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Trump administration officials say there will be no more conditions imposed on North Korea before a first-ever meeting of the two nation's leaders beyond the North's promise not to resume nuclear testing and missile flights or publicly criticize U.S.-South Korean military exercises.
Trump administration officials said Sunday that the United States had made no concessions to the North Korean regime in exchange for what would be a historic meeting between President Donald Trump and the reclusive nation's leader, Kim Jong Un. But the White House also left open the possibility that the talks, which South Korean officials have said would happen by the end of May, could ultimately not occur - particularly if the North Koreans conduct nuclear or missile tests in coming weeks.
The U.S. will make no concessions to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in discussions leading to potential talks between the reclusive leader and President Donald Trump, and during any subsequent negotiations, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said. Kim, on the other hand, must agree to several conditions including ceasing nuclear and missile testing, continuing to allow U.S.-South Korean military exercises, and leaving denuclearization "on the table," Pompeo said on "Fox News Sunday."
Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo said on Sunday an upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not just for show. Kim Jong Un inspects the ICBM Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by July 5, 2017.
The Latest on President Donald Trump's rally for a Pennsylvania Republican running in a special House election : Trump says if he runs again - which is "almost positive" - that he can't use his "Make America Great Again" tag line. That's because he'll already have spent years in office.
Welcome to another edition of What Fresh Hell?, Raw Story's roundup of news items that might have become controversies under another regime, but got buried - or were at least under-appreciated - due to the daily firehose of political pratfalls, unhinged tweet storms and other sundry embarrassments coming out of the current White House. Big news for the Korean Peninsula: Two notoriously thin-skinned authoritarian leaders who have been trading childish insults and comparing the size of their respective nuclear buttons for the past year will meet in a hastily arranged summit in a couple of months.
Congressman Elliot Engel told CNN's Erin Burnett Friday that he is "confused" over the Trump administration's announcement of POTUS' meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. "Your guess is as good as mine," Engel, the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee told Burnett when she asked if the meeting was actually going to happen.
U.S. President Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unless Pyongyang takes "concrete actions," the White House said yesterday as it faced criticism for agreeing to talks that would boost Kim's standing. "The president will not have the meeting without seeing concrete steps and concrete actions take place by North Korea, so the president will actually be getting something," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a news briefing.
Trump Is Said to Accept North Korea's Invitation to Discuss Its Nuclear Program - WASHINGTON - North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has invited President Trump to meet for negotiations over its nuclear program, an audacious diplomatic overture that would bring together two strong-willed Trump's North Korea gambit blindsides U.S. diplomats President Trump's high-wire gambit to accept a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sets off a scramble among U.S. officials to assemble a team capable of supporting a historic summit of longtime adversaries and determine a viable engagement strategy.
President Trump met South Korean delegates inside the Oval Office Thursday to discuss the topic of North Korea. What the president says and does, and how the world reacts, can be an awful lot to keep up with.
A day after North Korea signaled it is willing to discuss giving up its nuclear weapons, the South China Morning Post reports that South Korea officials will deliver a "very unconventional" message from Kim Jong Un to the Trump administration. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may propose sending his sister, Kim Yo-jong, to the US as part of efforts to launch direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang, according to a South Korean diplomatic source.
In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, meets South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong,... . In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, his sister Kim Yo Jong, and Vice Chairman of North Korea's ruling ... .
In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, meets South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong,... . In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chu... .
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets members of the high-level delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea which visited South Korea to attend the opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympics in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency February 13, 2018. Source: KCNA/via Reuters WITH tensions in the Korean peninsula seemingly never-ending, the possibility of conflict erupting in East Asia is keeping everyone on edge.
Two is a travesty. But what about three, then four, then five? What if some of them adopt a seemingly celebratory tone as they recount alleged diplomatic triumphs over Vice President Mike Pence? That was this weekend - article after article, tweet after tweet.
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When President Trump delivers his first State of the Union at the Capitol on Tuesday evening, expect some big foreign policy lines. "Our maximum pressure strategy is delivering results.
The North boycotted the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, which came several months after North Korean agents bombed a commercial airliner, killing more than 100 people. Kim Hyon-hui, one of the two agents responsible, was captured before she could take her own life as her partner did.
South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung, center, speaks to the media before leaving for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korea meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialog... . South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung, center, leaves for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korea meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea, We... .