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North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a US soldier
Pvt. Travis King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, a day after he was supposed to go back to a base in the U.S.
By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Rival Koreas’ generals discuss easing military confrontation
Generals from the rival Koreas met Tuesday at their shared border for talks meant to ease a decades-long military standoff, Seoul officials said. The meeting comes days after North Korea returned the reported remains of U.S. war dead, the most recent sign of blossoming diplomacy after last year’s threats of war.
North Korean side of DMZ sounds quieter now, even peaceful
Lt. Col. Hwang Myong Jin has been a guide on the northern side of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas for five years. He says it’s gotten quieter here since the summits between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the presidents of South Korea and the United States, in perhaps the last place on Earth where the Cold War still burns hot.
Koreas agree to restore military communication lines
The rival Koreas agreed Thursday to fully restore their cross-border communication lines after holding rare high-level military talks on reducing tensions.
Here’s the video President Trump showed Kim that laid out the stakes of the summit
President Donald Trump, the former reality television star with a knack for theatrics, tried a dose of Hollywood drama as he sought to sway North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their historic summit.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
White House denies US troop withdrawal considered in South Korea as Trump says location for summit is set
President Donald Trump is offering his latest teaser for a historic U.S. summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set, but he’s not saying when and where.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
2 Koreas dismantle propaganda loudspeakers at tense border
The rival Koreas dismantled huge loudspeakers used to blare Cold War-style propaganda across their tense border on Tuesday, as South Korea’s president asked the United Nations to observe the North’s planned closing of its nuclear test site.
Trump floats DMZ as location for North Korea meeting
President Donald Trump on Monday floated the idea of holding his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas.
Kim Jong Un makes history, crosses border to meet his rival
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history Friday by crossing over the world’s most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
US forces in Korea aren’t packing up just yet. Here’s why.
Any peace deal with North Korea is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the 23,000 U.S. troops deployed on the peninsula.
By Kyle Rempfer