Preparations are being made for the upcoming inter-Korean summit despite a delay in a proposed working-level meeting between the two sides, officials in Seoul said Thursday.
US President Donald Trump has received a "very positive" letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seeking a follow-up meeting after their historic summit in Singapore, the White House said on Monday.
Stephen Biegun, the new U.S. point man on North Korea, is considered to hold an undersecretary-level post, but it's still unclear whether he will serve as the de facto "control tower" of the Donald Trump administration's approach toward Pyongyang, a diplomatic source said Wednesday.
North Korea plans to hold an international conference on blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in Pyongyang in October, a U.S-based radio broadcast said Saturday.
A top North Korean official said Friday his country is still willing to talk with the US, responding to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to pull out of his planned summit with the North’s leader.
North Korea will reconsider the planned summit with the United States if Washington sticks to "unlawful and outrageous acts," its vice foreign minister said Thursday.
Senior diplomats from South Korea and the United States have agreed to work closely to open denuclearization talks with North Korea, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
A small boat carrying 12 North Korean female defectors recently sank in the Mekong River on the border of Laos and Thailand, killing two of them, a human rights activist in South Korea said Saturday.
North Korea said Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a new long-range ballistic missile with the whole U.S. mainland in range, rekindling sharp military tensions in the region.
