Claims of North Korean human rights abuses spearheaded attempts to undermine US-North Korean negotiations in Singapore.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with his Chinese counterpart over the Korean Peninsula a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Chinese capital.

Präsident Trump hat mit seiner am Dienstag verkündeten Zusage, künftig auf gemeinsame Militärmanöver auf der koreanischen Halbinsel verzichten zu wollen, nicht nur das verbündete Südkorea, sondern auch das Pentagon überrascht.

The move follows a statement by US President Donald Trump, who had said in a press conference after the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 that it was inappropriate to hold "war games" in the region in order to negotiate a deal.

By reaffirming the Panmunjom Declaration, the US President has committed to bringing its military back from South Korea and thus a complete denuclearization of the South as well as the North.

The photo-op summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea went well. The visuals show North Korea and the United States as equal partners.

Malaysia`s top two judges and its election chief have tendered their resignations as the government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad purges senior officials seen close to the previous administration.

While most of the agreements confirmed to have come out of the Trump-Kim summit were pretty straightforward, advancing on the already discussed denuclearization, the meeting also ended with an announcement that the US will suspend all joint military exercises with South Korea.

Willy Wimmer - Die Bilder aus Singapur sind atemberaubend. Gestern wußte niemand nach Sonnenuntergang, wie die Welt heute nach dem Treffen zwischen dem amerikanischen Präsidenten Donald Trump und dem Machthaber aus Nordkorea, Kim Yong und aussehen würde. Die Ungewissheit hat sich heute gelegt und vielleicht verflüchtigt. Man hat fast den berühmten Song von Frank Sinatra im Ohr, nachdem man es auf der Welt überall schafft, wenn man es in New York hingekriegt hatte. Spricht für Trump und seinen Wagemut, den er sich als Person nicht nur in New York zugelegt hatte.

It’s almost a surreal spectacle to see the world order shifting before our very eyes. The sight of the Western G7 summit collapsing in acrimony at the weekend was in stark contrast to a positive, resplendent Shanghai Cooperation Organization conference hosted at the same time in China.

La police philippine a arrêté un centre d’appel qui, selon elle, était dirigé par des Israéliens impliqués dans la gestion d’une arnaque boursière, y compris à l’encontre des Sud-Africains.

Rosneft is drilling for oil off the South China Sea coast of Vietnam in an area claimed by China. The Russian energy giant is involved in the Lan Do oilfield that narrowly sits within the southwestern border of China’s nine-dash-line but is apparently regarded by the company as being under Vietnam’s de-facto sovereignty. China officially called on all countries to respect its claims without specifically mentioning Rosneft but in obvious reference to it, a sign that it feels uncomfortable with this latest development even though it might eventually turn out to be a step in the right direction.

US-Präsident Donald Trump und sein nordkoreanischer Amtskollege Kim Jong Un haben nach dem Gipfeltreffen in Singapur ein gemeinsames Dokument unterzeichnet, das „große Veränderungen“ verspricht.

Washington sagt Pjöngjang Sicherheitsgarantien zu. Die nordkoreanische Staatsführung bekennt sich seinerseits zu einer vollständigen Entnuklearisierung der koreanischen Halbinsel. Das folgt aus einem von beiden Seiten nach dem Gipfeltreffen in Singapur unterzeichneten Dokument.

Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un signed what the US president described as a “very important, comprehensive” document following the conclusion of their “really fantastic” whirlwind historic summit in Singapore.

First-ever North Korea-US summit was an optical success but a substantive failure with a vague, non-tangible outcome

The DPRK head of state Kim Jong-un has already arrived in Singapore in what represents his first foreign trip by plane since assuming the supreme leadership of his country in 2011.

In der Nacht auf Montag ist ein US-Kampfjäger vor der japanischen Küste abgestürzt. Das Verteidigungsministerium Japans forderte daraufhin von den USA Maßnahmen zur Gewährleistung der Flugsicherheit.

Die Zentrale Koreanische Nachrichtenagentur (KCNA) hat die vorläufigen Themen des Gipfels zwischen dem US-Präsidenten Donald Trump und dem nordkoreanischen Staatschef Kim Jong Un genannt.

He is one of the world’s most instantly recognizable figures, but frustratingly little is known about the North Korean leader

US-Präsident Donald Trump ist am Sonntag auf dem Militärstützpunkt Paya Lebar in Singapur gelandet. Am 12. Juni will er dort den nordkoreanischen Staatschef Kim Jong-un offiziell treffen.

by Antonio Tujan Jr., a social activist and Filipino who together with his movement has fought against US-imperialism.

Analysts said that the medal represents the Chinese people`s admiration and appreciation for Putin`s contribution to promoting China-Russia ties to the highest level."This is the first time for China to award a foreign leader a friendship medal since the medal was set up in January 2016, which reveals that China attaches great importance to the China-Russia ties," Li Guofu, a research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing, told the Global Times on Friday.

Der nordkoreanische Staatschef Kim Jong Un ist in Singapur für ein Treffen mit dem US-Präsidenten Donald Trump angekommen. Der singapurische Außenminister, Vivian Balakrishnan, berichtete auf Twitter von seinem Treffen mit Kim. „Habe den Vorsitzenden Kim Jong Un begrüßt, der bereits in Singapur eingetroffen ist“.

US-Vizepräsident Mike Pence hat mitgeteilt, wie lange sich der amerikanische Staatschef Donald Trump auf die Verhandlungen mit seinem nordkoreanischen Amtskollegen Kim Jong-un vorbereitet hat. Dies meldete Fox News.

The People’s Liberation Army-Air Force is preparing to send fighter jet aircraft on a mission to escort North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the upcoming summit in Singapore where he will meet US President Donald Trump after years of hostile relations, according to sources within the South Korean military.

The US Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday published an amended version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act which contains provisions calling for strengthened security cooperation and military communication with Taiwan including supporting US troops to participate in the island`s Han Kuang exercises. The legislation will very likely pass the Senate.

US President Donald Trump says that everything was "ready to go" for his summit next week with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Will China’s next great wall be an economic one built around the Donald Trump presidency? Yes. And the odds of Xi Jinping succeeding increased markedly last week thanks to Trump’s trade actions.

Suggesting that some North Korean government hardliners remain opposed to denuclearization, and may even have had political overhaul ambitions in Kim`s absence in one week, Yonhap and Reuters reported Monday morning that Kim Jong Un has removed the top three military officials from their posts ahead of the historic June 12 summit with Trump in Singapore.

China`s Supreme People`s Court Monday issued a guideline asking courts at all levels to exercise better judicial functions in environmental cases to contribute to the building of a more ecologically aware society.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee reviewed a plan on Thursday on continued efforts in poverty alleviation.

If the US-China military rivalry becomes the main theme of the South China Sea, it will impact regional peace and development. No regional country can benefit from this rivalry. Although some regional countries are pleased to see Washington balancing out Beijing`s influence in the South China Sea, they must remain vigilant that the US might use them as pawns in a dangerous game that will be completely out of their control.

Que va-t-il se passer ? Y aura-il ou non un sommet le 12 juin à Singapour ?

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has claimed that since Beijing’s South China Sea policy contradicts Washington’s strategy of “openness,” the US will have to “compete vigorously” wherever cooperation is impossible.

US President Donald Trump confirms that he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore, a summit he has previously canceled.

Russlands Außenminister Sergej Lawrow und der nordkoreanische Machthaber Kim Jong-un haben sich bei ihrem Treffen am Donnerstag in Pjöngjang über einen Gipfel zwischen beiden Ländern verständigt. Dies berichtet die Zentrale Koreanische Nachrichtenagentur (KCNA) am Freitag.

North Korea has hit out at the US "hegemony" but suggested the two Koreas hold a joint celebration of the anniversary of a historic 2000 inter-Korean summit this month in the South.

Malaysias Verkehrsminister Anthony Loke hat erklärt, es gäbe keine schlüssigen Beweise für eine Schuld Moskaus am Absturz der Maschine. Das Gemeinsame Ermittlerteam (JIT) präsentierte kürzlich den angeblichen Nachweis für eine Beteiligung russischer Streitkräfte.

Les gagnants et les autres. Le 8 mai dernier a marqué un tournant dans les relations internationales avec le retrait américain du JCPoA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) plus connu comme l’accord de Vienne sur le nucléaire iranien.

Spare a thought, kind reader, for those of us tasked with covering the Koreas. You file a story one day; next day, it is last year’s news. One surprise development follows another like a line of dominoes collapsing in overdrive. And the story straddles two time zones. You cover the news from Asia, then – wham! – something breaks in Washington.

Comme chacun est censé le savoir, nous avons vécu en une toute petite semaine, 1) des doutes sur le sommet Trump-Kim ; 2) l’annulation du sommet Trump-Kim ; 3) “Non, après tout cela ne va pas si mal, on se parle” ; et 4) “Eh bien quoi, peut-être bien qu’il aura lieu, ce sommet, à la date prévue...” 5) Post-Scriptum : le président sud-coréen commence à trouver les USA plus qu`accablants.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a surprise meeting at Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the Blue House. The meeting is the second between the two leaders, with the first having taken place at the same location on April 27 and resulting in the signing of the Panmunjom Declaration.

Think you’re having a dire day? Spare a thought for Moon Jae-in, who just watched his 2018 go to hell, live on TV. President Moon Jae-in’s hastily-arranged midnight emergency cabinet meeting Thursday said it all. Photos showed a glum Team Moon scrutinizing US President Donald Trump’s break-up letter to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.

After his surprise summit on Saturday with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told a news conference that Kim had reaffirmed his commitment to the denuclearization of the peninsula, and that both Koreas hoped that a North Korea-US summit will take place.

North Korea`s president Kim Jong Un held a surprise two-hour meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the truce village of Panmunjom on Saturday afternoon to pave way for a summit between North Korea and the United States.

Rund 6000 chinesische Beamte sind im April 2018 wegen Geldverschwendung und nicht genehmigter Verwendung von Haushaltsmitteln mit Verwaltungsstrafen belegt worden. Dies geht aus einer Mitteilung der Zentralen Disziplinarkommission der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas hervor.

Der südkoreanische Präsident Moon Jae-in hat sich mit seinem nordkoreanischen Amtskollegen Kim Jong Un am Samstag getroffen, meldet die Agentur Reuters.

Spontanes Gipfeltreffen der beiden koreanischen (Nord und Süd) Staatsführer in Panmunjom am 26.Mai 2018 ohne Presserummel

De la déception, de la consternation, de la colère aussi parfois. Après l’annulation par la Maison Blanche du sommet prévu le 12 juin prochain entre Donald Trump et Kim Jong-un, la Corée du Sud s’est réveillée ce vendredi avec la gueule de bois.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has held a surprise closed-door meeting with his South Korean counterpart over the cancelled summit with US President Donald Trump.

L’ouverture que le dirigeant nord-coréen Kim Jong-Un a voulue en direction de la Corée du Sud visait non pas le désarmement de son pays et sa reddition mais d’aboutir à la signature d’un Traité de paix avec la Corée du Sud dans un premier temps, puis une normalisation totale des relations bilatérales avec Séoul avec en ligne de mire, le développement des relations économiques et commerciales. Kim Jong-Un a comme priorité l’économie.

Der historische Gipfel zwischen Nordkorea und den USA kommt vorerst nicht zustande. US-Präsident Donald Trump hat das für den 12. Juni geplante Treffen mit Nordkoreas Staatsoberhaupt Kim Jong-un abgesagt. Mögliche Gründe dafür nennt eine Zeitung aus Singapur.

The decision by US President Donald Trump to cancel the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is “not in line with the world’s wishes,” the government in Pyongyang has announced.

Trump zitierte die jüngsten Kommentare aus Nordkorea als Zeichen von "enormer Wut und offener Feindseligkeit" und sagte, es wäre unangebracht, am Gipfel in Singapur teilzunehmen. Er sagte, ein zukünftiger Gipfel sei noch möglich, und lud Nordkorea ein, "anzurufen oder zu schreiben", wenn sie es noch einmal versuchen wollen.

North Korea has dismantled its sole known nuclear test site in an array of explosions, journalists invited to witness the promised destruction report.

US President Donald Trump has canceled a much-anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, “based on the tremendous anger and open hostility” from Kim, who threatened the US with a “nuclear-to-nuclear showdown.”

Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army has inexplicably stopped tweeting its press releases, grievances and demands. So does the shadowy group still exist? For a shadowy armed organization, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) maintained an ostentatious social media presence, especially on the Western-centric platform Twitter. But for the past three months, ARSA’s tweeting insurgents have been notably silent.

China expects that the summit between the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States will go smoothly with positive outcomes, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Anti-junta protesters have clashed with Thai police trying to block their march to the Government House, during a protest to demand the holding of general elections without further delay.

The pathbreaking April 27 Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula signed by Chairman Kim Jong-un and President Moon Jae-in constitutes an expression of solidarity and commitment. It reaffirms that there is only one Korean Nation. It lays the groundwork for cooperation, reunification and demilitarization of the Korean peninsula.

Chinas Oberhaupt Xi Jinping soll Rodrigo Duterte persönliche Zusicherungen gemacht haben, dass dessen Land "nicht vor die Hunde geht". Die ehemalige Kolonie werde nie wieder zum "Vasallen" Washingtons, erklärte der philippinische Präsident.

Die Erneuerung in dem hochindustrialisierten Land umfasst Maßnahmen, wie man sie ansonsten eher sozialistischen Regierungen wie in Kuba zuordnet.

Appréhendant une réaction douloureuse de Pyongyang, la Corée du Sud ne participera pas aux manœuvres prévues avec les États-Unis, qui y engagent leur aviation stratégique.

The United States has canceled a training exercise involving nuclear-capable B-52 bombers flying alongside South Korean warplanes after North Korea threatened to call off a planned meeting between Kim John-un and President Trump, according to reports.

President Donald Trump is not modifying his position on de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula despite threats by North Korea to cancel a planned summit with the US....“If the United States is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue and cannot but reconsider our proceeding to the D.P.R.K.-U.S. summit,” the North Korean statement said Tuesday.

L`avertissement est clair : le sommet du 12 juin n`aura pas lieu s`il devait consister en un chèque en blanc de la RPD de Corée, s`engageant sur la voie de la dénucléarisation sans contreparties tangibles et concrètes des Etats-Unis.

President Trump again derailed the negotiations with North Korea. It will be difficult to get them back on track. The attitude he showed makes it unlikely that any deal will be made.

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat vor der Presse eine „libysche Lösung“ für Nordkorea als möglich bezeichnet, falls Washington und Pjöngjang kein Übereinkommen treffen sollten.

Der südkoreanische Vize-Außenminister Yoon Soon-gu hat beim Treffen mit seinem russischen Amtskollegen Igor Morgulow in Moskau vorgeschlagen, die Zusammenarbeit in neun Bereichen anzukurbeln. Dies geht aus einer am Freitag veröffentlichten Mitteilung des südkoreanischen Außenministeriums hervor.

Le président américain Donald Trump s`est montré prudent mercredi sur la tenue ou non de sa rencontre avec le dirigeant de la République populaire démocratique de Corée (RPDC) Kim Jon Un, prévue le 12 juin à Singapour, après les récentes menaces de Pyongyang.

Selon l’agence de presse officielle nord-coréenne, si les États-Unis continuent de s’acharner sur une suspension du programme nucléaire de la Corée du Nord, le dirigeant nord-coréen reviendra sur sa rencontre avec le président américain, a rapporté Tasnim.

Inflammatory and undiplomatic remarks from the US and particularly those from Nikki Haley and John Bolton have already caused the DPRK (North Korea) to withdraw from talks with the South which were scheduled for the 16th of May, while Pyongyang has also threatened to withdraw from the 12 June summit in Singapore where Kim Jong-un is still scheduled to participate in the first ever meeting between a DPRK head of state and a sitting US President.

The recent efforts made by the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea (DPRK) should be encouraged, welcomed and supported by the international community, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday.

Pyongyang is not interested in any negotiations that envisage only unilateral denuclearization without guarantees North Korea won’t be left totally defenseless like Libya in case of aggression, deputy foreign minister has said.

À l’occasion des exercices militaires annuels américano-philippins, Sputnik s’est intéressé au rôle géostratégique des Philippines, un archipel qui subit l’influence des Américains et des Chinois. Un débat en compagnie de Yann Roche, spécialiste de l’Asie du Sud-Est et José Manuel Lamarque, spécialiste de la géopolitique des mers.

Reports just in from South Korea confirm that Pyongyang has pulled out of bilateral talks that were scheduled to begin in a matter of hours between officials of both Korean states. The report further indicates that the DPRK has threatened to cancel June’s Kim Jong-un/Donald Trump summit in Singapore due to the continuation of US led military drills on the Korean peninsula.

"This exercise, targeting us, which is being carried out across South Korea, is a flagrant challenge to the Panmunjom Declaration and an intentional military provocation running counter to the positive political development on the Korean Peninsula," it added.

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser wants North Korea to ship all of its nuclear weapons to a US lab in Tennessee, to make sure Kim Jong-un follows through on his promise to dismantle the program.

A Japanese newspaper has raised the prospect that President Donald Trump`s crucial June 12 summit with D.P.R.K. leader Kim Jong-un may be joined by China`s President Xi Jinping. This report, sourced to an unnamed American official, is not at all confirmed. But the potential of the leaders of the three Armistice countries of the Korean War meeting, with the included goal of ending it with a treaty, is a very significant one for that summit furthering peace and economic progress in the world.

Myanmar police said on Monday they would charge 17 organizers of an anti-war protest on the weekend that degenerated into scuffles and fistfights, and raised new concern about freedom of speech.

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The three new ministers, all leaders of the component parties of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, are finance minister Lim Guan Eng, defense minister Mohamad Sabu and minister of home affairs Muhyiddin Yassin.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wrapped up his visit to Japan on Friday after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bade farewell to him in person at the airport in Sapporo, capital of Japan`s northern island of Hokkaido.

Amid peace negotiations between South and North Korea, the nations announced a plan to build a massive rail line connecting several cities in China and Russia to the Korean Peninsula. Retrofitting North Korea’s railways would enable increased speeds of 60 mph and heavier loads. The larger goal could be to position North Korea as a link for trade between East Asia and Europe.

Ces nouveaux échanges au sommet témoignent de la mise en place de mécanismes de consultation entre les deux parties au plus haut niveau, dans le cadre du dialogue stratégique manifestement instauré lors de la visite de mars 2018 - avant le sommet à venir entre Donald Trump et Kim Jong-un, et au lendemain du déplacement en République populaire démocratique de Corée (RPDC, Corée du Nord) de Wang Yi, conseiller d`Etat et ministre des Affaires étrangères chinois.

Myanmar has the rapidly developing economy and extensive natural resources. In addition, it has the favourable geographic position.

Japan`s participation in the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative could open new space for China-Japan economic cooperation and benefit the development of third party markets, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.

Au contraire, Pyongyang veut coopérer avec Seoul et bénéficier des technologies de pointe sud-coréennes pour développer la puissance de frappe nucléaire et acquérir des armes spatiales capables de détruites les systèmes de géolocalisation adverses par satellite.

China is willing to build on the good momentum of the comprehensive strategic partnership with Indonesia and jointly achieve greater development, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here on Monday.

Il faut lire en détail la déclaration de Panmunjom pour en apprécier la portée s`agissant de la relance des échanges économiques Nord-Sud : Le Nord et le Sud sont convenus, en vue d’un développement équilibré de l’économie nationale et d’une prospérité commune, de promouvoir activement les points convenus dans la Déclaration du 4 Octobre et, en premier lieu, de prendre des mesures pratiques visant à relier les réseaux ferroviaires et routiers des côtes est et ouest, à les moderniser et à les mettre en fonctionnement.

Est-on sûr d’avoir bien compris la scène qui s’est jouée à la frontière intercoréenne le 27 avril dernier ?

Der französische Präsident Emmanuel Macron, der wegen des Widerstandes der Arbeiterklasse gegen seine drakonischen Arbeitsgesetze immer mehr in Bedrängnis gerät, ist zu einem sechstägigen Besuch in Australien und dem französischen Vorposten Neukaledonien aufgebrochen.

De plus en plus assiégé en France par les luttes ouvrières contre ses réformes draconiennes du droit du travail, le président français Emmanuel Macron s’est rendu cette semaine à l’autre bout du monde pour une visite de six jours en Australie et dans l’avant-poste français de Nouvelle-Calédonie.

Only a few weeks ago, President Trump had threatened to erase North Korea from the face of the earth and kill tens of millions of civilians, boasting that he had a bigger red button (or was it missile?) than Kim. It turned out that Kim’s will was stronger than the American’s will; and willpower is more important than gun power. And best is will power reinforced by armed force.

It has been recently reported that after the meeting between the leaderships of North and South Korea, Donald Trump had ordered the Pentagon to look into the possibility of a US troop reduction in the latter. Sputnik spoke to Dr Zhiguang Yin, a lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Exeter to find out how likely such a move is.

Two centuries on, despite huge and profound changes in human society, the name of Karl Marx is still respected all over the world and his theory still shines with the brilliant light of truth, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday.

Le succès du sommet du 27 avril 2018 entre les présidents Moon Jae-in et Kim Jong-un, puis la rencontre attendue entre les présidents Kim Jong-un et Donald Trump, pourrait sembler - en première analyse - traduire une certaine marginalisation de la Chine.