Trump hints at new approach to North Korea’s nuclear programme
South Korea’s president said Trump had told him the ‘time had come’ to focus on North Korea ‘issue’ at the G7 summit.

South Korea’s president said Trump had told him the ‘time had come’ to focus on North Korea ‘issue’ at the G7 summit.




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North Korea has released photos of Kim Jong Un inspecting huge munitions at a weapons factory
The Chinese leader is making his first trip to Pyongyang in seven years, amid significant military developments.
Kim Jong Un has continued to visit military sites before a visit by China’s Xi Jinping on Monday and Tuesday.
The Chinese leader’s visit on June 8-9, his first in seven years, comes as Pyongyang strengthens relations with Russia.
Kim says expansion necessary due to worsening security threats, long-term confrontations with ‘most ferocious enemies’.

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Pyongyang says its status as nuclear-armed state ‘will not change based on external rhetorical claims’.