Citing multiple government sources, the paper said officials from the two countries had been in contact several times in recent months to negotiate a possible meeting between the two leaders

Japan eying Abe-Kim summit with possible Pyongyang visit: Report

The comment was made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who added that there would be no sanctions relief for Pyongyang until the process is complete

Kim Jong-Un knows denuclearisation must be 'quick': US

The unprecedented encounter in Singapore yesterday saw the leader of the world's most powerful democracy shake hands with the third generation scion of a dynastic dictatorship, standing as equals in front of their nations' flags

Kim invites Trump to visit Pyongyang as North hails 'radical switchover'

The fact that the two leaders "can sit together and have equal talks has important and positive meaning, and is creating a new history," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters

China urges 'full denuclearisation' as Kim-Trump meet

The United States and South Korea have said the murder was orchestrated by Pyongyang

Malaysia to reopen embassy in North Korea: Mahathir Mohamad

Across the region, there are signs that US President Donald Trump's campaign of "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons is weakening ahead of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday

Analysis: Trump may struggle to isolate North Korea again

The arrival of the Air China Airbus 330 flight at Changi airport raised speculation that a delegation of North Korean officials joined an advance team headed by Kim's close aide, Kim Chang Son, who was in Singapore to prepare for the talks.

Flight from Pyongyang lands in Singapore ahead of North Korean leader's arrival

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to hold their historic meeting in Singapore on Tuesday

Singapore's foreign minister visits North Korea

Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, called on Pyongyang to "issue a general amnesty to release hundreds of prisoners"

UN expert urges North Korea prisoner amnesty to begin freeing prisoners ahead of nuclear summit

US President Donald Trump said in January that Russia was helping North Korea evade sanctions; Moscow says it is now actively cracking down on potential violations

Kim Jong Un's art of the deal - make friends for spare parts

Trump will meet Kim on June 12 in Singapore. Putin said he was expecting a 'positive outcome' from the 'brave and mature' decision

Putin praises 'brave' Trump over planned meeting with North Korea's Kim

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol concluded two days of meetings in New York on Thursday aimed at clearing the way for the summit.

Trump plays down chances of quick North Korea breakthrough, talks wrap up

The US and Japanese leaders will meet ahead of a much-anticipated summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un back on schedule for June 12 in Singapore

Trump, Abe say 'imperative' to dismantle North Korean weapons

Trump cancelled the June 12 meeting citing Pyongyang's "open hostility,", even after North Korea followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site

Wall Street dips after Trump cancels North Korea summit, targets car imports

The coin is available for buyers at the White House gift shop

Commemorative 'trip coin' prices drop to $19 as Trump calls off North Korea summit

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

US President Donald Trump on Monday urged China to maintain tight control of its border with North Korea until he signs a denuclearization deal with Kim Jong UN

Trump urges China to clamp down on North Korea border

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had secretly met Kim Jong-Un in Pyongyang last month

Pompeo heading to North Korea to prepare summit with Kim Jong-Un, says Trump

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 a plea by South Korea not to jeopardise the recent thaw, engineered by the leaders of the two Koreas who agreed during last week's summit to cease all hostile acts along the border - including the distribution of leaflets - from May 1

South Korea faces dilemma over anti-North leaflets as ties thaw

Chinese state television CCTV showed Wang meeting Ri and offering flowers at the Friendship Tower and Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang

China's senior diplomat meets with North Korea foreign minister

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

In a scripted ceremony, Kim Jong-un did become the first North Korean leader to walk across the DMZ to South Korea.

Opinion: Decoding the Kim and Moon summit for a nuclear free Korea

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