Kim Jong Un

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…

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