North Korea
Host - Simon Whistler
“All the anti-American posters . . . they’ve all just gone”… replaced by propaganda pushing economic progress and the inter-Korean rapprochement.…
…Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I believe it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.…
Ahead of a summit next week between North Korean premier Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, lawmakers from the neighboring states were thought to be negotiating the details of a joint statement that could outline an end to the military conflict between the two countries.
Pyongyang and Seoul have technically been at war since the 1950-1953 Korean conflict ended with a truce — and not a peace treaty.…
…In a shocking bombshell interview, an academic with close ties to the Chinese government has warned war with North Korea was on the table. …the long-lasting era of Chinese friendship with North Korea has ended. …president Xi Jinping has reportedly become "fed up" with the erratic behaviour of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.… one more missile test would be the move "to push the country off the cliff".…
A report filed by North Korean state media earlier today announced that Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Worker’s Party of Korea and supreme leader of the DPRK, was killed in an explosion in Pyongyang which was believed to have been carried out by a female suicide bomber.…
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UPDATE 6PM CDST: Nothing more forthcoming on this so far today.