Denuclearisation

Donald Trump becomes first sitting US President to visit North Korea, agrees to revive talks with Kim Jong-un on Pyongyang's nuclear program

As he announced the resumptions of talks on North Korea's nuclear program, Trump told reporters "we're not looking for speed. We're looking to get it right."

Kim Jong-un meets XI Jinping in Pyongyang, says North Korea awaiting US response on stalled nuclear talks

Xi's trip to North Korea, the first by a Chinese president in 14 years, raises the possibility that China could help break a month-long impasse in talks between the US and North Korea over the North's nuclear weapons.

After Trump-Kim stalemate, sources hint at a third summit, but mercurial leaders unlikely to hammer out a deal in near future

When Kim Jong un and Donald Trump shook hands before the world's cameras in Singapore a year ago, they pledged change and progress. But now they are gripped by diplomatic recriminations after a failed second meeting in Hanoi.

Donald Trump 'not disturbed' by North Korea's short-range missile tests, says Kim Jong-un will 'keep his promise' of denuclearisation

United States president Donald Trump on Sunday said he was not "disturbed" by the short-range missile tests recently conducted by North Korea, unlike "his people and others".

Russia summit: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un discuss US' 'unilateral attitude' on denuclearisation in North Korea, vow to strengthen ties

At his first summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un accused the United States of acting in "bad faith" at their most recent talks, state media in Pyongyang said on Friday.

US penalises two Chinese shipping companies, claims they helped North Korea evade international sanctions over nuclear programme

The US' sanctions on the China-based shipping companies are the first such steps since US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's summit meeting collapsed last month.

Kim Jong-un says he is 'willing to denuclearise' as Donald Trump walks away from deal over sanctions demand

Donald Trump said two days of talks in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi had made good progress in building relations and on the key issue of denuclearisation, but it was important not to rush into a bad deal.

No agreement between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi; leaders leave summit venue before scheduled signing ceremony

The nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam’s Hanoi ended without an agreement

No rush on nuclear deal, says Donald Trump before meeting North Korea's Kim Jong-un for second day in Hanoi

That first historic summit in Singapore produced little more than a vaguely worded document committing to complete denuclearisation. Concrete steps could be laid out as Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump meet for the second time in Hanoi.

Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un meet in Vietnam: World awaiting concrete steps for denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula

While Kim Jong-un appears committed for a denuclearisation process, there have been disagreements over what that actually means. Donald Trump, on the other hand, has appeared to lower US expectations for the summit by saying that he would be happy if Pyongyang's pause in nuclear and missile testing continued