Helping Pyongyang News Today

at this hour the u.s. president is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his first trip to asia as commander in chief. last hour joe biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the south korean national cemetery. before arriving at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting with yoon seok-youl. were expecting them to give their remarks soon. on friday mr. biden says the future of the world will be written in asia, and the region will pr...

Semiconductor plant. so president yoon certainly wants a more comprehensive and a different relationship with the united states than simply the security partnership. now, when it comes to north korea, again, we are still learning what president yoon exactly wants. we know for a fact that he is more hawkish than his predecessor. president moon jae-in really staked his legacy on engagement with north korea, really pushing for some kind of breakthrough, which never came, although there were a numbe...

>> weve had, what, you know, during trump administration, by my count, 27 letters exchanged between kim jong-un and donald trump. kim jong-un wants that kind of attention. >> reporter: former u.s. diplomat joseph yun advises the biden administration to try harder to engage with the north korean regime. >> otherwise were going to return to the bad old days of 2017, which is really a crisis atmosphere. >> reporter: so far, pyongyang has rejected multiple u.s. requests for talks. in the meantime, t...

Biden administration to try harder to engage with the north korean regime. >> otherwise, were going to return to the bad old days of 2017, which is really a crisis atmosphere. >> reporter: so far, pyongyang has rejected multiple u.s. requests for talks. in the meantime, the biden administration imposed sanction for the first time last week in response to north korean missile launches, targeting north korean and russian nationals, as well as a russian company accused of helping pyongyangs weapons...

To achieve. reports indicate talks between the u.s. and the dprk may currently be at a stalemate. comes as nbc news has learned that china loosens restrictions on trade with north korea undercutting u.n. sanctions. the u.s. treasury sanctioned multiple entities for helping pyongyang avoid those sanctions. president trumps desire to rush into a meeting with kim jong-un caused china to fear a loss of regional influence. the former senior state department official adds, quote, the trump admin str...