Vice President Mike Pence said from the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit on Thursday that President Donald Trump will hold a second meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un next year. Pence said the United States expects Kim to submit a firm denuclearization plan at the meeting. “Everything begins with relationships, but now we need to see results,” Pence said in an interview with NBC News in Singapore on Thursday.Pence stressed the progress made with North Korea so far: “No more missiles being fired, no more nuclear tests and our hostages have come home.” He added that he was honored to be at the ceremony in Hawaii when American troops received Korean War remains from North Korea. Pence said the U.S. will keep sanctions against North Korea in place “until we have a plan, and that plan is implemented, to achieve complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization.” “The mistakes of the past can easily … [Read more...] about Pence: Trump to Meet with Kim Jong-Un Next Year, ‘We Need to See Results’
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Will Meet Even Though North Korea Never Denuclearized and Hasn’t Revealed Where Its Weapons Are
World Donald Trump North Korea will not be obligated to release a full list of its nuclear weapon stockpiles before President Donald Trump holds a second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Vice President Mike Pence told reporters on Thursday. Trump held a high-level meeting with the North Korean leadership in Singapore in June, and the summit was widely criticized for lacking substance and clear goals. The rogue regime’s leaders had been seeking a meeting with a U.S. President for years because such an event would lend them much-coveted legitimacy at home. But previous U.S. administrations had refused to arrange such an event until North Korea demonstrated a clear willingness to reduce the number of nuclear weapons. Over the past year, the North Korean leader has paid lip service to the concept of denuclearization and made moves to normalize its relationship with South Korea. But many experts have cast doubt on whether the secretive regime is really willing to … [Read more...] about Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Will Meet Even Though North Korea Never Denuclearized and Hasn’t Revealed Where Its Weapons Are
Kim Jong Un’s Secret Missile Bases In North Korea Not New: Seoul
Nov 13, 6:04 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Suman Varandani @suman09 11/13/18 AT 6:04 AM South Korea's presidential office on Tuesday dismissed a new report on North Korea's "undisclosed" missile sites. Beyond Parallel, a group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said it had located 13 out of an estimated 20 missile operating bases undeclared by Pyongyang.The report was based on satellite imagery suggesting North Korea is continuing to develop ballistic missile sites at more than a dozen locations, amid stalled discussions over the country's nuclear weapons program between Pyongyang and the U.S. The images, taken earlier this year, of the Sakkanmol missile operating base were released Monday, stating it is currently "active and being reasonably well-maintained by North Korean standards" and houses short-range ballistic missiles typically capable of traveling over … [Read more...] about Kim Jong Un’s Secret Missile Bases In North Korea Not New: Seoul
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Gave South Korea’s President Two Dogs, One Just Had Puppies
World One of two dogs gifted to South Korean President Moon Jae-in by North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un has given birth to puppies, Moon announced Monday, expressing hope that it would be a positive sign for their ongoing peace efforts. Kim and Moon met for the third time in September, only the fifth-ever such summit since the two Koreas were split after World War II and went to war themselves in the 1950s. This year has witnessed an unprecedented level of diplomacy between the Cold War-era foes, however, and Kim followed up on their latest meeting by sending two tons of pine mushrooms across the border, as well as two white North Korean Pungsan hunting dogs. Moon revealed Monday on social media that one of the animals, Gomi, gave birth on Friday to six healthy puppies, three male and three female. "As the pregnancy period of dogs is about two months, Gomi must have come to us pregnant," Moon tweeted, as translated by the official Yonhap News Agency. "As six were added … [Read more...] about North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Gave South Korea’s President Two Dogs, One Just Had Puppies
Running on Empty? Kim Jong Un’s struggle to fuel his economy
Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Updated 5:56 pm PST, Sunday, November 11, 2018 In this July 26, 2018 photo, a man sits at a showroom that sells imported cars in Pyongyang, North Korea. Twenty years after his father almost bargained them away for a pair of nuclear reactors, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has his nuclear weapons - and a nation still plagued by chronic blackouts. But years of sanctions have spurred the North to cobble together a creative smorgasbord of alternative resources, some off the official grid and some flat-out illegal. less In this July 26, 2018 photo, a man sits at a showroom that sells imported cars in Pyongyang, North Korea. Twenty years after his father almost bargained them away for a pair of nuclear reactors, North Korean ... more Photo: Dita Alangkara, AP In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 photo, smokes billows from the chimneys of Pyongyang Power Plant in Pyongyang, North Korea. … [Read more...] about Running on Empty? Kim Jong Un’s struggle to fuel his economy