Many countries thought they were negotiating in good faith. The White House renewed its “reciprocal” tariff plan anyway, giving countries until Aug. 1 to make offers.
The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispatched his senior deputies to Washington to try to work out a trade deal.
The Kalma Beach resort town, one of Kim Jong-un’s most ambitious projects aimed at attracting foreign tourists, may not draw the waves of visitors he wants.
A still image taken from a video showing North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, covering a coffin with his nation’s flag is displayed on a screen during a performance in Pyongyang, North Korea, last week.
China has installed large steel cages and a former oil drilling rig in the Yellow Sea, raising concerns in South Korea that they could be used for military purposes.
Korean military veterans protested near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul in April, calling on Beijing to remove the steel structures it installed in shared waters in the Yellow Sea.
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