Tag: Kim Jong Un

National Security

Mike Pompeo: ‘We will set the conditions for a successful’ Trump-Kim summit

Joel Gehrke · May 9, 2018 12:29 pm

Ivanka Trump and Former President Trump's pastor, Paula White, left, and Ivanka Trump, spent Tuesday deliver "Farmers to Families" food boxes at White's Florida City of Destiny church and private homes.

Beltway Confidential

Beware the North Koreans, even when they release hostages

Tom Rogan · May 9, 2018 10:47 am

Ironically, instead of empowering Iranian reformers, those who are less enamored with radical Islamic teachings, President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran has emboldened the most radical Shia Islamist elements in the country.

National Security

Mike Pompeo expected to secure release of U.S. captives in North Korea: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · May 9, 2018 2:17 am

In this photo taken between May 7 and 8, 2018 released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning Province.

Kim Jong Un meets with Xi Jinping in China for second time in two months

Katelyn Caralle · May 8, 2018 12:50 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, prepares to shake hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in over the military demarcation line at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. Their discussions will be expected to focus on whether the North can be persuaded to give up its nuclear bombs.

National Security

South Korea gave Kim Jong Un a USB with materials outlining vision for shared economic future

Naomi Lim · May 6, 2018 10:53 pm

"It is not far-fetched that one of those missiles may be headed towards not only Hawaii but the mainland somewhere," Rep. Mac Thornberry said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

North Korea hopes to drive wedge between US and South Korea: Top Republican

Daniel Chaitin · May 6, 2018 4:12 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 18, 2018, file photo, people watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. The upcoming meeting between the leaders of the rival Koreas will be the ultimate test of Moon âs belief that his nation should lead international efforts to deal with North Korea.The signs read: " Summit between South and North Korea, the United States and North Korea." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

National Security

Trump to host South Korean president at White House, will discuss Kim Jong Un meeting

Diana Stancy Correll · May 4, 2018 10:36 pm

Michelle Wolf, Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump, Rod Rosenstein.

5 things you already forgot about this week

Al Weaver · May 4, 2018 7:31 pm

The death sentence was announced by Rodong Sinmun in an editorial in North Korea's state-run newspaper. (AP)

National Security

Trump: Location and date set for Kim Jong Un meeting

Melissa Quinn · May 4, 2018 2:30 pm

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md.

National Security

John Bolton blasts ‘nonsense’ New York Times story on South Korea troop reduction

Katelyn Caralle · May 4, 2018 12:18 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders talks to reporters outside the White House.

National Security

White House can’t confirm reports of detained US citizens released in North Korea

Melissa Quinn · May 3, 2018 7:24 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an event to swear in Carlos Trujillo as the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, May 2, 2018.

Pence postpones Brazil trip to prepare for North Korea summit

Melissa Quinn · May 3, 2018 3:20 pm