Latest "US-North Korea summit" stories

Biological and chemical weapons: the other threats from North Korea

When it comes to North Korea, all eyes are on nuclear weapons, but the lack of attention toward chemical and biological capabilities weakens defense against potential attacks, according to experts in the field.

By Beverly Banks, Medill News Service

4 years ago

Remains of fallen American troops headed back from North Korea

North Korean officials handed the remains over to U.S. military experts on the 65th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.

By Leo Shane III

5 years ago

After talks, North Korea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has delivered a dose of harsh reality to Donald Trump, bashing hopes for a quick denuclearization deal in a pointed rebuke to the president’s top envoy while accusing the U.S. of making “gangster-like” demands.

5 years ago

Trump claim raises eyebrows: North Korea no longer a nuke threat?

President Donald Trump stretched credulity at home and abroad Wednesday by declaring there is “no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea” after his summit with Kim Jong Un that reduced tensions but produced no details on how or when Pyongyang might disarm.

5 years ago

Ditching entourages, Trump and Kim Jong Un to meet 1 on 1

They came with scores of aides, bodyguards and diplomats in tow: Donald Trump from Washington, Kim Jong Un from Pyongyang. But for the better part of an hour, the two men will square off one on one, alone but for a pair of translators, raising concerns about the risk of holding such a monumental meeting with barely anyone to bear witness.

5 years ago

Trump, North Korea’s Kim back on for summit

After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump has announced that the historic nuclear-weapons summit he had canceled with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is back on.

By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press and Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press

5 years ago