China’s Xi Jinping to visit North Korea this week
China's president Xi Jinping will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit Thursday and Friday.
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The ruthless rise of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Life in North Korea is difficult for outsiders to imagine. A new book attempts to pull back the curtain of opacity as it examines the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, who took over from his dictator father when his older…
UN reveals rights abuses, bribery at North Korean markets
Officials are able to extort money and other favors from people working at the informal markets by using the threat of arrest and detention, a U.N. report indicates.
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News Wrap: Trump dismisses concerns about North Korea missile tests
In our news wrap Monday, President Trump dismissed concerns about North Korea’s recent missile tests, publicly disagreeing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During a joint news conference with Abe, Trump said, “all I know is that there have been…
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including which Democrats are eligible to participate in debates so far, enthusiasm vs. electability for Joe Biden and other candidates…
Seemingly contradicting his national security adviser , President Donald Trump on Sunday played down North Korea’s recent missile tests and said they were not a concern for him.
In our news wrap Friday, President Trump defended allowing Attorney General William Barr to release classified information on how the Russia investigation began, saying the “attempted coup” should never happen again. Also, North Korea warned that nuclear talks with the…
North Korea said Friday that nuclear negotiations with the United States will never resume unless the Trump administration moves away from what Pyongyang described as unilateral demands for disarmament.
South Korea plans to send $8 million worth of medical and nutritional aid for North Korean children amid reported food shortages.
