SEOUL — Since emerging from his international isolation just over a year ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been a busy man. Kim has met twice with U.S. President Donald Trump, three times with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, four times with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and once with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu […]
WASHINGTON — By any measure, it has been another extraordinary week in the presidency of Donald Trump. The president came up short in hopes of striking a major nuclear deal in his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump’s efforts in Vietnam were largely overshadowed, though, by the riveting testimony before Congress of his […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ANOI, VIETNAM — The table had been set for a celebratory lunch at the landmark Metropole Hotel and a ceremony prepared for U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to sign agreements. But both events were hastily canceled just before noon Thursday, bringing a premature end to the second summit by […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ANOI — U.S. President Donald Trump is in Hanoi for his second summit with Kim Jong Un amid hopes for a deal that would lead the North Korean leader to give up his nuclear weapons. Trump received a red carpet welcome at Noi Bai International airport where white uniformed military guards marched into place on […]