SEOUL — North Korea shut down its Punggye-ri nuclear test site on Thursday to demonstrate its commitment to denuclearization in advance of the planned U.S.-North Korea summit. The development came hours before President Donald Trump called off the highly anticipated meeting. The South Korean government welcomed the North’s unilateral nuclear concession to help facilitate a broader […]
President Donald Trump has called off his planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “I was very much looking forward to being there with you (in Singapore),” Trump said in a letter to Kim released by the White House. “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your […]
WASHINGTON —She’s young, has super powers and is indigenous! This week, a new superhero makes her debut in Marvel Comics’ Champion series: Amka Aliyak, alias Snowguard, an Inuit teenager who hails from the town of Pangnirtung, in Nunavut, one of the four regions that comprise the homeland for the Inuit population of Canada. She debuted in Champion’s […]
CHENGDU – Governor Bill Walker and the Opportunity Alaska: China Trade Mission delegation attended the 4th Annual China-U.S. Governors’ Forum on Tuesday. The forum focused on trade and investment, the green economy, and economic innovation. Addressing the forum, Governor Walker shared his vision to expand trade between the 49th state and the world’s second-largest economy. […]