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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland claimed that Donald Trump looked down on the people of South Korea in front of his wife, who is South Korean. Hogan made the …

Prosecutors in Seoul have launched an investigation into Kim Jong Un’s sister about Pyongyang’s move to blow up a liaison office last month, authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors in the Seoul Central District received a criminal complaint against Kim Yo Jong from a Seoul-based lawyer and began the investigation, a spokeswoman …

North Korean diplomats need not sit down with the United States to talk because they would simply be a “political tool” for Washington, the country’s state media agency said. North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said the negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang are essentially unsuccessful. His comments on …

North Korea has repeated that it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington rules out what it describes as “hostile” policies towards Pyongyang. Saturday’s statement by North Korea’s first deputy foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, came after former US President Donald Trump’s national …

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea does not feel the need for talks with the United States, which would be “nothing more than a political tool” for Washington, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Saturday before an envoy visited. American to South Korea. FILE PHOTO: Hyon Song Wol, head of …