Trump, Kim sign historic Korea denuclearisation agreementUS President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy, reported Reuters. More… |
Trump, Kim sign historic Korea denuclearisation agreementUS President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy, reported Reuters. More… |
Hyundai appoints new VP and head for MEAHyundai Motor Company has appointed Jin (James) Kim as its new vice president and head of operations in Africa and the Middle East. Kim is succeeding Tom Lee, who is assuming a new leading role in the company’s headquarters More… |
N Korea's Kim may face charges over atrocitiesNorth Korean security chiefs and possibly even Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un himself should face international justice for ordering systematic torture, starvation and killings comparable to Nazi-era atrocities, UN investigators said on Monday. More… |
Kim seeks end to confrontation with S.KoreaNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for an end to confrontation between the two Koreas, technically still at war in the absence of a peace treaty to end their 1950-53 conflict, in a surprise New Year speech broadcast on state media. More… |
World Bank picks health expert Kim as presidentThe World Bank on Monday chose Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president, maintaining Washington's grip on the job and leaving developing countries frustrated with the selection process. Kim, a physician and anth More… |
North Korea's reculsive leader diesNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, North Korean state television reported on Monday. More… |
Brent falls to $103 after N Korea leader's deathBrent crude futures fell below $103 on Monday, as the prospect of rising tension on the Korean peninsula following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pushed the US dollar higher. Kim died on a train trip, state television report More… |
N.Korean leader Kim anoints new No.2By elevating the energetic and urbane Jang, 63, to the North's seat of power called the National Defence Commission, North Korean leader Kim,67, has set him up as a kingmaker, analysts said. Kim was re-elected to his leadership post at par More… |
South Korea president meets Kim Jong-il in N. KoreaSouth Korea's president arrived in Pyongyang to the cheers of North Koreans and the handhsake of leader Kim Jong-il for a summit aimed at ending a half century of animosity born in the Cold War. North Koreans dressed in their finest clothe More… |