3 h. ago Kim Jong Un arrives in China as President Xi challenges Trump with bid to establish new world order at anti

The North Korean leader's rare trip marks his first visit to China in six years and comes as the trio tighten their alliance in a direct challenge to the West.

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4 h. ago Kim Jong Un rides his trademark green train to China. He also has a plane, limos and white horses

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to arrive in China aboard his trademark green armored train

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7 d. ago Trump wants Kim Jong Un meeting later this year to build on ‘great relationship’

Donald Trump has hopes to meet Kim Jong Un later this year, to build on their “great relationship”.

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7 d. ago Handshakes and hope but little progress: a short history of Trump

US president is keen for a fourth meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but has little to show from the previous three encountersDonald Trump’s unshakeable belief in his ability as a peacemaker has raised the prospect of another attempt to solve one of the world’s most implacable crises: North Korea’s continuing development of nuclear weapons.During an occasionally fractious meeting with Lee Jae Myung in the White House on Monday, Trump did at least agree with South Korea’s liberal president on the need to engage with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump says he is keen to meet Kim Jong Un as he hosts South Korean president

Lee Jae Myung tells US president he wants him to play role ‘in establishing peace on the Korean peninsula’

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7 d. ago Trump says he wants to meet Kim Jong Un as he hosts South Korean president

Lee Jae Myung tells US president he wants him to play role ‘in establishing peace on the Korean peninsula’

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2 w. ago Putin praises ‘heroic’ North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine in letter to Kim Jong

Letter sent to mark anniversary of end of Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea is latest sign of increasingly close ties between two leaders

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2 w. ago Putin calls North Korea’s Kim to promise ‘closer contact’ ahead of Trump summit

Russian president Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to reaffirm their “friendship” ahead of his summit with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.

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