South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said he wants to continue the policy of rapprochement with North Korea despite regular hostility from Pyongyang. "We are taking proactive steps to build trust and make the North feel more secure,

Lee, who was elected in a snap election in June, has promised to strengthen ties with the United States and ease tensions with North Korea while not antagonising China.

South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to convince North Korea to return to talks,

North Korea said on Saturday that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable "pipe dream," according to state media KCNA.

Beyond China and Russia, Pyongyang relies on its lower-profile “small-node strategy” to diversify revenues. Vietnam is a case in point.

President Trump met Monday with families of Japanese citizens who had been abducted by North Korea amid speculation about whether he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump and

Unlike diesel submarines, nuclear-powered vessels offer greater endurance, crucial for regional security amid North Korea’s military advancements.

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during talks in the Kremlin on Monday to tell his country's leader Kim Jong Un that everything was \"going to plan\" in bilateral relations.