The Yongbyon Scientific Research Center has been at the center of nuclear talks between the US and North Korea for more than two decades. Built in the 1960s under the leadership of North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il-sung, the Yongbyon complex has expanded in scale by adding a 5-megawatt-electric reactor, 100-megawatt-thermal experimental light water reactor, uranium enrichment buildings as well as spent fuel reprocessing facilities and research buildings. (Yonhap)Just as Siegfried Hecker, a le

White House says meeting was productive, but no agreement reached

US Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not reach an agreement at the end of twodays of meetings on Thursday but had constructive discussions on denuclearisation of the North and its economy, the White House said.(Yonhap)"No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement. (Reuters)

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might cancel their working lunch in Hanoi on Thursday, a White House pool report said. (Yonhap)Trump has rescheduled his post-summit press conference to 2 p.m. (local time) from 4 p.m., it quoted White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders as saying.The Kim-Trump talks are expected to be ending in "the next 30 minutes," and Trump will return to his hotel for the presser, she added.She declined to say whether there would still be a joint ag

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wrapped up two rounds of summit talks just before noon Thursday.  (Yonhap)The two held a private meeting from about 9 a.m., which was followed by a short stroll on the grounds of Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, and an expanded meeting with senior aides in attendance. Following the expanded meeting, attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim’s right hand man Kim Yong-chol, the two sides began the working lunch, whic

Kim says he wouldn’t be in Hanoi if not ready to denuclearize

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were seen taking a stroll on the grounds of Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, between summit talks Thursday. The two were spotted just before 9:40 a.m. walking along a path accompanied by interpreters.  (Yonhap) (Yonhap)Kim and Trump had met at the hotel just before 9 a.m., and spoke briefly in front of cameras before beginning the one-on-one meeting, which lasted some 40 minutes. Kim and Trump were then seen taking a

HANOI, Vietnam – US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un resumed summit meetings at 8:55 a.m. Thursday at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi.Kim and Trump arrived at the hotel ahead of the scheduled 9 a.m. one-on-one meeting, and briefly spoke in front of cameras starting the day of talks. (Yonhap)“Much effort has been made, and now is the time to show (results). A great conversation is being continued for the second day here in Hanoi,” Kim said, saying that the wo

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has no official schedule Thursday as he is closely following developments of the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi, officials from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom earlier said the president will probably watch the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi on television and receive reports on any developments of the event that he has said may also set the future of

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump were set to continue talks in Hanoi on Thursday, having exchanged what Pyongyang's state media called "sincere and deep" views on their denuclearization and peace efforts a day earlier.They are scheduled to meet again at 9 a.m. at the Sofitel Legend  Metropole Hanoi in the Vietnamese capital for one-on-one bilateral talks before expanding the meeting 45 minutes later to include aides and other officials, according to the White House. 

Trump stresses ‘good relationship’ with Kim and North’s economic potential

HANOI, Vietnam -- Just a couple of hours before the first meeting set to take place between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday during their second summit, the roads around the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi were blocked with barricades and standing armed guards.Vietnamese security officials restrict access to roads leading to Sofitel Metropole Hanoi Hotel on Wednesday. (Jo He-rim/The Korea Herald)Vietnamese security officials restrict access to roads leadi

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — US President Donald Trump enthusiastically waved a tiny Vietnamese flag Wednesday as he sought to convince North Korea’s Kim Jong Un that his nation could thrive economically like Vietnam if he would end his pursuit of nuclear weapons.“We’ll see what happens, but he wants to do something great,” Trump said, adding that Kim could use Vietnam as a model for economic revitalization. “If you look at what you’ve done in a short time, he can do it in a very, very rapid time — mak