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[US-NK Summit] Twitter launches ‘high-five’ emoji for US-North Korea summit, draws backlash
Social media giant Twitter has launched a special emoji to mark the historic US-North Korea summit taking place in Singapore, on projections of an upturn in social media traffic. Ahead of the historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Twitter encouraged users following the event to use a series of hashtags to activate a new special emoji.“US President @realdonaldtrump will meet North Korea Chairman Kim Jong-un on 12 June in Singapore,” said a tweet fr
TechnologyJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Swift NK media reports on Kim's Singapore itinerary unusual, yet strategic
North Korea’s state media have been delivering swift updates of Kim Jong-un’s itinerary in Singapore, which experts and officials have noted as “unusual,” yet “strategic.” The North’s Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday reported that Kim took a surprise overnight tour of Singapore and learned about “social and economic development, merely hours after the North Korean leader wrapped-up the tour. The Rodong Sinmun, the North Korean ruling party’s official newspaper, also reported on the tour. (K
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] South Korea’s foodtech startup launches North Korea’s best restaurant guide
A South Korean food technology startup has launched a new restaurant guide introducing the top-rated restaurants in North Korea to wish for peace and the reunification of the Korean Peninsula, as the historic US-North Korea Summit was held in Singapore on Tuesday. SikSin, Korea’s leading restaurant recommendation and rating app, said it has launched the world’s first-ever “North Korea’s best restaurant guide” on its mobile app and website.The SikSin platform now has a new “North Korea category”
TechnologyJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Korean celebrities hope for successful US-N. Korea summit
Renowned Korean celebrities expressed their hopes for a successful US-North Korea summit in Singapore via Instagram on Tuesday. Yoon Jong-shin’s InstagramA South Korean singer Yoon Jong-shin posted a picture of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shaking hands on his Instagram account with a caption saying, “Oh…(they’ve) met.” Shin Seung-hun’s InstagramShin Seung-hun, another famous Korean ballad singer, also posted a picture of them locking hands and another with South
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] N. Korea media herald Kim's Singapore stroll
North Korea's state media lauded Singapore Tuesday as they highlighted Kim Jong-un's visit to some of its top tourist attractions.A few hours ahead of his historic summit with Donald Trump -- the first encounter between a leader of the isolated, nuclear-armed North and a sitting US president -- Kim took a break from preparations for a waterfront stroll.He was accompanied by the city-state's foreign and education ministers -- with whom he posed for selfies -- and surrounded by officials as police
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump says ‘fantastic progress’ made at summit
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been “really fantastic,” adding that they were heading to a signing ceremony. Speaking to reporters after the working lunch, Trump said that their meeting has gone better than expected and that “fantastic progress” has been made. Trump added that he and Kim were going to “a signing” ceremony, heading back toward the building of the Capella hotel in Singapore, where the summit convened earlier in t
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump, Kim take stroll after working lunch: report
SINGAPORE -- US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took a walk near the Capella Hotel, their summit venue, in Singapore after a working lunch Tuesday, local media reported. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (R) walks with US President Donald Trump (L) during a break in talks at their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on Tuesday. (AFP) US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un stop to talk with the media a
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Warm words from North Korea on Cold War frontier
PANMUNJEOM, North Korea -- On the world's last Cold War frontier, where troops have long faced off at the truce village that divides the two Koreas, propaganda broadcasts have fallen silent and soldiers from the North are hopeful a historic summit will herald a new era for their country.The blue huts of Panmunjeom are emblematic of the truce that stopped the fighting in the Korean War, and a favoured destination for visiting US leaders looking to demonstrate their resolve to face down the North.
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] 'I'm so happy': Dennis Rodman weeps as Trump and Kim meet
SINGAPORE -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman openly wept on television in a live interview from Singapore as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met for the first time.The eccentric former reality television star is one of the few westerners to have spent time with Kim during multiple visits to Pyongyang and the two struck up an unlikely friendship over their shared love of basketball. Rodman also goes back years with Trump and appeared on his "Celebrity Apprentice" show.In
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump, Kim chat over lunch of beef short ribs
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are chatting over a lunch of beef short ribs, sweet and sour crispy pork, and braised codfish. Details released by the White House show that lunch began Tuesday with a prawn cocktail and avocado salad, and green mango kerabu with honey lime dressing and octopus. Side dishes included potato dauphinois, steamed broccolini, fried rice and Asian vegetables. Dessert included dark chocolate tartlet and Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream. (AP-Yon
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Tensions then smiles as Kim and Trump reach hands across history
Steadily, almost warily, the two leaders approached each other on a colonnaded verandah, their hands outstretched as a gaggle of media watched from a platform and the rest of the world looked on.Weeks in the making after decades of war, antagonism and venom, the first encounter between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump was a crucial moment.Within the first minute in Singapore, the US president had proclaimed, he would know whether a deal over the North's nuclear arsenal was possib
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Kim seen crafting image as Trump's equal, legitimate leader
SINGAPORE -- Stepping toward US President Donald Trump for a handshake Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un strived not to betray any anxiety in the apparent hopes of projecting an image as an equal and legitimate head of state.Having strengthened his hand with nuclear arms and long-range missiles, Kim, relatively new to the game, entered a high-stakes showdown with the unorthodox leader of the world's superpower, who threatened just last year to rain down "fire and fury" on the communist re
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Key developments leading up to US-N. Korea summit
The following is a chronology of major developments in the relations between the United States and North Korea in 2018 leading up to the first-ever summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un on Singapore's resort island of Sentosa on Tuesday.2018 March 8 -- Chung Eui-yong, South Korean President Moon Jae-in's top security advisor, and Suh Hoon, chief of the National Intelligence Service, meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington and convey North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's intention to
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump tells Kim a 'terrific relationship' beckons as summit begins
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shook hands and smiled cautiously as they met at their historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, in which the two men will look for ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula.Should they succeed in making a diplomatic breakthrough, it could bring lasting change to the security landscape of Northeast Asia, like the visit of former US President Richard Nixon to China in 1972 led to the transformation of China.“Nice to meet yo
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] S. Korea buzzing with talk of Trump-Kim summit
South Korea was buzzing with talk of the historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday, with all major TV stations showing live images from Singapore and citizens voicing hope for peace or misgivings about the communist nation.The Trump-Kim meeting also overshadowed the nationwide local elections just one day away amid views it will serve as a big boon for the ruling party of President Moon Jae-in credited with successfully brokering the first-
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Moon ‘ardently hopes’ for success of US-NK talks
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday expressed hopes for the success of the US-North Korea summit, saying that he had a sleepless night in anticipation of the meeting. “The North-US summit has started. Perhaps the minds of our people are on Singapore. I too spent a sleepless night,” Moon said at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. President Moon Jae-in thoughtful on the day of US-NK summit. (Yonhap) Moon Jae-in watches live broadcast of Trump-Kim summit from Seoul (Yonhap)The weekly meeting started with the
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump confident of ‘tremendous success’
SINGAPORE -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed confidence that the historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would be a “tremendous success.”Speaking in front of cameras ahead of the meeting with Kim, Trump said that the meeting would be a success and that “we will have a tremendous relationship, I have no doubt.”As for Kim, the North Korean leader said that the meeting was arranged in spite of differences, adding that “everything was overcome to make it to this place des
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump, Kim shakes hands, enter talks
SINGAPORE -- The summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un got underway Tuesday. Ahead of the talks, Trump and Kim shook hands at 9:05 a.m. Trump and Kim approached from opposite sides to shake hands against the backdrop of North Korean and US flags. The two then walked a short distance to enter a conference room together, followed by US and North Korean officials and journalists. Kim arrived at the venue at about 8:54 a.m., carrying a folder in his lef
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Fox News host accidentally calls Trump and Kim ‘two dictators’
Host Abby Huntsman of “Fox & Friends” slipped up during a live segment Sunday morning, where she accidentally referred to US President Donald Trump as a dictator.At first, everything appeared to be flowing smooth as Huntsman was covering Trump’s arrival in Singapore for his summit with Kim Jong-un.But as she posed a question to former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, something unexpected caught the ears of the viewers.“Anthony, talk to us about this moment, I mean, this is
North KoreaJune 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] Trump, Kim shake hands to open momentous summit
With a handshake, President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un kicked off a momentous summit Tuesday, creating an indelible image of two unorthodox leaders as they began a conversation that could determine historic peace or raise the specter of a growing nuclear threat. In the first meeting of a sitting US president and a North Korean leader, Trump and Kim converged at a luxury resort on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, clasping hands as they stood on a red carpet in front of a backdrop of a
North KoreaJune 12, 2018