North Korea's defense minister warned Saturday of more "offensive action" as Washington and Seoul criticized Pyongyang's latest ballistic missile launch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/asia-pacific/north-korea-warns-offensive-action/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #kimjongun

South Korea's spy agency thinks there is a high possibility that North Korea and the United States will hold a summit, and has suggested that Pyongyang may pursue a meeting after March, a lawmaker has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-kim-trump-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #northkorea #us #kimjongun #donaldtrump #russiaukrainewar #russia #defense #submarines

Kim Yong Nam, the only person outside of the ruling Kim family dynasty to serve as North Korea's nominal head of state, has died, state media reported Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/asia-pacific/politics/kim-yong-nam-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #kimyongnam #kimjongun #northkorea #obituaries

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi revealed Monday that she has told North Korea of her desire to hold a summit with leader Kim Jong Un, as time runs out for families of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/politics/takaichi-north-korea-kim-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #northkorea #northkoreajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #kimjongun #abductions

U.S. President Donald Trump’s expressions of opening for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been met, so far, with silence — and tests of nuclear-capable missiles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/north-korea-missile-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #nuclearweapons #missiles #donaldtrump #kimjongun #defense #southkorea

U.S. President Donald Trump has stoked speculation that he could meet nuclear-armed North Korea’s leader during his trip to Asia next week, saying he is “open” to holding talks with Kim Jong Un. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/asia-pacific/politics/trump-kim-north-korea-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #donaldtrump #us #northkorea #southkorea #nuclearweapons #kimjongun

Experts say that while the U.S. president may look to return to talks with the North Korean leader, he’s unlikely to convince him to give up his nukes through summitry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/asia-pacific/politics/trump-kim-meeting-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #northkorea #donaldtrump #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #southkorea #leejaemyung

Tours to the truce village of Panmunjom, which straddles the two Koreas, will be halted later this month amid rising speculation about a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/asia-pacific/politics/kim-trump-dmz-tours/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #southkorea #donaldtrump #kimjongun #apec #nuclearweapons

U.S. officials are privately discussing a potential meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the U.S. president's upcoming Asia visit, CNN reported on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/asia-pacific/politics/us-officials-trump-kim-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #donaldtrump #northkorea #kimjongun

North Korea has displayed its next-generation Hwasong-20 ICBM, showcasing the new weapon during a military parade in front of leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials from China and Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/asia-pacific/north-korea-hwasong-20-missile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #kimjongun #defense

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea later this week, Beijing and Pyongyang announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-li-qiang/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #china #kimjongun #liqiang #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #russia

Vietnam's Communist Party chief To Lam will travel to North Korea this week, marking the first visit by a Vietnamese leader to the largely isolated nation in nearly 20 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/vietnam-leader-north-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #vietnam #northkorea #kimjongun

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has deployed "special assets" in response to what he called Washington's arms build-up in the South, state media reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/north-korea-special-assets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #us #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #donaldtrump #usmilitary

What is billed as the biggest exhibition of North Korean art held outside the reclusive state is the latest sign of warming ties between Moscow and Pyongyang. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/russia-north-korea-art-exhibit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #russia #northkorea #vladimirputin #kimjongun #russiaukrainewar #art #museums

North Korea sent a senior official to the U.N. for a speech for the first time since 2018, while its top diplomat visited Beijing — part of a flurry of diplomacy as it doubles down on its position as a nuclear power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-un-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #un #china #us #nuclearweapons #defense #donaldtrump #kimjongun

A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a regional economic summit in South Korea next month cannot be ruled out, a Seoul official reportedly said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/asia-pacific/politics/trump-kim-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #donaldtrump #us #southkorea #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #apec

China, Russia and North Korea used the Beijing parade to signal a united challenge to the West, underscoring the need for stronger allied responses amid a growing revisionist threat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/24/world/orwellian-lesson-from-xi-and-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #russia #northkorea #xijinping #vladimirputin #kimjongun #defense #ukraine #us #russiaukrainewar #donaldtrump

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Tuesday to end a "vicious cycle of unnecessary military tensions" with North Korea, with the aim of achieving peaceful coexistence and shared growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/asia-pacific/politics/koreas-lee-new-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #us #donaldtrump #northkorea #nuclearweapons #leejaemyung #kimjongun

Japan, South Korea and the U.S. reaffirmed their “resolute commitment” to Pyongyang's “complete denuclearization,” pouring cold water on heated speculation that Donald Trump could soon meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/japan/politics/us-japan-south-korea-denuclearization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #usjapanrelations #us #northkorea #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #takeshiiwaya #marcorubio #leejaemyung #kimjongun #missiles #china #taiwan

North Korea's Kim Jong Un said he is open to talks with the U.S. if it drops its denuclearization demand — remarks that came as South Korea's leader said he would back a deal to freeze Pyongyang's nuclear program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/asia-pacific/kim-trump-north-korea-denuclearization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #us #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #missiles #southkorea #leejaemyung