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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he is hopeful the summit will proceed

Pompeo says US-North Korea summit is 'up to Kim'

North Korea / 23 May

Mr Moon and Mr Trump discussed North Korea's threat over the phone for about 20 minutes

Trump and Moon discuss N Korea threat to scrap summit

An overview of the main administrative area at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site

N Korea 'declines' S Korea media for nuclear site event

Donald Trump said he would continue to insist on denuclearisation

'No decision' over summit with N Korean leader - Trump

North Korea see the joint military exercises between the US and the South as a provocation

North Korea cancels South talks over military drills

Mike Pompeo met South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the US State Department

US will help make N Korea rich if it disarms - Pompeo

Mike Pompeo greets an unidentified North Korean general on arrival at North Korea airport today

Trump to greet Americans freed by North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have vowed "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula

Denuclearisation pledge not result of US sanctions - NK

The United States currently has around 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea

South Korea wants US troops regardless of any treaty

Pompeo expresses confidence in N Korea summit

Mr Kim and Mr Moon had pledged to work for "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula and agreed on a common goal of a "nuclear-free" peninsula

NK says 'historic meeting' opens 'new era for peace'

The two leaders pledged to work for complete denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula

Korean leaders aim for end of war after historic summit

The two leaders will meet on Friday face to face for the first time

The Korean Peninsula: Efforts at Peace

The summit will be held on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom

Moon and Kim to meet at military demarcation line

South Korea soldiers dismantle loudspeakers from an observatory near the with North Korea

South Korea halts propaganda broadcasts at border

Mr Kim is expected to meet the US president in late May or early June, the first meeting between sitting leaders of the two countries

Trump says 'long way' to go on North Korea issue

President Moon said North Korea was "expressing a will for a complete denuclearisation"

NK seeking 'complete denuclearisation' - South Korea

Lee Myung-bak charged with bribery, power abuse, embezzlement and tax evasion

South Korean ex-president Lee indicted for corruption

Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye pictured last year

Former South Korean president jailed for 24 years

The Foal Eagle drill - involving some 11,500 American and 290,000 South Korean troops - began early today

US and South Korea begin military exercises

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) greeting a South Korean delegation in Pyongyang earlier this month

North and South Korea to hold summit in April

The meeting between the two leaders could potentially mark a major breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang

Trump will not meet Kim without seeing 'concrete' steps

North Korea / 09 Mar

The heads of South Korea's National Security Office and National Intelligence Service leaving Seoul for Washington

S Korean envoys travel to US to discuss N Korean offer

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shaking hands with South Korean chief delegate Chung Eui-yong

Trump sees 'possible progress' in mooted Korean talks

North Korea / 06 Mar

Park Geun-hye was dismissed in March last year after being impeached

30-year jail term sought for ousted S Korean president

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