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Wednesday, April 24

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.

Onus is now on North Korea, says Bishop

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.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands at the start of a historic summit at Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore. Photo: EPA/Kevin Lim/The Straits Times/SPH Singapore

With a handshake, Trump and Kim vow to 'leave the past behind'

UPDATED | US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a “comprehensive” document following a historic summit aimed at the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

Kim Jong Un says missile test is a Guam prelude

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.

The dangerous enigma that is Kim Jong-un

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.