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Kim Jong Un, Trump arrive in Singapore ahead of historic meeting

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are scheduled to meet on June 12.

10/06/2018

North Korea

Lavrov invites North Korea leader to Russia as diplomacy intensifies

‘Come to Moscow’, Russia’s foreign minister tells Kim Jong Un, as both Russia and the US step up diplomatic moves ahead of a planned summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in June.

31/05/2018

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North Korea nuclear test site 'destruction'

North Korea nuclear test site 'destruction'

25/05/2018

North Korea

What is Donald Trump playing at over North Korea? | Euronews answers

Analysts are divided over the implications of the US president’s decision to cancel a planned summit with North Korea.

25/05/2018

North Korea

North Korea invites reporters to witness the dismantling of its nuclea

Pyongyang's invitation to journalists goes ahead despite Donald Trump's doubts over a planned summit with North Korea

23/05/2018

North Korea

North Korea to 'hold ceremony for dismantling of nuclear test site in two weeks'

North Korea says it will dismantle its nuclear test site between May 23rd and 25th.

12/05/2018

North Korea

Trump upbeat about North Korean summit after Kim Jong-un met with China's president

The visit to China was Kim's first known trip outside North Korea since he assumed power in 2011.

29/03/2018

USA

USA-North Korea relationship: 'It's complicated'

Perplexed by Trump's plan to visit Kim Jong Un, the man he threatened – just months ago – of "fire and fury like the world has never seen"? Here's some useful historical context.

09/03/2018

USA

Trump gives cautious welcome to North Korea negotiations

US President Donald Trump cautiously welcomes reports that North Korea is open to negotiations over its nuclear programme.

07/03/2018

China

Chna slams US nuclear expansion

China has accused the US of a 'Cold War' mentality after Washington's decision to expand its nuclear capability.

04/02/2018

USA

How the US plans to make nuclear weapons easier to use

A nuclear review has proposed that the US should broaden the circumstances in which it can launch a nuclear attack and modernise its nuclear arsenal to compete with Russia and China.

03/02/2018

World News

Symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' moves 30 seconds closer to midnight

World security situation now "as dangerous as it has been since World War II," says Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

25/01/2018

Italy

Pope Francis delivers a hard-hitting address in the Vatican

Pope Francis has called on all nations to support dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and to work for a legally-binding ban on nuclear weapons.

08/01/2018

USA

UN chief issues 'red alert'

The secretary general of the United Nations calls for unity in his year-end address

31/12/2017

North Korea

North Korea says new UN sanctions an ‘act of war’

Pyongyang threatens to punish countries which supported a UN resolution imposing new economic restrictions.

24/12/2017

North Korea

North Korea blames US for ‘nuclear war mania’

Pyongyang slams a US military drill in the region as a provocation that could push the world to the brink of nuclear war.

03/12/2017

North Korea

How many missiles, nuclear weapons and submarines does North Korea have?

The North Korean military in numbers

01/12/2017

World News

Euroviews. View: Trump is edging us closer to nightmare nuclear scenario

Javier Solana fears that Trump is creating perverse incentives for others to develop nuclear weapons

26/11/2017

World News

Which world leaders hold the power to launch a nuclear attack?

Most countries that have access to nuclear weapons put the final decision to launch an attack in the hands of one individual

15/11/2017

USA

Should Trump have unchecked nuclear powers?

A Senate committee questions the process for launching a nuclear attack - for the first time in over 40 years.

14/11/2017