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South Korea's Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un summit 'sacred' mountain in North Korea

SEOUL — South Korean President Moon Jae-in cleared a top item off his bucket list on Thursday: Climbing Mount Paektu in North Korea with its leader, Kim Jong Un. After...

Kim Jong Un wants another meeting with Trump soon

SEOUL — North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump soon to hasten denuclearization, South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday quoted...

South Korean president's traveling entourage includes 'Korean Beyonce'

SEOUL, South Korea — The huge civilian entourage Seoul sent to the latest inter-Korean summit includes the third-generation heir of South Korea's largest business group and a Colorado-born pop diva...

South Korean president begins third summit with Kim Jong Un

PYONGYANG, North Korea — South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday with possibly his hardest mission to date —...

South Korean envoy to travel to North for pre-summit talks

SEOUL, South Korea — President Moon Jae-in will send an envoy to North Korea next week for talks on a nuclear standoff and to set up a summit planned for...

South Korea leader presses US to make nuclear pact with North

SINGAPORE — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday urged North Korea and the United States to move forward on a pact to end Pyongyang’s nuclear program, as a lack...

The latest sign of diplomacy between the Koreas: basketball

Relations between North and South Korea continued to rebound on Wednesday as the ​two longtime foes engaged in some basketball diplomacy for the first time in 15 years, according to...

North, South Korea discuss railways to link nations together

SEOUL, South Korea — The rival Koreas are exchanging views on improving North Korea’s outdated railways and linking them with the South as they continue to take conciliatory steps amid...

Two Koreas agree to talks on military, family reunions

SEOUL — The two Koreas agreed at a high-level meeting on Friday to hold talks this month on military issues and reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War,...

South Korea wants more talks with North Korea before summit

South Korea's president called for more ​impromptu ​talks with ​his North Korean counterpart in the lead-up to the expected ​historic summit next month between Kim Jong Un and President Trump,...

South Korean president could join Trump at North Korea summit

South Korean President Moon Jae-in could join President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a three-way summit in Singapore. A government official in Seoul said Moon’s attendance...

South Korea: Kim Jong Un is OK with 'complete' denuclearization

A team of US officials crossed into North Korea on Sunday to prepare for upcoming talks between President Trump and Kim Jong-un as South Korea's leader said the despot is...

North, South Korea meet to discuss Kim's summit with Trump

North and South Korea’s leaders huddled for a surprise summit Saturday to try to salvage the planned June 12 negotiations between Kim Jong Un and President Trump. The unannounced meeting,...

South Korean president 'very perplexed' by Trump's decision to cancel summit

The South Korean president said Thursday he is "very perplexed" by President Trump's sudden decision to cancel the US-North Korea summit. President Moon Jae-in made the remarks during an emergency...

Trump urges China to be 'strong & tight' on North Korea border

President Trump urged China to be "strong & tight" on its border with North Korea until a nuclear deal can be worked out with the reclusive regime. "China must continue...

US, South Korea reaffirm commitment to Trump-Kim summit

President Trump and his South Korean counterpart reemphasized their commitment to ensure a summit between North Korea and the United States remains on track after the reclusive regime threatened to...

South Korea: North's decision to cancel talks 'regrettable'

South Korea said Tuesday night that it regretted North Korea's decision to back out on talks and would like to continue discussions with the nuclear-armed nation. South Korean officials released...

North Korea warns US against taking credit for denuclearization

North Korea said its intention to get rid of nuclear weapons is not the result of the Trump administration's imposing sanctions and warned the United States not to mislead "public...

South Korea: US troops off the table in peace talks

SEOUL — South Korea said Wednesday the issue of US troops stationed in the South is unrelated to any future peace treaty with North Korea and that American forces should...

Kim agrees to meet Trump at the DMZ

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to meet President Trump for a landmark summit on the border separating the Koreas after some prodding by the South Korean president,...