Tag: North Korea

BEIJING"•When North Korea’s founder Kim Il-Sung visited Beijing to sign a mutual defense pact with China in 1961, he was ...

TOKYO"•Japan’s American-written “peace constitution” has survived unchanged for 70 years, but nationalists seeking an overhaul are gearing up for a ...

WASHINGTON—US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to Washington in a “friendly” call in which ...

THE 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, its leaders meeting in Manila this weekend,  told North Korea to comply with ...

SOUTHEAST Asian countries will express “grave concern” over North Korea’s nuclear weapons tests and ballistic missile launches, despite Pyongyang’s appeal ...

WASHINGTON"•The United States pledged Wednesday to step up the sanctions to force North Korea to resume dialogue over its nuclear ...

BEIJING"•Chinese President Xi Jinping urged “restraint” on North Korea in a phone call with Donald Trump Monday, as Japan joined ...

Seoul, South Korea—Buffeted by the currents of diplomacy, South Korea is sometimes described as a “shrimp between two whales”, and ...

For the moment, fear of US retaliation appears to have dissuaded North Korea from conducting another nuclear test. But the ...

TOKYO"•US Vice President Mike Pence reiterated his country’s commitment to the security of Japan on Tuesday, as North Korea intensified ...