• Concerns about U.S.-South Korea relations grow ahead of North Korea summit

    Concerns about U.S.-South Korea relations grow ahead of North Korea summit

    Feb 22, 2019 03:14 PM EDT

    ... Meanwhile, South Korea has grown into an economically prosperous, faithful ally that has taken part in U.S.-led wars in Vietnam, Iraq and elsewhere. U.S. troop numbers have gradually fallen over the decades. WATCH: Trump says he will meet North Korea’s Kim this month in Vietnam After ...

  • Obama in Laos for first U.S. presidential visit

    Obama in Laos for first U.S. presidential visit

    Sep 05, 2016 05:10 PM EDT

    ... be "a show of good faith on the part of the country and a way for us to move into a next phase of a relationship." He cited Vietnam as the model. Aides said Obama's visit will probably echo a stop in Hanoi, Vietnam, in May, when the president ...

  • Trump announces 25% tariff on 'our friend' India for buying Russian oil, warns of other penalties

    Trump announces 25% tariff on 'our friend' India for buying Russian oil, warns of other penalties

    Jul 30, 2025 01:51 PM EDT

    ... working relationship with Trump, and the two leaders are likely to further boost cooperation between their countries. When Trump in February met with Modi, the U.S. president said that India would start buying American oil and natural gas. WATCH MORE: Trump and India’s Modi hold joint news conference ...

  • North Korea blows up inter-Korean office, raising tensions

    North Korea blows up inter-Korean office, raising tensions

    Jun 16, 2020 01:01 PM EDT

    ... in return for Kim's dismantling of his main nuclear complex, which was seen as a limited denuclearization measure.After the Vietnam summit, inter-Korean relations turned sour again. Kim entered 2020 vowing to expand his nuclear arsenal, introduce a new strategic weapon and overcome the U.S.-led sanctions ...

  • What did and didn't get done at the U.S.-China White House summit

    What did and didn't get done at the U.S.-China White House summit

    Sep 26, 2015 12:16 AM EDT

    ... S., but it works for Him at home. JUDY WOODRUFF: John Mearsheimer, so how much of a problem is it for the United States, for U.S. allies like Japan, Vietnam, that they didn't get much done in that area? JOHN MEARSHEIMER: Well, the South China Sea is a ...

  • Obama is not the first U.S. president to be frustrated with Israel

    Obama is not the first U.S. president to be frustrated with Israel

    Aug 14, 2014 01:17 PM EDT

    Today in the Morning Line: U.S. and Israel’s frayed relationship between allies Reagan had his own misgivings Let’s get together: Clinton and Obama meet up Dems’ question -- Go ‘wit’ or ‘witout’ Philly? U.S.-Israel relationship at ‘lowest point’ of Obama’s presidency? The Wall Street Journal ...

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    President Bush to Focus on Trade in Asia

    Nov 16, 2006 11:10 PM EDT

    ... trade en route to the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam. Mr. Bush had hoped to bring with him word of a new U.S. trade agreement with Vietnam, an issue that's topped his trade agenda. A bill in Congress would have granted permanent normal trade relations ...

  • Putin arrives in North Korea for rare visit as Russia seeks to overcome U.S.-led sanctions

    Putin arrives in North Korea for rare visit as Russia seeks to overcome U.S.-led sanctions

    Jun 18, 2024 06:24 PM EDT

    ... in September. Observers said the shipment violated a U.N. resolution banning the supply of luxury items to North Korea.John Kirby, spokesperson of the U.S. National Security Council, said the deepening relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang is concerning, “not just because of the impacts it’s going to ...

  • U.S. armed forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats

    U.S. armed forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats

    Feb 08, 2023 06:55 PM EDT

    ... Singapore, the former American Navy base at Subic with its deep harbors, a ship repair yard and huge warehouses had been used to support the U.S. war effort in Vietnam in the 1960s and ′70s. It was shut down and transformed into a commercial freeport and recreational complex in ...

  • Guam residents uneasy over escalating U.S. tension with North Korea

    Guam residents uneasy over escalating U.S. tension with North Korea

    Aug 10, 2017 11:27 AM EDT

    ... by mid-August — adding a timeline to a threat from a day earlier that North Korea would create an "enveloping fire" around Guam. Like other U.S. territories, Guam has a sometimes complicated relationship with the U.S. mainland but many across the island say despite the threats and concerns ...