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posted by janrinok on Thursday May 10 2018, @01:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-a-difference-a-few-weeks-make dept.

Two bits of news from Asia, widely covered elsewhere. However, are we beginning to see a peace dividend as a result of the thawing in relationships between North and South Korea?

American prisoners held in North Korea on their way home after Pompeo visit, Trump says

"Three American prisoners held in North Korea have been released and are en route to the U.S. after a surprise diplomatic mission by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, President Trump announced Wednesday. " foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/09/american-prisoners-held-in-north-korea-on-their-way-home-after-pompeo-visit-trump-says.html

[Ed Note: They should be back in the US by now although I have not seen any direct reporting of this at the time of editing this story. Anyway, welcome back guys!]

Update: North Korea summit: Trump greets freed US detainees

China, Japan, South Korea open three-way summit

"China, South Korea and Japan have begun their first trilateral summit in more than two years.

[...] They are expected to take up the recent flurry of developments on the Korean peninsula. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Moon on April 27 and Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week.

Abe said he hopes North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons in a complete and irreversible way.

Li said China is willing to work with Japan and South Korea to maintain regional stability.

The three-way summit is supposed to happen annually, but hasn't been held since November 2015 because of tense relations between Japan and China." foxnews.com/world/2018/05/08/latest-china-japan-south-korea-open-three-way-summit.html


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  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday May 11 2018, @12:25PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Friday May 11 2018, @12:25PM (#678327) Homepage Journal

    (cont) We want to thank Kim Jong-un, who really was EXCELLENT to these three incredible people! They are really three incredible people. And the fact that we were able to get them out so soon was really a tribute to a lot of things, including a certain process that’s taking place right now.

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