Live updates from Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit North Korea on Friday, seeking to secure the remains of some 200 U.S. troops missing from the Korean War and initial agreement on the North's nuclear facilities to be declared. -
Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang on Friday for talks with officials on North Korea's denuclearization, according to a pool report by reporters traveling with him. -
Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam
A young couple with matching expressions stare nervously into the camera with deep brown eyes. He, a Vietnamese student, has just met the love of his life. She, a North Korean, is forbidden to love him back. -
Singapore to Hanoi: The bumpy diplomatic road since Trump and Kim first met
It's been the better part of a year since U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stood face to face for the first time at their unprecedented summit in Singapore. -
Pompeo: U.S. aims to 'get as far down the road as we can' with North Korea
The United States aims to "get as far down the road as we can" ahead of a summit with North Korea in Vietnam this month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday. -
From comrades to assassins, North Korea and Vietnam eye new chapter with Trump-Kim summit
In 1966, Ahn Hak-soo was one of more than 300,000 South Korean soldiers fighting alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War when he was captured by the North Vietnamese army and handed over to Hanoi's key ally, North Korea. -
Trump makes his case for Nobel Peace Prize, complains he'll never get it
U.S. President Donald Trump made the case on Friday that he deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on North Korea and Syria, but complained he probably would never get the honor. -
Kim Jong Un to arrive in Vietnam on February 25 ahead of Trump summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will arrive in Vietnam on Feb. 25 ahead of a planned second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, three sources with direct knowledge of Kim's schedule told Reuters on Saturday. -
Exclusive: U.S. blocks North Korean air traffic revival ahead of Trump-Kim summit - sources
The United States has blocked efforts by a U.N. agency to improve civil aviation in North Korea at a time when Pyongyang is trying to reopen part of its airspace to foreign flights, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. -
Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request: Asahi
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday. -
North Korea's 'socialist utopia' needs mass labor. A growing market economy threatens that
In January, thousands of North Korean students traveled to Mount Paektu, a sacred mountain where the ruling family claims its roots and where leader Kim Jong Un is building a massive economic hub at the alpine town of Samjiyon. -
South Korea's Moon offers to resume cooperation with North Korea to help denuclearization
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told U.S. President Donald Trump in a call on Tuesday that his country is willing to open economic engagement with North Korea as a "concession" if it will hasten Pyongyang's denuclearization, Moon's office said. -
Hair Force Un: Vietnamese barber marks summit with free Trump-Kim haircuts
For those who like to push the cutting edge of style, two of the world's most talked-about haircuts are now available for free, in Vietnam. -
Trump wants North Korea to denuclearize, but is in no hurry
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wants North Korea to end its nuclear program, but he is in no rush and has no pressing time schedule for Pyongyang to ultimately denuclearize. -
Trump 'in no rush' on North Korea denuclearization as envoy heads to finalize summit plans
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants North Korea to end its nuclear program, but has no pressing time schedule for this, as he dispatched his special envoy to finalize preparations for a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week. -
U.S. envoy for North Korea heads to Vietnam for pre-summit talks
The U.S. special representative for North Korea is traveling to Hanoi on Tuesday to continue preparations for a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be held next week in Vietnam, the State Department said.State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told a news briefing he had no details of the meetings Stephen Biegun would have in Hanoi.
Biegun spent three days in North Korea from Feb. 6-8, a trip he said was aimed at agreeing on “concrete deliverables” for the Feb. 27-28 summit. The State Department said after those talks that Biegun agreed to hold further meetings with his counterpart Kim Hyok Chol ahead of the summit.
Biegun said after that trip his talks in North Korea had been “productive” but there was “hard work to do” before the summit.
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Trump 'in no rush' on North Korea denuclearization as envoy heads to finalize summit plans
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North Korea's Kim to travel to Vietnam by train, summit at Government Guesthouse: sources
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to arrive by train for his summit in Hanoi next week President Donald Trump, two sources with direct knowledge of security and logistics planning told Reuters on Wednesday.
It could take Kim at least two and a half days to travel the thousands of kilometers through China by train, from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to Vietnam, meaning he would have to set off later this week in time for his planned Feb. 25 arrival.
Kim’s train will stop at the Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang, where he will disembark and drive 170 km (105 miles) to Hanoi by car, the sources said.
Separately, three other sources with direct knowledge of the summit preparations told Reuters the preferred location for the Feb. 27-28 meeting between Trump and Kim is the Government Guesthouse, a colonial-era government building in central Hanoi.
All five sources who spoke to Reuters said the plans were subject to change.
Reporting by James Pearson; Editing by Robert Birsel
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North Korea's Kim shuffles nuclear talks team after defections, spying allegations
Veteran North Korean diplomats are being sidelined from nuclear talks ahead of a second summit with the United States as recent defections and allegations of spying undermine the trust of leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials and experts say. -
North Korean special envoy arrives in Hanoi before Trump-Kim summit
North Korean special envoy Kim Hyok Chol arrived in Hanoi on Wednesday, a Reuters witness and a source with direct knowledge said, ahead of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Vietnam's capital. -
Italy confirms daughter of missing North Korea diplomat returned home
North Korea informed Italy last year that the daughter of its acting ambassador had asked to return home after her father left his post in Rome, the Italian foreign ministry said on Wednesday. -
Days before summit, Trump raises prospect of easing North Korea sanctions
A week before a second summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, U.S. President Donald Trump held out the prospect of an easing of tough sanctions on the country, but only if it does "something that's meaningful" on denuclearization.
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, Trump also said he expects to meet with Kim again after their Feb. 27-28 summit in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital.
Trump said he did not think North Korea was reluctant to denuclearize, in spite of a lack of concrete progress since he and Kim met for a first summit in Singapore in June.
“I don’t think they’re reluctant; I think they want to do something,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. The sanctions are on in full. I haven’t taken sanctions off, as you know. I’d love to be able to, but in order to do that, we have to do something that’s meaningful on the other side.”
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Analysis: North Korea's Kim shuffles nuclear talks team after defections, spying allegations
Trump says he expects to meet North Korea's Kim again after Hanoi summit
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Trump says he expects to meet North Korea's Kim again after Hanoi summit
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he expects to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again after their planned summit next week in Hanoi. -
North Korea's Kim shuffles nuclear talks team after defections, spying allegations
Veteran North Korean diplomats are being sidelined from nuclear talks ahead of a second summit with the United States as recent defections and allegations of spying undermine the trust of leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials and experts say. -
U.N. permits North Koreans to travel to Vietnam for Trump summit
A United Nations Security Council sanctions committee has approved the travel of a North Korean delegation to Vietnam next week for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearization. -
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U.S. has commenced work with North Korea counterparts in Hanoi to close gaps on various issues ahead of summit next week, a senior administration official said on Thursday. President Trump is expected to talk North Korean leader Kim Jong -un about what kind of future North Korea could enjoy if he commits to full denuclearization. -
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The U.S. official doesn't know if Pyongyang has made the decision to fully denuclearize, but the administration hopes to advance a shared understanding what denuclearization means. He also cited a need to move very quickly and in very "big bites," not incremental steps. "Nothing will be agreed to until everything is agreed to," the official said.
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As Trump and Kim prepare for summit, bars in Vietnam serve 'Peace Negroniations'
Kim Jong Ale? Rock It, Man? Or how about a glass of Peace Negroniations? Bars in Vietnam’s capital cash in ahead of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with special concoctions to mark the high-stakes diplomacy. -
Vietnam tightens security at border station ahead of Kim Jong Un visit
Vietnamese police have stepped up security at a remote rail station on the Chinese border where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to enter the country by train next week ahead of a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. -
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U.S., North Korea to seek understanding on denuclearization at summit
The United States and North Korea will seek a common understanding of what denuclearization means when President Donald Trump presses Kim Jong Un next week to give up all of the North's nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said on Thursday. -
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Putin says Russia will follow up fast after Ukraine call with Biden
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would send ideas to Washington within a week to follow up his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Ukraine crisis.
