Japan's Mima Ito took the bronze medal after beating Han Ying of Germany in straight games.
North Korea conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine on Saturday.
The cargo on board the suspect North Korean vessel MV Mu San will be off loaded in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh on Sunday and searched for any suspect material onboard. Sources said central security agencies and nuclear scientists will conduct a thorough investigation to check if the ship is carrying any radioactive and nuclear material. The 39-member crew of the ship, its North Korean captain Yun Jong Sun, would be questioned by the authorities at the port itself.
The US president puts Pyongyang back on list of state sponsors of terrorism for first time since 2008.
'The sanctions are biting him.' 'He also has a chance to come out into the world and reshape his nation.'
The US president was received by Lee at the presidential palace Istana, where they were expected to discuss everything from the summit preparations to America's tariff threats.
The 17-year-old World Cup gold-medallist shot 244.5 to finish second on the podium behind North Korea's Kim Song Guk.
The three commemorative coins -- in gold, silver and nickel-plated -- feature an "affirmative handshake" between the two leaders, the scheduled date of the summit, the flags of both countries and the national flowers.
Russia has already begun delivery of the first S-400 systems, and the question of sanctions, or of a waiver to sanctions, preoccupies New Delhi.
The External Affairs Ministry on Thursday discarded the article titled 'India's embarrassing North Korean connection' by Nilanjana Bhowmick in Al Jazeera, a Doha-based broadcaster, saying the insinuation regarding New Delhi's assistance to North Korea in United Nations proscribed activities is 'baseless and without any merit.'
Even as Pakistan continues to urge the international community to accept its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group, highly placed sources in the United States who are involved with the tracking of nuclear commerce have claimed that Islamabad is still selling nuclear materials to North Korea.
Both sides also agreed at a round of talks on their heavily fortified border to hold a series of basketball matches in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on July 3-6, marking the anniversary of a July 4, 1972, inter-Korean agreement on unification, they said.
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.
Indications of this came when Kim Jong Il skipped the parade commemorating the 60th anniversary of the foundation of North Korea on September 9. However, North Korean officials were quick to dismiss speculations about Kim Jong's health as baseless rumours spread by the West.
'To the members of the Security Council, I must say, enough is enough'
This is Kim's first overseas visit since he took over power in 2011 after his father's death.
White House officials have been discussing sites as far-flung as Singapore and Mongolia for the planned meeting between Trump and Kim.
'Xi Jinping is keen that the second Trump-Kim summit happens soonest.' 'Kim is reported to have told Xi that he expects to achieve a result from a second summit that the international community would welcome,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
'Much depends on Moon's persuasive skill to make both Trump and Kim shed some of their rigidity and be flexible to accommodate contrarian viewpoints,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
North Korea on Friday launched an ICBM for the second time in a month.
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If the analysis of the satellite imagery is accurate, North Korea may be taking a small but significant step toward the disarmament.
'What if Kim is alive as the latest reappearance suggests, but unable to rule?' 'Will his sister be installed as the leader to continue with the Kims's hereditary dynasty that began with the present ruler's grandfather?' asks Dr Rajaram Panda.
The Japanese government warned the people in northern Japan to prepare for a potential incoming missile from Pyongyang.
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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.
Noting that proliferation of nuclear weapons with links across regions has affected its own security, India on Tuesday asked the international community to pay greater attention to such dangers in the backdrop of North Korean atomic test.
After entering the Peace House for the inter-Korean summit, Kim wrote in the guest book 'a new history begins now'.
Meanwhile, South Korea will convene an emergency meeting of top officials after the North Korean threat, news agencies reported.
A United Nations human rights investigator has recommended that international pressure be put on North Korea as part of a multi-pronged strategy to know the fate of hundreds of foreign nationals allegedly abducted by it.
North Korea's official KCNA news agency issued a brief report early on Wednesday, saying the qualifier ended in a 0-0 draw after a series of "attacks and counterattacks".
Kim did not rule out diplomacy with the Biden administration despite that Pyongyang called Biden a 'rabid dog' after Biden labelled Kim a 'thug'.
Trump said he 'won't fail' on a front where three of his predecessors -- Clinton, Bush and Obama failed.
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The US intelligence community's assessment is that the North Korean missile, the TD-2 is capable of reaching the United States with a nuclear weapon-sized payload.
The visit, Kim's third since March, is taking place amid sharp escalation rhetoric between Beijing and Washington over tariffs almost spiralling into a trade war.
