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Marine security guards in Vietnam save young boy from drowning
Two Marine sergeants were off-duty when they saw a crowded boat flip over in the river.
By Philip Athey
North Korea’s Kim has faith in Trump, frustrated at skeptics
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un still has faith in U.S. President Donald Trump’s commitment to ending their nations' hostile relations, but he’s frustrated by questions about his willingness to denuclearize and wants his “goodwill measures” to be met in kind, South Korean officials said Thursday.
Trump, North Korea’s Kim back on for summit
After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump has announced that the historic nuclear-weapons summit he had canceled with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is back on.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press and Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
North Korea dismantling facilities at nuke test site, researchers say
U.S. researchers say recent satellite imagery shows that North Korea has begun dismantling facilities at its nuclear test site.
Trump to meet North Korea leader Kim Jong Un by May, South Korea official says
After months of trading insults and threats of nuclear annihilation, President Donald Trump agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un by May to negotiate an end to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, South Korean and U.S. officials said Thursday. No American president has ever met with a North Korea leader.
North Korean envoy, in South, opens door to US talks
A North Korean envoy making a rare visit to South Korea said Sunday that his country was willing to open talks with the United States, a rare step toward diplomacy between enemies after a year of North Korean missile and nuclear tests and direct threats of war from both Pyongyang and Washington.
South Korea's Moon wants more talks to resolve North nuke issue
South Korea’s president said Wednesday he’s open to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if certain conditions are met, as he vowed to push for more talks with the North to resolve the nuclear standoff.
North Korea taking part in South Korean Olympics after talks
The rival Koreas moved toward reducing their bitter animosity Tuesday during rare talks, with North Korea agreeing to take part in next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea. The countries also agreed to hold more discussions on easing tension along their border and to reopen a military hotline.
Defector: US strike would trigger automatic North Korea retaliation
A high-ranking North Korean defector told a congressional hearing Wednesday that a pre-emptive U.S. military strike on the country would trigger automatic retaliation, with the North unleashing artillery and short-range missile fire on South Korea.
Defector: Information, not force, can bring change in North Korea
The highest-level North Korean defector in two decades says America should bring change peacefully by challenging the totalitarian regime’s grip on information rather than resorting to military action.
North Korea: Trump insult makes attack on US 'more inevitable'
North Korea’s foreign minister told world leaders Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s insult calling leader Kim Jong Un “rocket man” makes “our rocket’s visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more.”
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press