean woman wept and stroked the wrinkled cheeks of her 71-year-old North Korean son on Monday, their first meeting since they were driven apart during the turmoil of the 1950-53 Korean War. “How many children do you have? Do you have a son?” Lee …

PYONGYSNG (Web Desk) The two Koreas opened high-level talks Monday to prepare for a possible summit in Pyongyang between the South’s President Moon Jae-in and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un, as the diplomatic thaw on the peninsula builds.The exact date and location of what would be their third meeting …

Moscow (Web Desk) Russia’s Foreign Ministry has called for a swift removal of all unilateral sanctions against North Korea in light of a recent agreement reached between Pyongyang and Washington. “We are certain that modification of the UN Security Council’s sanctions against North Korea can and must become one of …

Begin g (Web Desk) The implementation of the US-North Korea June 12 accords might require China’s participation, analysts told Sputnik, suggesting that Beijing could demand that the Pentagon remove its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems deployed on the Korean Peninsula. On June 12 North Korea clearly signaled its …

SEOUL/MOSCOW (Web Desk) North and South Korea failed to reach any concrete agreement during their military talks on Thursday, as two-star generals from both sides met just two days after US President Donald Trump floated his plan to halt joint exercises with South Korea. The talks, their first in more than …

SEOUL (Web Desk) South Korean President Moon Jae-In said on Thursday the world had escaped the threat of war after this week’s Singapore summit, echoing US President Donald Trump’s upbeat assessment of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Trump and Kim issued a joint statement after their historic …

SEOUL (Web Desk) South Koreans erupted in applause Tuesday as Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met for what local media billed as the “talks of the century”.As the historic first meeting between a sitting US president and North Korean leader began in Singapore, images of Trump and Kim exchanging …

SEOUL (Web Desk) South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held discussions on Sunday to ensure that the North Korea-U.S. summit remains on track after North Korea threatened to pull out of the high-level talks. Moon and Trump spoke over the phone for about 20 minutes, and …

SEOUL (Web Desk) South Korea says it needs to see further “concrete steps” to be taken by North Korea towards denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula if Pyongyang seeks sanctions relief.We very much hope to see further steps, more concrete steps toward denuclearization at the US-North Korea summit, so we’re not …

SEOUL (Web Desk)  North Korea said on Sunday its intention to denuclearise, unveiled at a historic inter-Korean summit, was not the result of U.S.-led sanctions and pressure, warning the United States not to mislead public opinion. Impoverished North Korea has been hit by a series of U.N. and U.S. sanctions …