• North Korea and U.S. to resume nuclear talks this weekend

    North Korea and U.S. to resume nuclear talks this weekend

    Oct 01, 2019 12:32 PM EDT

    ... U.S. relations," Choe said in the statement, using an abbreviation for North Korea's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The U.S. confirmed the talks. "I can confirm that U.S. and DPRK officials plan to meet within the next week. I do not have ...

  • Seoul says U.S.-North Korea talks will likely resume in coming weeks

    Seoul says U.S.-North Korea talks will likely resume in coming weeks

    Sep 24, 2019 01:13 PM EDT

    ... lawmakers. U.S.-led diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the North Korean nuclear crisis have largely remained stalled since the second Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam in February ended without any agreement due to squabbling over U.S.-led economic sanctions on North Korea. The two leaders held a brief ...

  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown

    North Korea’s Kim Jong Un leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown

    Mar 02, 2019 04:18 PM EDT

    ... stood firm on his demands for the relief of sanctions imposed over a nuclear program North Korea says it built in the face of unrelenting U.S. hostility meant to end its leadership. Kim, as he considers his next move after Hanoi, will be backed by state-controlled media that ...

  • U.S. raises possibility of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House

    U.S. raises possibility of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House

    Apr 02, 2018 11:01 PM EDT

    ... in briefing materials not to congratulate the Russian president on his re-election but did so anyway. Since the call, two dozen countries, including the U.S. and many European Union nations, and NATO expelled more than 150 Russian diplomats in solidarity with Britain over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal ...

  • On Okinawa, many locals want U.S. troops to leave

    On Okinawa, many locals want U.S. troops to leave

    Sep 16, 2017 08:49 PM EDT

    ... And U.S. troops never left. The American soldiers have been the cornerstone of the post-World War II pact to protect a demilitarized Japan. U.S. troops deployed from Okinawa to fight the wars in Korea and Vietnam. Soldiers came back for rest and relaxation. The troops also provide ...

  • China's Xi warns Trump of 'negative factors' hurting U.S. ties

    China's Xi warns Trump of 'negative factors' hurting U.S. ties

    Jul 03, 2017 03:36 PM EDT

    ... Trump in Florida in April. "At the same time, bilateral relations have been affected by some negative factors. China has expressed its position to the U.S." Seeking to lighten the message slightly, Xi also said that China-U.S. relations had achieved "important outcomes" since the Florida meeting. It ...

  • Presidential secrets have shaped U.S. history

    Presidential secrets have shaped U.S. history

    Mar 12, 2017 04:58 PM EDT

    ... Freedom of Information Act, which gives journalists and the public greater access to government documents. And while Nixon’s back channel negotiations led to normalizing U.S. relations with China, the revelation of his secret tape recordings discussing the Watergate break-in forced him to resign. This was all before ...

  • Obama pledges U.S. help for Laos to clear 80 million unexploded bombs

    Obama pledges U.S. help for Laos to clear 80 million unexploded bombs

    Sep 05, 2016 07:49 PM EDT

    ... to bolster relations with Southeast Asian countries long overlooked by the United States. The outreach is a core element of his attempt to shift U.S. diplomatic and military resources away from the Middle East and into Asia in order to counter China in the region and ensure a U ...

  • Obama looks to boost economic ties with trip to Vietnam

    Obama looks to boost economic ties with trip to Vietnam

    May 21, 2016 02:35 PM EDT

    ... the Vietnam Veterans of America, who participated in one of the meetings, said there still are wounds from Vietnam that need healing. He said the U.S. needs to do more to account for those still missing from the war and to help deal with ill effects from U.S ...

  • Why the U.S. Navy is navigating the South China Sea

    Why the U.S. Navy is navigating the South China Sea

    Nov 06, 2015 01:41 AM EDT

    What do recent U.S. naval forays in the South China Sea -- including Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s visit aboard an aircraft carrier -- mean for tensions with China over the disputed waters? Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Bonnie Glaser of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.