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Trump Pledges 'Security Guarantees' to Pyongyang

Kim recommits to 'complete denuclearization'

(Newser) - President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the US president pledging unspecified "security guarantees" to the North, and Kim recommitting to the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," the AP reports. They coupled the summit agreement with lofty...

Rodman Weeps as Kim Meets Trump
Rodman Weeps 
as Kim Meets Trump
Jun 11, 2018 10:49 PM CDT

Rodman Weeps as Kim Meets Trump

'I'm so happy'

(Newser) - Former NBA star Dennis Rodman openly wept on television in a live interview from Singapore as President Trump and Kim Jong Un met for the first time. The eccentric former reality television star is one of the few westerners to have spent time with the North Korean leader during multiple...

Face to Face: Kim, Trump Shake Hands, Meet Privately

Upbeat Trump predicts they'll solve 'big problem,' have 'terrific relationship'

(Newser) - The big moment arrived: President Trump and Kim Jong Un—two leaders who were exchanging military threats and personal insults not too long ago—met face-to-face and shook hands, then had a private meeting of about 40 minutes in Singapore that left Trump predicting big progress on the nuclear issue....

One-on-One: Trump, Kim Will Meet Without Aides
One-on-One: Trump, Kim
Will Meet Without Aides
the rundown
Jun 11, 2018 2:19 PM CDT

One-on-One: Trump, Kim Will Meet Without Aides

North Korean leader goes sightseeing on eve of summit

(Newser) - The big summit is just hours away now, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is downplaying expectations of a huge breakthrough when President Trump and Kim Jong Un meet face to face. Their meeting "will set the framework for the hard work that will follow,” said Pompeo, as...

Trump: Singapore Summit &#39;Could Work Out Very Nicely&#39;
US, North Korea Still 
Far Apart on Key Details
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 11, 2018 6:24 AM CDT

US, North Korea Still Far Apart on Key Details

Analysts are worried that Trump hasn't done his homework

(Newser) - President Trump and Kim Jong Un have both arrived in Singapore ahead of Tuesday's historic summit—but while they are close to each other in location, in separate luxury hotels, the two sides are still far apart on key details. North Korea and the US are still not in...

Fox News Host Accidentally Calls Trump 'Dictator'

Abby Huntsman called Trump and Kim Jong Un summit a meeting of 'two dictators'

(Newser) - A Fox News host has accidentally referred to the highly anticipated summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a meeting of "two dictators."Regardless of what happens in that meeting between the two dictators, what we are seeing right now, this is history,...

Trump, Kim Are Both on the Ground in Singapore

Air Force One lands hours after North Korean leader arrives for historic summit on Tuesday

(Newser) - President Trump and Kim Jong Un have both arrived in Singapore, reports the AP , with Air Force One touching down Sunday evening at a military base hours after Kim arrived. CNN reports it's a rare trip outside the Hermit Kingdom for Kim for an even rarer summit. The North...

Kim Jong Un Impersonator Stopped, Questioned by Cops

Lookalikes arrived in Singapore just in time for the summit

(Newser) - A Kim Jong Un lookalike was detained and questioned upon his arrival in Singapore on Friday, days before a summit between the North Korean leader and President Donald Trump, reports the AP . The Hong Kong-based impersonator, who uses the name Howard X, is in the city-state for summit-related promotions by...

Trump: 'I Don't Think I Have to Prepare Much' for Kim Summit

And more big lines from president's appearance with Japan PM Shinzo Abe

(Newser) - Heading into his North Korea summit with characteristic bravado, President Donald Trump said Thursday that "attitude" is more important than preparation as he looks to negotiate an accord with Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, the AP reports. Preparing to depart Washington for the next week's...

Trump, Kim to Meet on the 'Island Behind Death'

That was once what Singapore's Sentosa island was called

(Newser) - President Trump and Kim Jong Un's summit will take place on the "island behind death"—a former pirate haunt that once went by that fearsome name ("Pulau Blakang Mati") but is now a luxurious tourist destination, reports the BBC . Sentosa is one of the 63...

Report: Dennis Rodman Might Join Trump-Kim Summit

Ex-NBA player knows both men well

(Newser) - Next week's historic summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump might feature one of the only people on the planet who has spent significant amounts of time with both men: Dennis Rodman. The former NBA star—who has visited North Korea multiple times and was a Celebrity Apprentice...

Report: Kim Jong Un Has Purged Military Leadership

Top 3 military chiefs fired ahead of summit

(Newser) - In preparation for the Singapore summit, Kim Jong Un has reportedly shaken up North Korea's military leadership—though it's not clear whether it's the kind of reshuffle that involves executions or mere demotions. According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, all three of North Korea's...

New World Leader Wants to Meet Kim Jong Un

Bashar al-Assad says he wants to visit, Kim will 'realize the reunification of Korea without fail'

(Newser) - North Korea's state-run news agency reported Sunday that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is interested in visiting North Korea and meeting leader Kim Jong Un. The KCNA report said Assad made the comments May 30 while receiving the credentials for the North Korean ambassador, reports the AP . "I...

North Koreans Will Deliver Letter From Kim to Trump

'I am confident we are moving in the right direction,' Pompeo says

(Newser) - A top aide to Kim Jong Un will make a rare visit to Washington Friday to hand a letter from the North Korean leader to President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after reporting "good progress" in talks between the two sides to revive an on-again, off-again nuclear...

Attempts to Salvage Summit Found in 3 Corners of World

Kim Yong Chol said to be en route for NYC

(Newser) - It'll take a "herculean focus on all kinds of details" to revive President Trump and Kim Jong Un's June 12 summit, reports the New York Times , and a herculean effort seems to be underway. The paper tracks three separate efforts in three corners of the world to...

Kim Executed Uncle Because of Grudge Over His Mom: Book

More family secrets in defector's memoir, including a Clapton concert attended by Kim's brother

(Newser) - Long-held grudges, executions, an Eric Clapton concert—it's all there in a new 542-page memoir by a man the Wall Street Journal calls "North Korea's most high-profile defector in two decades." The New York Times reports on Thae Yong Ho's Cryptography From the Third-Floor Secretariat,...

Trump: N. Korea Will Be a 'Great Economic Nation'

He says US team is there to plan summit

(Newser) - A US team is in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting will indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the American and North Korean officials have...

Trump, NYT in Throwdown Over June 12 Korea Summit

President accuses 'Times' of making up senior White House official who spoke to reporters

(Newser) - If the negotiations swirling around the proposed June 12 summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump are making your head spin, you are far from alone: Following a surprise meeting between Kim and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in in which Moon said Kim "once again has made clear...

Trump Caught Between Pompeo, Bolton on Summit, Sources Say

He ultimately sided with Bolton

(Newser) - The summit between the US and North Korea is off , at least for now—and officials tell NBC News it's because President Trump wanted to nix things before Kim Jong Un had a chance to. "He doesn't want to be the bride left at the altar,"...

Trump-Kim Coin Is a Hot Seller
Trump-Kim Coin Is a Hot Seller
May 25, 2018 4:04 AM CDT

Trump-Kim Coin Is a Hot Seller

It could be a new '1804 dollar'

(Newser) - The Trump-Kim summit has been called off —but it's still a historic event for coin collectors. A commemorative coin produced by the White House Communications Agency to mark the summit between Trump and "Supreme Leader" Kim Jong Un is now in high demand and is expected to...

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