Tag: North Korea
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Britain’s secret plans for nuclear apocalypse
Amazing records of official preparations for World War Three in 1981 have been revealed by the National Archives. Just 40 years ago, the world was on the brink of war. How safe are we today?
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History versus hype as tyrant meets tycoon
Was yesterday truly historic? Kim Jong-un pledged to “denuclearise” North Korea, and Donald Trump vowed to end US “war games”. But is this hollow propaganda — or a genuine turning point?
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Eight signals that gave away the true story
Were the optics of the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un more important than the words and the agreements? Here are eight details that tell us about the leaders’ true mindsets.
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The meeting that could change the world
Will it be a success? Tomorrow, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un will meet in a historic summit. Some hope North Korea will give up its nuclear arsenal, others say grave troubles lie ahead.
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Trump pulls out of historic meeting with Kim
Is Trump’s “truly sad moment in history” actually a win? Yesterday, the US president cancelled his upcoming peace summit with North Korea, just hours after its nuclear test site was disabled.
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Mandela, Malala, and now… The Donald?
Should Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize? South Korea’s leader thinks so, after the US president helped broker historic peace talks. Trump’s own showdown with Kim Jong-un could be weeks away.
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‘Progress!’ says Trump as Kim drops nuclear tests
Who will come out on top when Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un meet? The North Korean leader has said his country “no longer needs” nuclear tests. But experts are suspicious of his motives.
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Trump and Kim set for showdown of the century
Will Trump solve the North Korea crisis? The president has agreed to a historic meeting with Kim Jong-un, who has talked of ditching nuclear weapons. Some say Trump is walking into a trap.
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Fury after North Korea tests hydrogen bomb
Why does this tiny socialist state hate America so much and would it help to understand? Yesterday, to global condemnation, North Korea carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
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North Korea threatens USA with nuclear war
Over the last two weeks tension has risen on the Korean peninsula. Now North Korea is threatening the unthinkable. Nuclear weapons have not been used since 1945 — is that about to change?
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New US comedy leaves North Korea furious
Sony Pictures was hit by a cyber attack as it prepared to launch a new film depicting the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Is it an inappropriate subject for humour?
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Yes, we have labour camps, admits North Korea
With this admission, the secretive dictatorship seems to be on ‘a charm offensive’, says the UN human rights monitor. But is this a genuine thaw in relations with the outside world?
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North Korea games ‘like asking Hitler to lunch’
Colourful US sports star Dennis Rodman is making waves in North Korea with his self-styled ‘basketball diplomacy’. Should athletes try to bridge diplomatic rifts?
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Korean dictator targets uncle in public purge
A North Korean politician who has stood at the side of the country’s tyrants for forty years has been denounced for ‘dreaming different dreams’. What does this reveal about the hermit state?
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BBC reporter used students as ‘human shield’
When reporter John Sweeney used a group of students as cover for his film on North Korea, he put their lives in danger. Last night, the programme was screened – was it worth the risk?