President Moon Jae-in made his overture days after the North Korean leader dismissed his mediating efforts between the North and the United States.
Tag: Nuclear Weapons
Kim Says He’s Open to Another Meeting With Trump, With Conditions
The North Korean leader says the United States should offer mutually acceptable terms by the end of the year.
Ed Westcott, a Singular Eye at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, Dies at 97
He was the government’s official photographer at Oak Ridge, Tenn., a secret city where uranium was enriched for the bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Iran Picks Former Nuclear Negotiator to Lead Its U.N. Mission
A diplomat who helped negotiate the 2015 nuclear deal, Majid Takht Ravanchi, will be Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, filling a five-month-old vacancy.
Pakistan Premier: ‘No Use’ for Armed Militias Anymore
Imran Khan, praised for his statesmanlike handling of a recent standoff with India, said Pakistan can’t allow the powerful groups to operate any longer.
North Korea Threatens to Scuttle Talks With the U.S. and Resume Tests
A senior North Korean diplomat said Kim Jong-un would soon decide whether to end its moratorium on nuclear and missile tests.
North Korea Admits Failure of Trump Summit, a Week After It Broke Down
An official newspaper acknowledged “sighs of regret” over the meeting, but avoided direct invective against the United States or its president.
Russia Follows U.S. Out of Landmark Nuclear Weapons Treaty
President Vladimir V. Putin’s withdrawal of Russia from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty set the stage for the open return of a once-banned class of weapons.
How the Trump-Kim Summit Failed: Big Threats, Big Egos, Bad Bets
President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea had dramatically different visions of what “denuclearization” meant, dooming their deal.
Pentagon Again Suspends Large-Scale Military Exercises With South Korea
Even without progress this week to shut down North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the Trump administration is shelving massive military exercises that Pyongyang views as provocative.