Authoritarian would-be emperors such as Putin and Jinping and the US’s military-industrial complex erode the open society and its values of individual freedoms
It is the year of the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee was quickly out of the blocks with new guidelines regarding athlete protests. The IOC is worried the biggest stories of the Games will be political gestures rather than sport performances, and so have introduced specific guidelines to prevent “any political messaging, including […]
Kim and Trump shook hands over the concrete slabs dividing North and South before Trump walked a few paces into Pyongyang’s territory
In Singapore, Kim signed a vaguely-worded deal on denuclearisation, touted by Trump as a historic breakthrough
North Korea has sought to raise the pressure and carried out two short-range missile tests earlier this month
The two leaders shook hands and shared smiles as they met and gave brief statements before heading in for the talks
The much-anticipated second meeting between the two leaders was supposed to build on their historic first summit in Singapore
Trump depicted himself as dealmaker as he discussed prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Trump’s enthusiastic tweet came hours before a second summit in Hanoi to build on the historic first meeting in Singapore in June
The normally sleepy Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang spruced itself up for Kim’s arrival after the leader’s 4 000km odyssey through China
Hanoi enjoys friendly ties with both countries and is considered ‘neutral’ territory
An American delegation has been in Beijing since Monday
North Korea was one of 40 countries identified by the FAO as in need of external assistance for food
Mike Pompeo departed from Tokyo, where he spent the first leg of a tour that will include stops in Pyongyang, South Korea and China
Trump doubled down on his suggestion that China was not helping to rein in its Cold War-era ally
The high-stakes verbal sparring is reminiscent of the exchanges Trump had last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Optimists say that with mineral wealth, cheap labour, and a helpful geographical location, the North has huge potential
President Trump and Kim Jong-un have signed an agreement as a commitment that their countries will work together
The North Korean leader and US president have arrived in Singapore for highly-anticipated talks aimed at averting nuclear crisis
Trump rattled the region on Thursday by cancelling a planned June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore, citing "open hostility" from Pyongyang
It is a sudden and dramatic return to the the rhetoric of the past by Pyongyang, after months of rapid diplomatic rapprochement on the peninsula
It was more than a decade since the last inter-Korean summit and Friday’s meeting in the Demilitarised Zone did not disappoint
The leaders of the two Koreas are at the ‘threshold of a new history’
Washington has held several joint exercises with allies South Korea and Japan this year, and deployed three aircraft carriers to the area
In his speech Monday, Kim said the Olympics could provide a reason for officials from the neighbours "to meet in the near future".
He reiterated his claims that the North was a nuclear state and insisted its expansion of the weapons programme was a defensive measure.
Seoul and organisers have billed the Winter Games which begin on February 9 as a "peace Olympics" and have been keen for the North to take part.
Mail & Guardian pictures editor Paul Botes presents some of the most striking images from 2017
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma rubbed shoulders with representatives of the US’s sworn enemy
Duterte last year declared the Philippines’ "separation" from the United States.
North Korea’s nuclear programme is "a threat to the civilised world" said Trump on the second day of his Asian tour dominated by the crisis.
Washington has led the international drive to punish the rogue state after it detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear device earlier this month.