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Singapore is set to host a summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12. (Photo: AP)

Singapore airspace to be restricted during US-North Korea summit

The notice said airspace over Singapore will be temporarily restricted for parts of June 11, 12 and 13.

06 Jun 2018 12:05 PM

While both leaders will bring their own personal security teams, elite Singaporean police, including its Gurkha Contingent, will be securing the summit venue, roads and hotels, according to diplomats familiar with VIP security in the island state. (Photo: AP)

With khukris, assault rifles, Singapore's Gurkhas to guard Trump-Kim summit

Despite all advanced weaponry, Gurkhas do not prepare for battle without khukri - the heavy curved knife that is their traditional weapon.

05 Jun 2018 3:24 PM

Last week, Trump met with a top North Korean official at the White House to plan for the summit. The official handed him a letter from Kim Jong-un. (Photo: File | AP)

Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting to take place at 9 am on June 12: WH

The Trump administration is actively preparing for the June 12 summit between the US President and the North Korean leader.

05 Jun 2018 8:16 AM

'The North appears to have brought in new figures... as the previous officials lacked flexibility in thinking,' the source said. (Photo: AFP)

North Korea 'military reshuffle' raises eyebrows in Seoul

Trump is due to meet with Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal high on the agenda.

04 Jun 2018 10:56 AM

US President Donald Trump with Kim Yong Chol, left, former North Korean military intelligence chief and one of leader Kim Jong Un's closest aides, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday.(Photo: AP)

Summit with Kim Jong Un back on for June 12 in Singapore: Trump

Trump's announcement came at the end of a nearly 80-minute meeting in Oval Office of the White House with North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol.

02 Jun 2018 7:49 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol, a close aide of North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, met for about 90 minutes over dinner. (Photo: Twitter/Secretary Pompeo) Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/high-level-us-north-korea-nuclear-talks-get-underway-in-new-york-10290646

High-level US-North Korea nuclear talks get underway in New York

Pompeo would only say that the dinner 'was great' and that the two men dined on 'American beef.'

31 May 2018 2:10 PM

Kim Chang Son (left), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's de facto chief of staff, going into a car as he leaves a hotel in Singapore, on May 29, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Top aide to Kim Jong Un lands in Singapore as summit preparations continue

Kim Chang Son, Kim's de facto chief of staff, flew to Singapore via Beijing on Monday night, the report said.

29 May 2018 3:21 PM

Abe and Trump spoke by telephone a day after American and North Korean officials met at a border truce village to prepare for the summit. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump, Shinzo Abe say 'imperative' to dismantle North Korean weapons

Trump said the summit could go ahead as planned following a more appeasing statement from Pyongyang and productive talks with North Korea.

29 May 2018 8:59 AM

Kim may see a meeting with Trump as necessary to easing pressure from crushing sanctions and to winning security assurances in a region surrounded by enemies. (Photo | AP)

US team in North Korea to plan summit with Kim Jong Un: Donald Trump

Trump withdrew from planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un last Thursday, but quickly announced that it could get back on track.

28 May 2018 9:20 AM

The Australian-Chinese man posing as the North Korean leader calls himself only Howard X and said he was appearing to wish success for a summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to the North’s nuclear programme. (Photo: AFP)

Kim Jong Un's impersonator poses for selfies in Singapore ahead of Trump summit

'It looked like the real Kim Jong Un, but later I realised it’s not the real one,' said Sagar Admuthe who was visiting from Mumbai.

27 May 2018 8:37 PM

The president says the North Koreans talk about their nuclear capabilities, “but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used.” (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump cancels summit with North Korea, cites ‘tremendous anger’

Donald Trump called it 'a missed opportunity' and said someday he still hoped to meet Kim.

24 May 2018 7:32 PM

As of now, only one day has been kept for the meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un, adding that planning was still in progress. (Photo: AP)

Trump seek complete, irreversible denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula: WH

The White House cautioned against any new provocative behaviour by Pyongyang. Such a move might force US to halt the meeting.

11 May 2018 9:04 AM

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