• Most Southeast Asian leaders skip meetings with Trump's proxy

    Most Southeast Asian leaders skip meetings with Trump's proxy

    Nov 04, 2019 02:24 PM EST

    ... to send only Prayuth as host, the Vietnamese prime minister as host of next year's summit and the leader of Laos, who oversees ASEAN-U.S. relations, a Southeast Asian diplomat told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authority to discuss the issue ...

  • North Korea launched 2 short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says

    North Korea launched 2 short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says

    Jul 31, 2019 12:43 AM EST

    ... tests were supervised by Kim Jong Un and were designed to deliver a "solemn warning" to South Korea over its purchase of high-tech U.S.-made fighter jets and planned military drills that Pyongyang sees as an invasion rehearsal. Wednesday's launches came hours after a senior U.S ...

  • DMZ diplomacy? Trump outreach to Kim for border rendezvous

    DMZ diplomacy? Trump outreach to Kim for border rendezvous

    Jun 29, 2019 04:43 PM EST

    ... Yoon Do-han, who added that a meeting would help pave the way for the resumption of nuclear diplomacy. Trump's summit with Kim in Vietnam earlier this year collapsed without an agreement for denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. He became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with the ...

  • What's an advanced Russian warship doing in Havana harbor?

    What's an advanced Russian warship doing in Havana harbor?

    Jun 24, 2019 09:57 PM EST

    ... electronic surveillance outpost in Cuba and a naval base in Vietnam as he sought to warm ties with the United States. Amid tensions with the U.S., Russian military officials talked about the possibility of reinstating a presence on Cuba and in Vietnam. Russian warships and aircraft have periodically made ...

  • Where President Trump stands on the issues in 2020

    Where President Trump stands on the issues in 2020

    Jun 19, 2019 09:16 PM EST

    ... a ballistic missile strike against facilities housing U.S. troops in Iraq. The Trump administration has also brokered deals in the region. In August, the U.S. announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates would normalize relations. This month, the administration announced a similar agreement between Israel and Bahrain ...

  • China's Xi Jinping to visit North Korea this week

    China's Xi Jinping to visit North Korea this week

    Jun 17, 2019 11:31 AM EST

    ... on the Korean Peninsula. The visit comes as negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea appear to have reached an impasse. A summit in Vietnam in February between Kim and President Donald Trump failed after the U.S. rejected North Korea's request for extensive relief from U.N ...

  • AP fact check: Trump’s misfires on Iran, trade and that wall

    AP fact check: Trump’s misfires on Iran, trade and that wall

    Jun 15, 2019 07:27 PM EST

    With U.S.-North Korea relations souring, the Pentagon said last month it had suspended its efforts to arrange negotiations this year on recovering additional remains of American service members. The Pentagon said it hoped to reach agreement for recovery operations in 2020. The Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency said ...

  • North Korea's Kim tours Hanoi after summit breakdown

    North Korea's Kim tours Hanoi after summit breakdown

    Mar 01, 2019 03:39 PM EST

    ... of China, back home to Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. But Friday saw his black limousine rolling beneath fluttering Vietnamese and North Korean flags — the U.S. ones have been mostly taken down — as a large crowd jammed the city's streets and waved flowers. Talks between Kim and Trump ...

  • South Korea president to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement

    South Korea president to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement

    Feb 28, 2019 05:13 AM EST

    ... Pyongyang so he can continue his ambitious drive for inter-Korean engagement. He has driven the three-way diplomacy but is held back by tough U.S.-led sanctions against the North. Moon's office said he expects to speak with Trump on the phone Thursday after Trump's meeting ...

  • WATCH: Trump-Kim summit ends without an agreement

    WATCH: Trump-Kim summit ends without an agreement

    Feb 27, 2019 09:54 PM EST

    HANOI, Vietnam — The nuclear summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to reach a deal due to a standoff over U.S. sanctions on the reclusive nation, a stunning end to high-stakes meetings meant to disarm a ...