President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Nov 13) that the United States was aware of undeclared North Korean missile bases revealed by US researchers but insisted all was fine. Seoul and Korea analysts earlier played down a CSIS report which asserted that Pyongyang is operating undeclared missile bases. (AFP/Korea Summit Press Pool, MANDEL NGAN) "We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new - and nothing happening out of the normal," Trump, who is seeking a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, wrote on Twitter. "I will be the first to let you know if things go bad!" he said. Researchers at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a prominent Washington think tank, on Tuesday said that satellite imagery had found 13 missile bases undeclared by North Korea. The bases can be used to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, the study said, warning that North Korea could preserve the sites - and the ability to attack - even as it negotiates … [Read more...] about Trump says North Korea missile work ‘normal’
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World can ‘sleep well’ after North Korea summit, Trump says
US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore. (Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb) Despite the lack of detail, or binding terms in the joint statement agreed with Kim - which has alarmed a majority of observers of the nuclear standoff - Trump struck a resolutely bullish tone. "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea," he tweeted in one of a series of early morning pronouncements. Trump added that everybody "can now feel much safer than the day I took office" and people could "sleep well tonight!" Critics said the unprecedented encounter between Kim and Trump was more style than substance, producing a document short on specifics about the key issue of Pyongyang's atomic weapons. But the US president trumpeted the outcome as a "deal" with North Korea and vowed there would be "no more rocket launches, nuclear testing or research!" Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking to reporters in Seoul, said the United States hoped for "major disarmament" of … [Read more...] about World can ‘sleep well’ after North Korea summit, Trump says
Trump, Kim meet for historic U.S.-North Korea meeting
Trump, Kim meet for historic U.S.-North Korea meeting U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018 – PHOTO: REUTERS SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shook hands, smiling cautiously at the outset of their historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, in which they will look for ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula. “Nice to meet you Mister President,” Kim said moments later as he sat alongside Trump, against a backcloth of North Korean and U.S. flags, beaming more broadly as the U.S. president gave him a thumbs up. With cameras of the world’s press trained on them, Trump and Kim built an initial atmosphere of friendship. “I feel really great. We’re going to have a great discussion and will be tremendously successful. It’s my honor and we will have a terrific relationship, I … [Read more...] about Trump, Kim meet for historic U.S.-North Korea meeting
US Vice President Pence arrives at military base next to DMZ border with North Korea
Japan PM strongly urges N. Korea to refrain from further provocative actions U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived by helicopter on Monday at a U.S. military base in South Korea next to the highly fortified DMZ border with North Korea, a day after the North launched a missile that blew up almost immediately. The failed launch occurred as Pence was en route to Seoul, the first stop on a four-nation Asia tour. Japan urges North Korea to refrain Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday urged North Korea to refrain from taking further provocative actions, comply with U.N. resolutions and abandon its nuclear missile development. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have escalated as U.S. President Donald Trump takes a hard rhetorical line with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has rebuffed admonitions from China and proceeded with missile tests. North Korea launched a failed ballistic missile test on Sunday. Abe, speaking to parliament, said that he would exchange views on North … [Read more...] about US Vice President Pence arrives at military base next to DMZ border with North Korea
North Korea marks 60th National Day
North Korea marks 60th National Day (09-09-2008) On the occasion of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) National Day, Viet Nam News spoke with the country’s ambassador to Viet Nam Ma Chol Su. Can you brief our readers on the social situation of the DPRK on the occasion of its 60th National Day? The DPRK greets its diamond jubilee today. The founding of the DPRK 60 years ago was a historic event which declared that Korea embarked on the road toward the building of a great, prosperous and powerful socialist nation. Since its founding, the DPRK has followed the socialist road steadfastly and now developed into a politico-ideological power. The DPRK Government has thoroughly embodied the Juche [spirit of self reliance] idea and the Songun [military first] idea, authored by President Kim Il Sung in all its state activities. The entire society has been imbued and armed with Juche and Songun. It also employed as its major political mode, the benevolent and … [Read more...] about North Korea marks 60th National Day