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'Pho Real': Hanoi Goes All Out For Summit Kitsch

1:15pm February 27, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

Playing host to the second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, people in the Vietnamese capital are having fun with everything from T-shirts to parody haircuts.

President Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday as their second summit begins in Hanoi.

Second Trump-Kim Summit Kicks Off With A Handshake In Hanoi

1:11pm February 27, 2019

by Amy Held

President Trump and Kim Jong Un are going for round two as the U.S. seeks to achieve the historically elusive goal of denuclearization by North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Tuesday ahead of his meeting with President Trump. Dutch customs officials say they seized 90,000 bottles of Russian vodka en route to the communist country. Such exports are prohibited under U.N sanctions.

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Dutch Customs Seize 90,000 Bottles Of Russian Vodka Allegedly Bound For North Korea

8:24pm February 26, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The booze bust in Rotterdam comes on the eve of Kim Jong Un's meeting with President Trump in Vietnam and is a breach of U.N. sanctions banning the export of luxury goods to the communist country.

Satellite image of the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center in North Korea, taken on Feb. 19

On Eve Of 2nd Trump-Kim Summit, Is North Korean Reactor Producing Plutonium?

10:50am February 25, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

Days before President Trump and Kim Jong Un are to meet in Vietnam, satellite images show no river ice downstream from the key North Korean facility at Yongbyon — a sign the reactor may be running.

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump walk together at a resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018.

What To Expect From North Korea At The Next Trump-Kim Summit

12:17pm February 20, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

Analysts weigh the possible offers North Korea's leader could make later this month in Vietnam.

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People at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering his New Year's speech on Tuesday.

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Kim Jong Un Wants New Summit With Trump, But Also Issues A Veiled Warning

8:12pm January 01, 2019

by Scott Neuman

In a New Year's address, the North Korean leader says Pyongyang is willing to work with the United States but suggests cooperation could be contingent on lifting sanctions.

A joint China-North Korea basketball game in Pyongyang in October.

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North Korea Promotes Basketball As 'An Important Project'

6:36pm December 21, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

"We must rush to elevate the sport to global levels," North Korea's official newspaper reportedly stated this week. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a well-known love for the sport.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a ceremony in September marking 70 years since the nation's founding. A beauty company in South Korea is selling Kim facial masks, prompting criticism.

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South Korean Company Sells Kim Jong Un Beauty Masks, Spurring Criticism

5:26pm December 14, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The product promises to moisturize skin with mineral water from North Korea, but some say it trivializes tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks during a White House news briefing in October.

Transcript: NPR's Interview National Security Adviser John Bolton

4:55pm December 06, 2018

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to National Security Adviser John Bolton about natural security threats posed by China and the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, scion of a Chinese telecommunications giant.

President Trump poses for a photo with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in March 2018.

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Opinion: A President In Praise Of Strongmen And Dictators

8:12am October 20, 2018

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the praise that President Trump heaps on authoritarian leaders.