Pyongyang Declaration News Today

The former president delivered his first public address since leaving office at an event marking the fifth anniversary of the signing of the inter-Korean Pyongyang Declaration in 2018

The leaders of Japan and North Korea, countries with long-standing, unresolved and intractable issues, have not met for 20 years. This diplomatic inertia must not continue.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced that he will no longer support the longstanding goal of eventually reunifying the two Koreas. The change of position, coupled with Kim’s flexing of his country’s military muscle, has troubling implications for the Korean peninsula’s stability.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is "paying attention" to remarks by the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suggesting a visit to Pyongyang by Japanese P

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Pyongyang is possible if Tokyo does not make the issue of the past abductions of Japanese nationals an obstacle between the two countries, state-run media report

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Pyongyang is possible if

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vows to "step up efforts to realize an early summit meeting" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and resolve the decades-long issue of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Sunday to

The Yoon Suk Yeol administration in South Korea appears to be giving a befitting reply to North Korea’s “uncouth” and provocative behavior. After coming to power, the new administration has taken a tough stance and a tit for tat approach in its dealing with North Korea. The most recent example has been a large-scale military parade of South Korea on Sept. 26. It was interesting to see the South Korean military parade passing through the heart of the capital city and displaying domestically...

Japan engaged in several informal contacts with North Korea this spring, sources close to the matter said, apparently to seek a breakthrough in a longstanding impasse surrounding the abduction of Japanese nationals in the past. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has aimed for a&#x2...