26 Feb 2019

Trump, Kim get second chance to make deal, but expectations low amid doubts N. Korea will surrender nukes

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President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One for a trip to Vietnam to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. – EVAN VUCCI/AP HANOI, Vietnam — President … Read More
26 Oct 2018

South Korea says sanctions shrank North Korean economy at sharpest rate in 20 years

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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017, South Korea’s central bank estimated on Friday, as international sanctions and drought hit growth hard, with signs living conditions were beginning to deteriorate. Gross … Read More