Tag: Kim Jong-un
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South Koreans divided over reunification with North
The recent detente between the two Koreas has triggered an intense debate in South Korea on the reunification of the two countries divided since the 1950s.
November 6, 2018 -
Kim Jong-un to visit Russia: South Korean envoy
The two Koreas have been technically at war for over six decades as the Korean War in the 1950s had ended with an armistice and not a peace treaty.
November 5, 2018 -
North Korea preparing for nuclear inspection: Seoul
Since the June summit, Pyongyang has repeatedly demanded a permanent peace treaty with South Korea to replace the armistice that ended the Korean War in the 1950s.
October 31, 2018 -
Putin ‘probably’ involved in killings, poisonings, but not in US: Trump
Asked whether he thought Moscow meddled in the 2016 presidential election, Trump said he did not think that it was just Russia.
October 15, 2018 -
Kim Jong-un wants Pope Francis to visit North Korea
Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit North Korea. The news of the invite was shared by South Korea on Tuesday, 9 October, at a press conference ahead of the visit of President Moon Jae-in to Vatican.
October 9, 2018 -
While the whole world watched
“THE whole world is watching”: that was one of the most popular taunts when Chicago Mayor Richard Daley unleashed his armour-clad police against the mainly young crowds of protesters during the Democratic Party’s national convention in August 1968. It wasn’t too much of an exaggeration. Television was then a relative novelty in many nations, but …
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October 5, 2018 -
Abe’s ‘New Japan’
Shinzo Abe’s convincing victory in the election for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (553 votes against 254) is historic, making him Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister. His agenda might appear to be rather ambitious on the face of it, but has been overdue for the country ever since World War II ended. As much …
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September 26, 2018 -
Summit of the Koreas
It would be presumptuous to hazard a guess on the long-term outcome of this week’s summit between North and South Korea in Pyongyang. That the meeting was held ~ for the first time since the armistice of 1953 ~ is in itself a watershed development. Beyond the grandstanding, Kim Jong-un is reported to have signalled …
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September 22, 2018 -
Talk-time on Korea~II
As the talks for a second Trump-Kim summit will soon hit the headlines, there are certain hidden factors that could affect, if not determine, the possible outcome of the summit, if it materialises. One is that the US has urged the UN Security Council for an urgent meeting as it suspects some countries are undermining …
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September 20, 2018 -
North, South Korea agree to jointly bid for 2032 Olympics
The proposal, presented during the meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
September 19, 2018 -
Kim, Trump and the nuclear crisis
This week (Tuesday, Sept 18) South Korean President Moon Jae-in flies to Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The United States and North Korea are working to set up a second meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim. These developments certainly raise hopes for a reinvigoration of negotiations on denuclearising the North, …
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September 18, 2018 -
Trump tweets his thanks to Kim Jong-un for not displaying nukes in parade
US President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his gratitude to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un for not displaying nuclear missiles in the military parade of the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding.
September 9, 2018 -
Donald Trump ‘most likely’ to meet Kim Jong-un again
At their June 12 meeting in Singapore, Kim committed to work toward the "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for security guarantees from the US.
August 21, 2018 -
Kim Jong-un slams international sanctions on N.Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un slammed international sanctions against Pyongyang during a visit to an under-construction tourist complex.
August 17, 2018 -
Was Singapore meet just a coming-out party for Kim?
From all indications this appeared to be the case. In a trice Kim Jong- Un was transformed from a pariah to a confident leader on the world stage. Prior to this he seldom ventured out of his country except for the occasional journeys to China and Russia in armoured trains with practically zero visibility. The …
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August 17, 2018 -
North Korea announces amnesty to celebrate 70th founding anniversary
North Korea plans to implement a general amnesty before celebrating its 70th founding anniversary on September 9, Pyongyang's state media said on Monday.
July 16, 2018 -
The handling of Donald Trump
A seventeenth-century English satirist, Tom Brown, penned a doggerel about the Dean of Christ Church, one of the most prominent colleges, then as now, at Oxford. It went: I do not like thee, Dr Fell The reason why I cannot tell. But this I know, and know full well, That I do not like thee, …
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July 11, 2018