North Korea snaps peace pacts, hotline with South

In an alarming development, North Korea on Friday cancelled all non-aggression pacts with South Korea and cut off a hotline with Seoul after the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved......

How the world must deal with North Korea

IMAGE: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches a long-range rocket launch in February. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters While trying to persuade North Korea to give up its provocative actions, engaging......

Trump to meet North Korea's Kim Jong-un by May

The US president lauded the announcement on Twitter, writing “Great progress being made but sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. Meeting being planned!” Lalit K Jha/PTI......

Trump 47: Disruptor Or Savvy Dealmaker?

Donald Trump's exaggerated opinion of his dealmaking capacity can get him into trouble, observes R Sriram. The danger this time is that the overestimation of his deal making capabilities and the......

North Korea to send athletes, cheer squad to Winter Olympics: South Korea

South Korea proposed that athletes from the two Koreas march together at the Games' opening ceremony and other joint activities between the two nations during the Winter Olympics. IMAGE: Head of......

Controversy at Asian Games: Politics on podium

North Korean shooters snub South Koreans on podium IMAGE: North Korea's Kwon Kwang-il, Pak Myong-won and Songjun Yu decline to turn towards the flag during the rendition of the national anthem of......

Asian Games: South Korea takes down all national flags over protest fears

A woman walks past posters of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. Photograph: Getty Images Asian Games organisers (IAGOC) confirmed on Thursday they had taken down the flags of participating countries......

Sports shorts: Koreas could parade together at Winter Olympics

South and North Korea paraded together at an international sporting event for the first time at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but have not done so since the 2007 Asian Winter Games in China. IMAGE: An......

'Keep politics out of 2020 Tokyo Games'

IMAGE: Construction workers and passersby are seen through Olympic rings in front of the construction site of the New National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo. Photograph: Issei......