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Pompeo shrugs off North Korea's 'gangster' rebuke

"If those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster," says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, noting that numerous UNSC resolutions have demanded the North rid itself of nuclear weapons and end its ballistic missile programme.

North Korea says talks with Pompeo were 'regrettable'

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met North Korean leaders in Pyongyang for two days of talks. He left saying the talks were 'productive'. On the other hand, North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman described the talks as 'regrettable'.

Pompeo in Pyongyang to nail down details of North Korea agreement

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began his first trip to Pyongyang since President Donald Trump's summit with leader Kim Jong-un last month, vowing to get specifics on commitments Kim made on denuclearisation.

US says no softening in stance as envoy heads to North Korea

Despite reports that North Korea is continuing its nuclear program, the White House remains upbeat that denuclearisation will happen.

US envoy Pompeo to return to North Korea this week

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to leave for North Korea on Thursday for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

Moon, Putin meet in Russia, hope to boost economic ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to take steps towards establishing complete denuclearisation and to cooperate on future economic opportunities and infrastructure projects during Moon's visit to Russia.

North and South Korea hold talks to discuss family reunions

The meeting in North Korea's Mount Kumgang comes as a part of efforts to improve relations between the two countries that had deteriorated over the North's nuclear and missile programmes.

China, N Korea discuss 'true peace' on the Korean Peninsula

China's President Xi Jingping and the DPRK's leader Kim Jong-un assessed the summit meeting Kim had with US President Donald Trump in Singapore last week and exchanged opinions on ways to resolve the issue of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

US reassures Asian allies after Trump-Kim summit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Asia persuading Washington's allies in the region that denuclearisation by Pyongyang will happen before sanctions are lifted. North Korea says it will disarm in step-by-step process.

US hopes for ‘major’ N Korea disarmament by 2020 — Pompeo

Remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came a day after an unprecedented summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

North Korea says US agreed to lift sanctions in Trump-Kim summit

North Korean state media says the US President Donald Trump agreed to remove sanctions against Pyongyang in addition to providing security guarantees in the "historic" summit with the North's leader Kim Jong-un.

What did the world make of the Kim-Trump summit?

The meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States has raised cautious hopes in the region that a new page could be turning in the troubled history of the Korean Peninsula.