South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said he wants to continue the policy of rapprochement with North Korea despite regular hostility from Pyongyang. "We are taking proactive steps to build trust and make the North feel more secure,

SEOUL (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korea's Lee Jae Myung on Saturday that he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle challenges, while Lee sought Beijing's help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea.

South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to convince North Korea to return to talks,

North Korea said on Saturday that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable "pipe dream," according to state media KCNA.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Seoul hopes to strengthen communication with Beijing so as to get its support for the resumption of dialogue with North Korea.

Unlike diesel submarines, nuclear-powered vessels offer greater endurance, crucial for regional security amid North Korea’s military advancements.

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during talks in the Kremlin on Monday to tell his country's leader Kim Jong Un that everything was \"going to plan\" in bilateral relations.

Each stop was punctuated by a blend of traditional trade negotiations – deals made under the shadow of Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs – and personal accommodations that at times