North Korea

The United States is due to start joint exercises in early April, a South Korean presidential security adviser said this week according to Yonhap news agency - the latest in a series of drills that the north has regularly described as a threat.

“If the U.S. finally holds joint military exercises while keeping sanctions on the DPRK, the DPRK will counter the U.S. by its own mode of counteraction and the U.S. will be made to own all responsibilities for the ensuing consequences,” North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said in its commentary, saying the drills would harm reconciliation efforts on the peninsula.

The DPRK is the acronym of the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

On Feb. 23, the United States said it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs. President Donald Trump warned of a”phase two” that could be “very, very unfortunate for the world” if the steps did not work.

North Korea has slammed Trump’s unilateral sanctions against it, but it said it was open to talks with the United States during senior North Korean officials’ visit to South Korea for the Olympics last month.

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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has made a dramatic offer to meet President Donald Trump face to face for peace talks, sources said Thursday.

He sent a personal letter to the U.S. president which was delivered Thursday.

The message was passed to the White House through a South Korean delegation which held their own talks with the dictator this week, CNN reported.

In return Kim is offering to suspend his nuclear missile testing program, South Korea's national security adviser Chung Eui-yong told White House officials.

He had met Kim earlier in the week in Pyeongyang, the dictator's capital.

Trump had said that South Korea will be making a major announcement at 7pm EDT on North Korea.

Trump had popped into the White House press briefing room on Thursday evening at close of business and told a small contingent of reporters who just happened to be present that an announcement was coming this evening.

The U.S. president gave no indication of what would be announced but suggested with the surprise appearance that the news would be positive.

Chung, the top South Korean national security official, had been at the White House on Thursday,Yonhap news reported.

The South Korean news agency said that Chung, who is fresh off a trip to North Korea, was at the White House for a meeting with U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was traveling abroad in Ethiopia on Thursday.

Trump on Tuesday said that a 'very good dialogue' had opened up with North Korea as he cautiously approached Pyongyang's offer to freeze its nuclear tests while it holds talks with the United States.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the conversations had yielded progress, striking an optimistic tone.

'We're gonna see. We're gonna see,' he told a journalist asking about North Korea's commitment to ending its nuclear weapons program if it no longer felt threatened. 'They seem to be acting positively, but we're gonna see.'

The U.S. president said he wants to take the 'proper' pathway, which he suggested was diplomatic talks, 'But we are prepared to go either way.'

'And as I said, hopefully we'll go in the very, very peaceful, beautiful path. We're prepared to go whichever path is necessary,' he added. 'I think we're having very good dialogue, and you're gonna certainly find out very soon what's happening, but we have, we have made progress, there's no question about it.'

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August said:

North Korea confirms to White House that it is willing to talk about denuclearisation, administration officials say

North Korea confirms to White House that it is willing to talk about denuclearisation, administration officials say

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August said:

Trump says will meet with North Korean leader in May or early June

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nivek said:

So it must be getting serious, maybe a unified Korea on the horizon?...

North Korean leader suspends nuclear and missile tests, shuts down test site

TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared he will suspend nuclear and missile tests starting Saturday, and that he will shut down the site where the previous six nuclear tests were conducted.

The surprising announcement comes just six days before Kim is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a precursor to a historic summit between Kim and President Trump.

Trump is set to meet Kim at the end of May or beginning of June. Although a location has not yet been set, plans are proceeding apace, with CIA Director Mike Pompeo traveling to Pyongyang over the Easter weekend to discuss the summit with Kim.

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humanoidlord said:

wow thats unexpected!, 2 months ago nuclear war semmed in the horizon
what is the reason for this 180 degrees turn?

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nivek said:

They might be obeying the wishes of their Chinese Masters...

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