The Americans, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk, are travelling back to the US with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Though the name of Kim Jong-Un was absent from a list of 687 Supreme People's Assembly deputies elected in 2009, the 27-year-old was appointed to Parliament under the pseudonym of "Kim Jong", Dong-A Ilbo newspaper quoted a Western source informed in North Korean affairs as saying.
The Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang has been chosen for the meeting in late February.
As it stands now, the ChonAn incident will perhaps come to pass without a major fallout. However, as and when young Kim Jong Un ascends to power in North Korea a period of greater assertiveness may be anticipated in the North's nuclear agenda, writes Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
The red-shingled, colonial-style Capella is a five-star hotel on the Sentosa island, which boasts several resorts, hotels, two golf courses and a theme park.
North Korea will take part in the next two Olympic Games in Japan and China, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.
The US president said that there is a lot of "dislike" (between India and Pakistan).
Trump said the summit ended with no agreement because he was not willing to lift all the sanctions on North Korea.
The US also blasted China and Russia for not joining hands with the international community in their efforts to combat the North Korean threat.
The return of the US servicemen's remains was part of a deal that was agreed to by Trump and Kim back in their summit in June.
On June 12, history was made when United States President Donald Trump shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and had extensive talks at Capella Hotel in Singapore. However, this meet has come after several twists and turns. Following is the chronology of key events leading to a historic summit between the two leaders.
The latest launch came just five days after Pyongyang fired two short-range ballistic missiles.
Rather, cold reactions are expected considering the contentious issues the US is bound to raise -- Taiwan, human rights, and North Korea.
North Korea made its decision to pull out of Tokyo at a meeting of its Olympic committee and Sports Minister Kim Il Guk on March 25, the ministry said on its website.
This was Kim's first visit abroad as North Korea's leader and came ahead of his planned summit with Donald J Trump.
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United States President Trump has been nominated along side his arch nemesis dictator Kim Jong-un.
"President Trump believes that Kim has an unprecedented opportunity to change the trajectory of our relationship and bring peace and prosperity to his country," Pompeo said.
The missile was launched at 23:41 North Korea time from Jagang province in the north of the country, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.
North Korea on Wednesday announced that it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, marking a major step forward in its nuclear development, if confirmed.
The Winter Olympics sparked to life in a vivid, colourful ceremony of fire and ice in South Korea
The US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam, along with the force's F-15C Eagle fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, flew in international airspace over the waters east of North Korea
The US president puts Pyongyang back on list of state sponsors of terrorism for first time since 2008.
Trump says maybe his warning to NKorea 'wasn't tough enough'
'The world may be desirous of peace, but not Kim Jong-un.' 'Should we then accept the old adage that to maintain peace, we should be prepared for war?' asks Rajaram Panda.
Trump also said in a separate tweet that North Korea is 'no longer' the US' 'biggest and most dangerous problem', telling Americans and the rest of the world they can 'sleep well tonight!'
'The sanctions are biting him.' 'He also has a chance to come out into the world and reshape his nation.'
Trump, who personally greeted the trio at the Andrews Air Force Base, praised Kim for their release ahead of their summit.
South Korean President's office says Kim promised to close N Korea's nuclear test site next month.
Using an anti-aircraft gun in front of hundreds of people in Pyongyang
Retired basketball star Dennis Rodman has checked himself into an alcohol treatment program, his spokesman said Saturday, just days after returning to the United States from North Korea, where he ignited a furor over comments he made about an American citizen held prisoner there.
This comes after US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un held a historic summit in Singapore.
The 792-room luxury five-star hotel has been mentioned as a possible venue for the talks as it has held major conferences over the years.
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CNN cameras go inside the secretive nation to places few outsiders have ever seen.
Strong foreign fund inflows, a weakening dollar and slipping oil prices propped up the local unit.
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17 Republican lawmakers want Nobel for his work to end the Korean War.
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KCNA said the new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile is designed to hit 'any enemy group of battleships' that threatened the country.
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