Asia

Former North Korea Analyst Discusses Country's Intelligence Operation

4:18pm May 29, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Patrick McEachern, a former analyst on North Korea with the State Department, about Kim Yong Chol and the North Korean intelligence operation.

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A visitor to the 21st China Beijing International High-Tech Expo looks at a computer chip through a microscope. The White House said Tuesday that it will impose tariffs on $50 billion in imports from China containing "industrially significant technology."

White House Announces Tariffs, Trade Restrictions To Be Placed On China

2:45pm May 29, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The Trump administration says it will impose a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion of Chinese goods with "industrially significant technology." A list of products will be released in the next few weeks.

Efforts Are Moving Forward For A U.S. Summit With North Korea

11:58am May 29, 2018

by Scott Detrow

President Trump says a North Korean diplomat is bound for New York. It's the latest sign that the on-again-off-again meeting with North Korea's leader maybe on again.

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Former Diplomat Joel Wit On U.S.-North Korea Talks

10:47am May 29, 2018

A top North Korean official is traveling to the U.S., indicating talks between Kim Jong Un and President Trump may be back on. Ex-diplomat Joel Wit tells us what the resumption of talks may portend.

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World News

Diplomatic Moves Edge U.S.-North Korea Summit Closer To Reality

10:29am May 29, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

The former head of North Korean military intelligence is traveling to New York to discuss a summit, according to President Trump.

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Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, arrives at the Korea-transit office near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in February. President Trump confirmed Tuesday that Kim is headed to New York di

High-Ranking North Korean Official Is Traveling To New York

10:00am May 29, 2018

by Bill Chappell

According to President Trump, former military intelligence chief Kim Yong Chol will be holding meetings on a possible U.S.-North Korea summit.

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World News

What It Means To Be Taiwanese And Why It's Different Depending On Generation

5:27pm May 28, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

In Taiwan, a generational divide colors people's views of of their national identity and threatens to tear families apart.

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World News

If The U.S.-North Korea Summit Holds, What's On The Table?

7:58am May 28, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Suzanne DiMaggio, a senior fellow at the New America think tank, who helped to broker informal talks last year between the Trump administration and North Korea.

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U.S.-North Korean Officials Meet, State Department Says

7:58am May 28, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Since President Trump called off the June 12th summit with North Korea last week, both countries have said the meeting could still happen. There has been no announcement that the summit is back on.

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Morning News Brief: U.S. Officials Travel To Korean DMZ

7:36am May 28, 2018

The State Department says the delegation was there meeting with North Korean officials preparing for a possible summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

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