WORLD Following the two Koreas first summit in over a decade and the historic agreement to end hostilities and work toward “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula, small steps towards reconciliation are taken. For instance, South Korea removes the loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border. In return, North Korea decided to shift its clocks to align with South Korea.
WORLD North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met for the first round of talks on Friday, in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, for the two Koreas first summit in over a decade. Kim became the first North Korean leader to visit South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War rendering this visit an historic one.
WORLD Macron makes use of the official state visit to the States in an attempt to pave the way for a new, more expensive nuclear deal with Iran, as the 12th May deadline for Trump to restore U.S. economic sanctions on Tehran is close. On the other side, Tehran warns that they might quit a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons if the U.S. President abandons the nuclear accord Iran signed with world powers in 2015.