
Nuclear and sanctions demands sunk US-North Korea summit
North Korea has disputed US president Donald Trump’s reason for the failure of the two-day Hanoi summit to secure any deal on denuclearisation.
North Korea has disputed US president Donald Trump’s reason for the failure of the two-day Hanoi summit to secure any deal on denuclearisation.
Given North Korea’s record going back on agreements, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the onus is on the rogue nation to prove this time they’re genuine.
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North Korea says it conducted a test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan to counter US and South Korean military drills, and as a first step in military action in the Pacific to “contain” the US territory of Guam.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s brinkmanship seems modelled more on Game of Thrones than the gritty hard graft of his predecessors’ politics, writes Adelaide University’s Felix Patrikeeff.