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North Korea Suspends Peace Talks With South, Threatens to Abandon Trump Summit

Canceling high-level talks scheduled with counterparts in Seoul this week, Pyongyang urges Trump administration to “undertake careful deliberations” about how military exercises could negatively diplomatic progress. (CD) — Pointing to “provocative” military drills the U.S. and South Korean air forces are conducting in the region, North Korea is warning that the war games could jeopardize a highly […]

Kim Would Give Up Nuclear Weapons for US Pledge Not to Invade

(ANTIWAR.COM) — During Friday’s summit, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told South Korea’s President Moon that he is willing to totally abandon nuclear weapons in return for an end to the Korean War and a promise from the United States not to invade. North Korean officials have long said that their nuclear program was only necessary to deter […]

Analysis: North Korea has no choice but to back down

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is no longer being depicted by the White House as the insane leader of a rogue state. Here, he is addressing the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang [North Korean Central News Agency]
All eyes are on the Korean Peninsula this week as the leaders of the North and South prepare for a historic summit which comes after years of tensions and war rhetoric.
The summit is the third such meeting of Korean heads of state in the past 65 years.

South Korea Turns Off Giant Wall of Loudspeakers Aimed at North Korea

(ANTIWAR.COM) — South Korea has turned off its propaganda loudspeakers today as a gesture of goodwill ahead of Friday’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. This is the first time in over two years that South Korea has shut off the loudspeakers, aimed at North Korea. South Korea’s giant walls of loudspeakers broadcast “news reports” boasting of their […]

As North Korea Talks Progress, Mainstream Media Tries to Derail Peace

(ANTIWAR.COM) — Months of diplomatic progress with North Korea has really picked up pace in recent weeks. A historic moment is set for this Friday, when South Korea’s President Moon has a summit with Kim Jong-un. Ending the Korean War, 68 years after it started, is under serious consideration. And that’s just the start of the reasons […]