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Trump announces trade breakthrough with South Korea on Asia trip; to meet with Xi on Oct 30
The deal lets Seoul split US$350 billion pledge, pay US$200 billion cash in instalments [GYEONGJU, South Korea] Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung finalised details of their fraught trade deal at a summit in South Korea on...
 
    
  (LEAD) Trump says he 'would love' to meet N. Korea's Kim during Asia trip: report
(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 3rd para; REPLACES photo) SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he "would love to" meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his current Asia trip, if Kim agrees, Japan's Kyodo News...
 
    
  Trump says he would 'love to meet' North Korea's Kim again, could extend visit to do so
Published: 27 Oct. 2025, 17:56 U.S. President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. [AP/YONHAP] U.S. President Donald Trump said he would "love to meet" North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again and could...
Trump says US-South Korea trade deal ‘pretty much finalised’ after hours of talks
Donald Trump said the U.S. has “pretty much finalised” the details of a fraught trade deal with South Korea as he marked the last pitstop on his whirlwind Asia tour Wednesday. The US President confirmed the highly anticipated deal and almost...
S. Korean presidential aide says meeting between Trump, North Korea’s Kim unlikely to happen soon
SEOUL – A South Korean presidential security adviser said on Oct 27 that she did not believe a meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was likely to happen soon. Ms Oh Hyun-joo, deputy director of national...
 
    
  Unification minister voices wish for resumption of U.S.-N. Korea negotiations
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Monday expressed a wish that the United States and North Korea could resume the negotiations they left off in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2019. Chung made the remarks during a meeting with...
Trump announces trade breakthrough with South Korea on Asia trip
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jihoon Lee and Ju-min Park GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) -Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finalised details of their fraught trade deal at a summit in South Korea on Wednesday, and the U.S. president...
 
    
  North Korean foreign minister set for Russia, Belarus visit amid US diplomacy talk
North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui is set to visit Russia and Belarus, according to a statement released by the state news agency KCNA on Sunday. The agency noted that Choe’s trip comes at the invitation of the foreign ministries of both...
 
    
  Trump and China’s Xi meet face-to-face to try to solve months of trade tensions. Follow live updates.
Xi says US and China should be ‘partners and friends’ despite ‘frictions’ — 10:25 p.m. By the Associated Press The Chinese leader spoke for longer than Trump in his opening remarks, saying “it feels very warm seeing you again because it’s been...
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Missing government data unlikely to sway Federal Reserve from rate-cut path WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its short-term rate Wednesday for the second time this year despite an increasingly cloudy view of the economy it...
 
    
  North Korea’s Cyber Network Fuels Sanctions Evasion Through Crypto and IT Workforce
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: North Korea has once again come under global scrutiny after reports revealed that Pyongyang is using cryptocurrency thefts and overseas IT workers to evade United Nations sanctions. The latest findings by the Multilateral...
US-China trade talks positive, increasing market sentiment; Eurostoxx 50 future firmer by 0.6%.- Newsquawk European Opening News
US and China reached a framework for Trump-Xi talks this week. US tariff increase on China averted, China was said to have agreed to delay a new rare earth exports licensing regime for a year. The US is to immediately raise tariffs on Canada by...
South Korean presidential aide: US president and North Korea’s leader unlikely to happen soon
Oh Hyun-joo, a deputy director of national security for the South Korean presidential office, told reporters that she did not have concrete information, despite speculation in the media, about a meeting between the two leaders as Trump visits...
 
    
  asia South Korean presidential aide says meeting between US' Trump and North Korea's Kim unlikely to happen soon
SEOUL — A South Korean presidential security adviser said on Monday (Oct 27) that she did not believe a meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was likely to happen soon. Oh Hyun-joo, a deputy director of...
 
    
  Seoul downplays role in possible Trump-Kim meeting, citing need for direct US-N. Korea dialogue
President Lee Jae Myung does not believe South Korea needs to be involved in a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, a senior...
 
    
  Trump says he 'would love' to meet N. Korea's Kim during Asia trip: report
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he "would love to" meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his current Asia trip, if Kim agrees, Japan's Kyodo News reported. "I'd love to meet with him. If he'd like to meet,"...
 
    
  Trump says he would like to meet with Kim Jong Un if North Korean leader is interested
WASHINGTON, October 27. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has said that he would like to meet with Kim Jong Un during his Asia trip if the North Korean leader is interested. "I haven't said anything, but I'd love to meet with him if he'd like to...
 
    
  Russian VIP business jet makes rare trip to North Korea, staying for 3 days
A VIP business jet has made a rare journey to Pyongyang, arriving on Friday and departing on Monday, NK News analysis of flight-tracking data shows. A Bombardier Challenger 605 aircraft, tail number RA-67147, departed Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on...
 
    
  North Korea’s Crypto Theft Reaches $2.83B Since 2024
Chinese, Russian, and Cambodian intermediaries reportedly played key roles in moving and cashing the stolen funds. A new report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) shows that North Korean hackers stole $2.83 billion in...
 
    
  S Korea announces lowering of tariffs as part of new US trade deal
Koh Ewe,Singapore and Kathryn Armstrong,London ShareSave The meeting comes as both countries are still trying to reach a trade deal The US and South Korea have reached a broad trade deal, both countries have said following talks between their...