Sentences with phrase «north korean»

It would be the first meeting between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader in history.

A North Korean diplomat has denied Pyongyang was behind the attack that was launched last month but a U.S. national security source said it was a suspect.

Australia will send a military aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring illicit goods in defiance of U.N. sanctions, he said.

While geopolitical uncertainty was a major focal point earlier this year — with several North Korean missile launches initially sending investor scurrying into safe - have assets — risk appetite has since improved, with markets looking instead to stronger economic growth globally.

China's ties with South Korea have been strained ever since the latter's deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system following a ramp up in North Korean weapons tests over the past year.

Remember, North Korean regimes have repeatedly used talks and empty promises to extract concessions and buy time.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during the long - range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong - 12 (Mars - 12) test launch in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017.

International sanctions «provide a narrow pathway for reforms that could unshackle the [North Korean] economy,» according to William Brown, adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has discussed the possibility of a leaders» meeting with Japan, Japan's Asahi newspaper said on Thursday.

Bong Young - Shik of the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies says there remains some doubt that North Korea will denuclearize.

The leaders also welcomed a historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae - in as a first step toward reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

A Japanese government source told Reuters in mid-March that Japan was considering seeking a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim to discuss Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago.

During his tenure as CIA director, Pompeo became a trusted advisor of President Donald Trump and has played a key role in preparations for Trump's planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

While Haley remarked that the «North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed» in such a war, she neglected to mention the damage that South Korea, and possibly the US, could also face from a North Korean nuclear attack.

North Korean coal recently made up about 10 % of China's coal imports, according to data cited by Wood.

Previous tests have been met with much - needed humanitarian aid and assistance to the North Korean people.

March 9 - President Donald Trump is ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May in response to Kim's invitation to hold the first - ever U.S. - North Korea summit, a South Korean envoy said, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in the North Korea nuclear standoff.

CNBC's Eunice Yoon has the latest developments on the denuclearization goal between South Korea's President Moon Jae - In, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Tension between North Korea and the United States has been building after a series of nuclear and missile tests by Pyongyang and bellicose verbal exchanges between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

«A word of warning to North Korean President Kim Jong Un the worst possible thing you can do is meet with President Trump in person and try to play him.

«The previous North Korean position has been for three parties — North Korea, China, and the U.S. — to sign a final peace treaty.»

CNBC's Chery Kang reports on the latest developments of a North Korean missile flying over Japan.

To argue that Trump's acceptance is not a concession is to completely misunderstand the interests of the North Korean regime, says Harvard Professor Deepak Malhotra.

June 7, 2017: Less than a week after the United Nations passed a fresh round of North Korean sanctions, Kim's regime fires four land - to - ship missiles off its east coast.

Sean King of Park Strategies also says that the meeting between Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un is «further evidence» that the meeting between the North Korean leader and President Trump is likely to happen.

While North Korean media frequently exaggerates in crafting a propaganda narrative, this time it's pretty much correct.

President Donald Trump tweets there's «good chance» North Korean leader will «do what is right,» move toward peace.

Photos released by North Korean media show the launch process as supervised by the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, and reveal a new missile, the Hwasong - 15, that is unlike anything previously seen from the nation.

A U.N. Security Council resolution in early March also required member states to sever correspondent banking relationships with North Korean financial institutions within 90 days.

Images of the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae - in.

If he does indeed meet with Kim, Trump will need to understand what makes the North Korean leader tick.

U.S. law already generally prohibited U.S. financial institutions from engaging in transactions with North Korean institutions, but Treasury's latest actions would impose additional controls, especially the prohibitions on the use of third - country banks» U.S. accounts to process transactions for North Korea.

Crucially, Treasury also prohibited the use of third parties» U.S. correspondent accounts to process transactions for North Korean financial institutions.

Aug. 28, 2017: A South Korean military official says the Hwasong - 12, a North Korean intermediate - range ballistic missile, was fired around 5:57 a.m. local time.

The state - of - the - art anti-missile technology may be a start, but it won't protect Seoul from North Korean missiles.

The exchange of U.S. - led military exercises and North Korean weapon tests has become a time - honored tradition.

The North Korean summit was just a photo op.

On Thursday, Trump accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to talk about the rogue nation's nuclear program.

Under third - generation North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the reclusive state has conducted its most powerful nuclear test, launched its first - ever intercontinental ballistic missile and threatened to send missiles into the waters near Guam.

That in part reflected a rally in world stock markets thanks to upbeat earnings data and last week's historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea's Moon Jae - in last week at which they vowed «complete denuclearization».

April 29, 2017: U.S. and South Korean officials say a North Korean ballistic missile failed shortly after it was launched.

Moon, after talks with Mattis on Friday, said the «aggressive deployment» of U.S. strategic assets in the region, which have included overflights by U.S. bombers, had been effective in deterring the North Korean threat.

The North Korean briefing papers cite the possibility of a Japan summit in early June, the Asahi said.

The companies identified have had dealings with sanctioned North Korean entities, the report said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said he's willing to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, according to NBC News.

Kim met President Xi Jinping in China this week, his first trip abroad as North Korean leader.

He thinks Trump should delay his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un until the Tillerson's successor is up to speed.

CNBC's Eunice Yoon provide highlights of the meeting between South Korea's President Moon Jae - In, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

«When I met with North Korean officials last year, they said that South Korea is not «qualified» to participate in peace treaty negotiations because it didn't sign the armistice and didn't have wartime operational control of its forces,» Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow of Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation, told CNBC.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first U.S. - North Korea summit, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang.