Tag: Trump/Kim summit

• Saturday, June 16th 2018 - 11:22 UTC

  Denuclearization or mutual deterrence in the Korean peninsula?

  

  If the Singapore meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un had been a zero-sum game, then Trump definitely lost. But maybe it wasn't. Kim got a meeting with Trump on terms of strict equality right down to the number of flags on display, which is a huge boost for his regime's claim to legitimacy.

• Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Pompeo sets terms of Trump/Kim accord: no lifting of sanctions until complete denuclearization

  

  North Korea will not see any economic sanctions lifted until it has demonstrated “complete denuclearisation”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pompeo was speaking at a press conference in Seoul with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  US opens new US$ 250 million de facto embassy in Taipei

  

  While the world watches the summit between president Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un unfold, another significant event will take place elsewhere in Asia. On June 12 in Taipei, Taiwan and the US will jointly mark the establishment of a new facility for the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the US’s de facto embassy in the country. Politicians from both nations are attending a ceremony to commemorate the US$ 250 million complex, which will open formally later this year.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:29 UTC

  Fox News apologizes for calling the Singapore summit a meeting of “two dictators”

  

  Fox News host has accidentally referred to the highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a meeting of “two dictators.”

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  All ready for Tuesday's Trump/Kim summit: denuclearization at the heart of discussions

  

  North Korea has told the United States that it's prepared to discuss denuclearization at the June 12 summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump. But the reclusive regime likely has an entirely different understanding of what denuclearization entails.