'It could very well happen. Whatever it is, we'll know next week about Singapore. And if we go, I think it will be a great thing for North Korea,' Trump said. But he added: 'We'll see'

Trump says will know next week if North Korea summit to go ahead

Kim Jong-un and President Trump were set to meet in Singapore on June 12th

After cancelling talks with Kim, Trump warns North Korea against committing 'foolish or reckless acts'

In a letter to Kim, Trump said the meeting requested by North Korea was 'totally irrelevant'

Read letter from President Trump to Kim Jong Un cancelling Singapore summit

South Korea Yonhap news agency said multiple explosions were heard throughout the day, beginning at 11am (0300 GMT) until 4.17pm.

Punggye-ri nuclear test site completely dismantled, says state-run North Korean media

'We will neither beg the US for dialogue nor take the trouble to persuade them if they do not want to sit together with us,' North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister said

Kim-Trump summit 'entirely' up to US, we will not beg: North Korea

The destruction of the nuclear sites is taking place in Punggye-ri where North Korea has tested at least six nuclear weapons.

North Korea dismantling nuclear site: Report

'I think that President Xi is a world-class poker player. I probably maybe doing the same thing that he would do. But I will say this, there was a somewhat different attitude after that meeting, and I'm a little surprised,' Trump said

Trump says Kim Jong Un's attitude changed after meeting China's Xi

Trump and Kim but the US president on Tuesday seemed to suggest the talks would be delayed indefinitely.

Foreign journalists arrive in North Korea ahead of nuclear site demolition

'I do think he is serious. I think he is absolutely very serious,' Trump said, amid fears that apparent North Korean backpedaling could scupper the Singapore summit

Donald Trump says Kim 'serious' about denuclearization

Kim had raised the stakes last week after the North Korean government declared that it would call off talks

Watch: Ahead of Trump-Kim talks, US bolsters Seventh Fleet near Japan

In a bid to mint strong ties with the Kim Jong-Un regime, the Trump administration has released the 'trip coin' ahead of the meeting

Watch: White House releases 'trip coin' ahead of US-N. Korea summit

'It would be a great mistake for Kim Jong Un to think he could play Donald Trump,' Pence said

Trump willing to walk away from North Korea summit: US VP Pence

Moon sent his own national security advisor to the White House in March, carrying an offer of talks and word that North Korea may be willing to abandon nuclear weapons

Trump-Kim summit in play as Moon visits White House

Trump will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House next week with efforts underway by both countries to bring Kim to the table

North Korea again lashes out at 'incompetent' South Korea over military drills with US

Now rocket man Kim is apparently willing to play. Fittingly he began in Punggye-Ri, where he has so far tested six nuclear devices.

Opinion - North Korean hiccup: US should apply 'Libyan model' on North Korea

The North Korean side provided an overview of some of the recent developments in the Korean Peninsula, sources said.

In a first, India's minister VK Singh visits North Korea, meets top officials

North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons, a top defector said ahead of Kim Jong Un's landmark summit with US President Donald Trump

North Korea will never fully give up nuclear weapons: Top defector

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North Korean state media had reported earlier that the country was 'taking technical measures' to dismantle its test site

'Gracious gesture!' Trump thanks North Korea for promising to dismantle nuclear test site

The Trump-Kim summit has no precedent in US-North Korean relations. No US president has met with his North Korean counterpart while in office

'Very special moment for World Peace!' Trump tweets, says Kim summit set for Singapore

President Trump while ruling out DMZ as the possible venue had said he will announce the venue in the "next three days on Wednesday".

Singapore emerging as likely option for Trump-Kim summit: US official

Xi told Trump that he supports the planned meeting between the US and North Korean leaders, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV

Xi urges Trump to consider North Korea's 'reasonable security concerns': State media

It was Trump's first visit to the State Department, where he was greeted by loud applause from several hundred people gathered in the Benjamin Franklin state dining room

North Korea must denuclearise: Pompeo

North Korean leader Kim Jon-Un told a visiting Chinese diplomat on Thursday that he is committed to denuclearisation, China's foreign ministry said

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un tells China he is committed to denuclearisation

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