At summit, South Korea's Moon seeks to play 'chief negotiator' between Kim, Trump - Reuters

Friday, September 14, 2018

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Next week's inter-Korean summit will test whether South Korean President Moon Jae-in can pull off his role of mediator and salvage stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington. Moon will cross the border into the North for his third meeting with Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, amid scepticism over whether the North Korean leader was serious about denuclearization, a goal vowed at his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in June. Trump last...

Trump, Kim Joint Summit Statement Could Restrict U.S. Navy Presence Near Korean Peninsula - U.S. Naval Institute

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

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The ambiguous joint statement issued by President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following their Singapore summit could leave U.S. Navy ships barred from calling on South Korean ports, operating in regional waters and potentially shifting the regional balance of power, several military and Asian policy experts told USNI News this week.

China, Moscow See Views Vindicated in Singapore Summit - Voice of America

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

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China and Russia see the now-concluded Singapore summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as vindicating their views on how the thorny issue of a nuclear armed North Korea could and should be approached. Security analysts, however, are less certain...

Pompeo: North Korea Will Take Major Steps To Disarm In Trump's First Term - NPR

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that he expects North Korea to take steps toward major nuclear disarmament within the next two-and-a-half years. "Most certainly in the president's first term," he said, speaking to a pool of journalists in Seoul, South Korea, where he was meeting his South Korean and Japanese counterparts.

Donald Trump's Singapore meeting with Kim Jong Un is shrouded in mystery - USA Today

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

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A president who prides himself on being unpredictable is scrambling his way toward one of the hardest-to-figure events in diplomatic history. Less than a week before President Trump is scheduled to sit down with Kim Jong Un, it's difficult to tell what to expect from the first meeting between the president of the United States and the leader of North Korea.

North Korea summit: So what would a nuclear deal look like? - Christian Science Monitor

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

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It was National Security Adviser John Bolton who had pressed for a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un akin to what the United States got in 2003 from Muammar Qaddafi. Under the so-called Libyan model, Mr. Kim would have to give up his nuclear program lock, stock, and barrel. But all the talk of applying...