According to a new BBC documentary, Donald Trump offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One after a summit in Hanoi two years ago.

Donald Trump offers Air Force One ride home to Kim Jong Un

The US and South Korea will postpone joint air drills in an "act of goodwill" towards the nuclear-armed North, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday, after months of deadlocked diplomacy with Pyongyang.

US, South Korea postpone joint drills in 'act of goodwill'

The United States is ready to sit down with North Korea to resume long-awaited working-level nuclear talks, a US envoy said Wednesday. Nuclear discussions between Washington and Pyongyang have stalled since a second summit in Hanoi in February ended without an agreement over differences on the extent of denuclearisation and a sanctions relief in return.

US 'prepared to engage' with North Korea in nuclear talks: Envoy

North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second US-North Korea summit in February, holding them responsible for its collapse, a South Korean newspaper reported on Friday.

North Korea 'executed' its special envoy to US after Hanoi summit collapse: Report

South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Thursday said that North Korea's latest missile launch was probably a subdued protest against the United States after a failed summit of the two countries' leaders in Hanoi in February, reported news agencyReuters.

South Korea President Moon says North Korea's missile launch was a protest after failed Trump summit 

North Korea launched unidentified projectiles into the sea Saturday, the South Korean military said, in what could be Pyongyang's first short-range missile launch for more than a year as it seeks to up pressure on Washington with nuclear talks deadlocked.

North Korea fires short-range 'projectiles' into sea, first missile launch after 2017

A day after North Korea's Kim Jong-un and Russian President Putin concluded their summit at Vladivostok, President Trump said he appreciates Russia and China helping the United States.

I appreciate Russia, China helping us, says Trump after Putin-Kim talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said the breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions, but he is only interested in meeting President Donald Trump again if the United States comes with the right attitude, state media KCNA said on Saturday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says US must change stance, gives deadline

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country needs to deliver a "telling blow" to those imposing sanctions by ensuring its economy is more self-reliant, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday.

North Korea's Kim says must deliver 'blow' to those imposing sanctions: Report

The South Korean president's approval rating dropped to its lowest level since he came to power, according to a poll published on Thursday, that indicated a growing scepticism concerning his commitment towards North Korea's denuclearization following the failed Hanoi summit between Pyongyang and Washington.

South Korea President Moon Jae-in's approval rating drops to lowest level after Hanoi summit

North Korea releases documentary on Kim Jong Un

Timeline of North Korea's missile programme

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he'd be "very, very disappointed" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un if reports that work is underway to rebuild a long-range rocket site are confirmed.

Will be very, very disappointed, says Trump over reports of North Korea rebuilding rocket site

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he was hopeful the United States would send a delegation to North Korea in the coming weeks after a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended with no deal.

US Secretary Mike Pompeo sees more North Korea talks, Seoul faces limits in mediator role

US President Donald Trump on Monday blasted the Democrats and said that decision to interview his longtime fixer, lawyer Michael Cohen, on the same day as a meeting with Kim Jong Un may have led to the North Korea summit ending with no deal.

Trump says Cohen hearing may have contributed to North Korea summit failure

The armoured train carrying North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un on his way back from the Hanoi summit on Monday travelled past the Chinese capital on its journey back to Pyongyang, ending speculation about a possible meeting with the Chinese president.

No meeting with China as North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's train makes no stop in Beijing

South Korea will work with the United States and North Korea to ensure they reach agreement on denuclearisation, the South's president said on Friday, a day after talks between the US and North Korean leaders collapsed over sanctions.

South Korea to work with US and North Korea after failed nuclear talks

The United States and North Korea on Friday put forward starkly different accounts over the breakdown of a high-stakes summit in Hanoi but offered guarded hope that they could meet again.

Trump, Kim Jong-un agree to continue having productive talks on North Korea's denuclearisation

US President Donald Trump returned to Washington DC Thursday after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un collapsed over sanctions, and the two sides gave conflicting accounts of what happened, raising questions about the future of their denuclearisation negotiations.

Trump returns to White House after summit collapse clouds future of US-North Korea nuclear diplomacy

The nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Hanoi ended without an agreement Thursday, the White House said after the two leaders cut short their discussions.

'No agreement was reached' at Trump, Kim summit: White House

Hanoi's Sofitel Legend Metropole hosting the president of the United States and the North Korean leader for their second summit is one of the most iconic legacies of the French rule in Vietnam, not just for its architectural wonder but also for its storied past.

Hanoi's Metropole hosting Kim-Trump summit has a storied past

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Thursday he was willing to give up his nuclear weapons and he would not be holding a second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam if he were not.

Hanoi summit: Ready to denuclearise or would not be holding second summit with Trump, says Kim Jong-un

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was in "no rush" to secure a deal over Pyongyang's nuclear programme, playing down expectations of an immediate breakthrough in high-stakes talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Hanoi summit: 'In no rush, we want to do the right deal', says Trump ahead of joint agreement signing

US, UK, France ask UN to blacklist JeM leader Masood Azhar; move likely to face opposition from China The United States, Britain and France proposed on Wednesday that the United Nations Security Council blacklist the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad, which said it attacked an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir.

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