North Korean leader to leave Hanoi on Saturday morning: source North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un listens during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) at the second U.S.-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on Feb. 28. AFPNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to head back home from Hanoi on Saturday morning, earlier than initially scheduled, a diplomatic source said, amid speculation about whether the decision is linked to his unsuccessful summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.Kim plans to leave for a border train station in Dong Dang at around 10 a.m. Saturday, wrapping up his two-day official visit to Vietnam, according to the source.Vietnam's foreign ministry had earlier said Kim would head back to Pyongyang on Saturday afternoon.It has not been confirmed yet whether Kim's return schedule change is related to the outcome of the summit with Trump earlier this week.They finished the session abruptly around noon Thursday without issuing a joint statement.Kim has stayed at his luxury hotel without issuing any public message in person since the summit.The country's foreign minister, Ri YonMar 1, 2019
Kim, Trump agree to continue 'productive dialogues': KCNA A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump walk together in Hanoi, Feb. 28. The second meeting of the U.S. President and the North Korean leader, running from Feb. 27 to 28, focuses on furthering steps towards achieving peace and complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. EPANorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to continue "productive dialogues" to resolve issues raised at their second summit in Hanoi, Pyongyang's official news agency said Friday, a day after the talks ended without a written agreement.The Korean Central News Agency also said the summit served as an important chance to deepen mutual respect and trust. At the end of the talks, leader Kim said goodbye to Trump while "promising the next meeting," the report said without elaborating."They agreed to keep in close touch with each other for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the epochal development of the DPRK-U.S. relations in the future, too, and continue productive diMar 1, 2019
North Korea disputes Trump's account of talks breakdown North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, right, speaks as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choe Son-hui looks on during a press conference in Hanoi early on March 1, following the U.S.-North Korea summit. He said North Korea had offered to dismantle its Yongbyon nuclear plant in exchange for partial sanctions relief at Kim Jong-un's summit with Donald Trump, after the meeting ended without agreement. AFPNorth Korea is disputing President Donald Trump's account of why the summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un collapsed, insisting the North demanded only partial sanctions relief in exchange for shutting down its main nuclear complex. Trump, who was on his way back to Washington on Thursday, said before leaving Hanoi that the talks broke down because North Korea's leader insisted that all the punishing sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Pyongyang be lifted without the North committing to eliminate its nuclear arsenal. The president made no mention of the disagreement as he addressed U.S. troops during a stopover at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho coMar 1, 2019
China says N. Korean nuclear issue can't be solved 'overnight' BEIJING -- Beijing expressed hope Thursday that the US and North Korea will keep talking, saying the nuclear issue will not be solved "overnight", after a much-anticipated summit in Hanoi ended without a deal.China is Pyongyang's sole major ally and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un travelled across the neighbouring country by train to his second meeting with US President Donald Trump, which ended ahead of schedule Thursday without any joint announcements.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said he had yet to hear what Trump or the North Korean leader had to say about the meeting."But I have always hoped that everyone can realise that the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula has been going on for many years, and that solving this problem is definitely not something that can be achieved overnight," Lu said at a regular press briefing."It is not a very easy process, otherwise it would not have dragged on until today," Lu said.Lu reiterated Beijing's call for Washington and Pyongyang to "take care of each other's legitimate concerns.""I hope that both sides can continue to maintFeb 28, 2019
FULL TEXT Trump's post-summit press conference U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo address a press conference after a meeting with the North Korean leader, in Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 February 2019. EPAU.S. President Donald Trump held a press conference with hundreds of reporters in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, after his historic talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that ended without a deal. Below is a full rush transcript of the press conference.>> Thank you prime minister and president of Vietnam. We're in Hanoi. It's an incredible city, and what's happened over the last 25 years has been incredible for the people of Vietnam, the job they've done, economic development. Really something special.So I want to thank all of the people of Vietnam for having treated us so well. We have I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India. They've been going at it, and we've been involved in trying to have them stop.And we have some reasonably decent news. I think hopefully that's going to be coming to an end. It's been going on for a long time, decades and decades. There's a lot of dislike, unfortunatFeb 28, 2019
Moratorium put on hope U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un hold a meeting during the second U.S.-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi on Thursday. The planned signing of the so-called Hanoi Declaration was canceled, and the White House issued a statement saying “No agreement was reached at this time,” adding that “respective teams look forward to meeting in the future.” AFP-YonhapBy Kim Ji-soo“The relationship is just very strong and when you have a good relationship a lot of good things happen,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday, as he sat facing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The two leaders were briefly meeting the press before they embarked on the real negotiations constituting the second North Korea-U.S. summit. Kim, his cheeks slightly flushed but smiling, said “I believe by intuition that good results will be produced.”The two, who were meeting for the first time in eight months, visibly demonstrated a familiarity, a bit of trust or a desperate realization they need each other. Kim neeFeb 28, 2019By Kim Ji-soo
Americans pay little attention to summit Hans Britsch, a patron at Duffy's Irish Pub, watches the testimony of Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Reuters-YonhapKim splits screen time By Jane HanSEATTLE ― All eyes in Korea are fixated on the follow-up summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump. Here in the U.S., all eyes are split between two scenes on TV: one showing Trump shaking hands with Kim in Vietnam, and the other airing Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen delivering a blockbuster congressional testimony against his former boss.And as dramatic as the timing of the two events is, many Americans seem to be far more interested in the Trump-Cohen saga than their president's diplomacy halfway across the globe. “Summit? What summit?” said Debbie Moss, 28, a graduate student at the University of Washington, while watching live coverage of the Michael Cohen hearing midday Wednesday at a coffee shop in the suburbs of Seattle. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUAFeb 28, 2019
Denuke talks stuck in critical deadlock North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump attend an extended meeting during their summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday. Reuters-YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulHANOI ― Despite broad pledges to denuclearize, talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program saw further deadlock after no agreement was reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at their second summit in Hanoi, Thursday. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said no agreement was reached “at this time,” though the leaders discussed “various ways” to advance economic driven concepts and advance denuclearization.Trump and Kim had been scheduled to have lunch at the Metropole Hotel, downtown Hanoi, but didn't enter the dining room where reporters were assembled. “The decision was made at the very last minute. We have been forced to wait inside buses until further announcements,” one journalist said.Early expectations were that both Trump and Kim would try to avoid overconfidence on future nuclear disarmamFeb 28, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
How will N. Korean media cover the failed summit? U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ahead of their dinner at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, Wednesday. / Capture from White House Twitter By Kim Hyun-binAs the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ended without producing any agreement, now all eyes are on how North Korean media will portray the historic talks.In the past, North Korean media were notorious for name-calling and condemnations for any person, organization, and country that stood in its path.But following the first U.S.-North Korea summit last June in Singapore which was a promising and groundbreaking event easing tension on the Korean Peninsula Washington-Pyongyang relations, the North Korean media have much toned down its rhetoric against the U.S.It is to be seen whether the media will revive its hostile stance and offensive rhetoric against the U.S., like they used to call the U.S. president a “dotard.”Considering thFeb 28, 2019By Kim Hyun-bin
Despite 'no deal,' Kim will stay in Vietnam till March 2 Children from the Vietnam-North Korea Friendship Kindergarten in Hanoi wave flags, Tuesday, welcoming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's visit to the city for a two-day summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukKim may hold another summit with XiBy Lee Min-hyungHANOI ― North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to engage in a hectic diplomatic schedule in Vietnam and possibly in China after wrapping up his two-day summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, Thursday.Kim's post-summit itinerary begins Friday with two extra days of an “official friendly” visit in the Vietnamese capital, according to the regime's state-controlled Korea Central News Agency (KCNA). Other details regarding his return to Pyongyang have yet to be released, with speculation surfacing over the possibility that he may hold another summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on his way home.The possibility was raised, as there is ample chance for this as he returns to Pyongyang by train. On Tuesday, Kim traversed China on board a heavily armored train to the border with VietFeb 28, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
