‘Kim Jong-un was told by father to never give up nukes’
The Korea Herald
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was told by his father to never give up nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner reportedly told a Trump biographer.
According to Doug Wead’s book “Inside Trump’s White House,†Kushner discussed with Wead the letters that Kim and Trump wrote to each other, the Washington Times reported Tuesday.
“You can see from these letters that Kim wants to be friends with Trump, but his father told him never to give up the weapons. That’s his only security,†Kushner was quoted as saying in the book, excerpts of which were obtained by the US daily.
Read more at: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20191024000617
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un orders the destruction of a dilapidated luxury hotel that once floated off the coast of Queensland
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un isn't happy with state of Hotel Haegumgang
The dilapidated hotel is formally known as the Four Season Barrier Reef Resort
Run-down hotel now in North Korea among 'shabby... hotchpotch' of buildings
Mr Kim reportedly told officials to remove the 'unpleasant-looking facilities'
By Australian Associated Press
Published: 02:03 EDT, 24 October 2019 | Updated: 02:03 EDT, 24 October 2019
The floating hotel was once a symbol of co-operation between North and South because it attracted tourists from south of the border
Read more at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7607839/North-Korean-dictator-Kim-Jong-wants-destroy-luxury-hotel-floated-coast-QLD.html
Earlier stories said Kim ordered some South Korean constructed buildings to be destroyed, now this adds a bit more detail. Well, I wouldn't if it is functional.
South Korea, Japan agree to better ties through dialogue
Oct. 24 (UPI) -- South Korea and Japan agreed Thursday to improve prickly ties during a meeting between two prime ministers, in what could be the beginning of a major reversal of protracted tensions.
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Thursday following a 20-minute meeting with Japan's Shinzo Abe the two sides agreed conflict should be resolved through dialogue, South Korean news service Newsis reported.
"The sporadic and informal dialogue between diplomatic authorities will now become formalized," Lee told South Korean reporters following the meeting with Abe. "From now on, we can probably expect [dialogue] to speed up."
Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/10/24/South-Korea-Japan-agree-to-better-ties-through-dialogue/2841571924029/
This was a big story that occurred about the time the system went down, Russian warplanes entered South Korean airspace? ReallY?
World News
October 22, 2019 / 3:10 AM / 2 days ago
South Korea scrambled jets to warn Russian warplanes in air defense zone
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to warn Russian warplanes it said had entered its air space identification zone, the latest in a series of such incidents.
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said six Russian military aircraft had repeatedly entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) over a six-hour period. An ADIZ, unlike a nation’s airspace, is where countries may demand that foreign aircraft take special steps to identify themselves.
Russia’s defense ministry denied its bombers, which were accompanied by other Russian warplanes, had violated any countries’ airspace and said that they had flown over neutral waters in the Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea and East China Sea.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-russia-airspace-idUSKBN1X10QQ
