SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “excellent” letter, the North’s state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would “seriously contemplate it.”
The White House declined to confirm that Trump had sent a letter to Kim.
It comes as nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea broke down after the failed summit between Kim and Trump in February in Vietnam.
22 June 2019; AFP: Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Bangkok on Saturday determined to drive forward the world's largest commercial pact, with the trade war between the US and China clouding the outlook for their export-led economies.
Disputes in the flashpoint South China Sea, Myanmar's persecution of Rohingya Muslims and plastic pollution in the seas are also set to be discussed at the two-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, chaired by Thailand.
22 June 2019; DW: Chinese police rescued 1,100 Southeast Asian women in joint raids last year to crack down on human trafficking, authorities said on Friday.
Some 17 children were also saved in the operations, which were coordinated with police from Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.
Beijing, Jun 21; PTI/GANASHAKTI: China has successfully tested an unmanned helicopter which conducted its first night operations under challenging conditions, the official media reported Friday, opening the possibility for the military to consider deploying them for a range of operations.
The AV500 unmanned helicopter took off and flew toward sea in a headwind of 15 meters per second at midnight on June 14 in South China's Hainan Province.
HONG KONG (AP) — Protesters in Hong Kong ended their overnight siege of police headquarters peacefully Saturday, disappointed that their demands for the territory’s leader to formally withdraw a contentious extradition bill and police to apologize for heavy handed tactics have gone unmet.
By daybreak, police had cleared the streets of barriers set up by protesters to snarl traffic in the Asian financial center, and only a few groups in the mostly youthful crowd remained. Many slept outside the legislature.
BANGKOK (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders will commit to conclude a long-delayed regional trade pact this year despite lingering odds to fend off risks from a protracted U.S.-China trade war when they gather for a weekend summit in Thailand.
BEIJING, June 21 (APP): A total of 27 projects would be initiated in six sectors in the less-developed parts of the country under the second phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Chairman, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said.
With a focus on socioeconomic development, six areas have been identified for people-centric investment: health, education, agriculture, water and irrigation, poverty alleviation, and vocational training, he told chinadaily.com.cn.
YANGON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi left Nay Pyi Taw for Thailand to attend the 34th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok on Friday, according to Myanmar's Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The 34th ASEAN Summit, which is chaired by Thailand and will last until Sunday, will discuss the affairs of the 10 member countries, the current status of the ASEAN community and its future tasks.
Suu Kyi is expected to hold bilateral meetings with other ASEAN leaders during the summit.
TOKYO, June 21. /TASS/: The situation in the global economy and trade and environment-related issues will be key topics of the forthcoming summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) in Osaka from June 28 to 29, a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan said on Friday.
"The global economy, trade and investments, innovations, climatic changes and ecology should be among planned topics for discussion," the source said. G20 leaders intend to confirm significance of supporting global economic growth and fair and free trade in respect of the economy.
HONG KONG (AP) — Several hundred protesters, mainly students, gathered Friday outside Hong Kong government offices, with some blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare and others occupying the lobby of a government tax office.
The new protest actions came after a deadline passed for the government to meet demands over highly unpopular extradition bills that many see as eroding the territory’s judicial independence.
Police called for the demonstrators to disperse but did not immediately take firm action to remove them.
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