Mar 02 North Korea’s Kim Jong Un leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown By Foster Klug, Emily Wang, Associated Press Smiling and holding up his clasped hands in a victorious pose, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday boarded his private train at the Vietnam-China border for a 60-plus-hour ride home, ending a trip to Vietnam that saw a… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 12:30 Shields and Brooks on Cohen testimony, North Korea summit Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to analyze the week in politics, including reverberations from Michael Cohen’s appearance before the House Oversight Committee and conclusions from the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi. Continue watching
Mar 01 Otto Warmbier’s parents blame North Korea ‘evil regime’ for son’s death By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Fred and Cindy Warmbier rebuked President Donald Trump, who said he takes Kim Jong Un "at his word" that he was unaware of alleged mistreatment of Otto Warmbier. Continue reading
Mar 01 North Korea’s Kim tours Hanoi after summit breakdown By Foster Klug, Associated Press Kim Jong Un on Friday seemed confident and poised — a world leader taking his place on the international stage — as he met with Vietnam President Nguyen Phu Trong. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 4:40 After months of buildup, Hanoi talks conclude early — with no deal After 8,000 miles of travel and hours of high-stakes discussion, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked away from the Hanoi summit without a deal. U.S. officials said that while North Korea agreed to reduce its nuclear… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch 7:42 How ‘overreach’ by Trump and Kim set summit up for failure Talks fell apart between President Trump and Kim Jong Un at their second summit this week in Hanoi. Although Trump characterized the meeting’s tone as “very friendly” despite an early end, it nonetheless failed to achieve any of the administration’s… Continue watching
Feb 28 WATCH: North Korean foreign minister disputes Trump’s account of Hanoi summit breakdown By Jonathan Lemire, Deb Riechmann, Foster Klug, Associated Press Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said the North was ready to offer in writing a permanent halt of the country's nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and that Washington wasted an opportunity that "may not come again."… Continue reading
Feb 28 In a summit first, Kim Jong Un takes U.S. media questions By Eric Talmadge, Associated Press North Korea leader Kim Jong Un answered questions from American journalists on two separate occasions during the summit in Vietnam. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: Trump answers questions after North Korea summit ends abruptly with no deal By Associated Press President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have failed to reach an agreement at their second summit in Vietnam, but talks between the two nations will continue in the future. Continue reading
Feb 28 South Korea president to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement By Associated Press Moon Jae-in's announcement is planned for a Friday ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of a 1919 uprising by Koreans against Japan's colonial rule. Continue reading