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President Trump heads to potentially tense talks at the G7 summit in Quebec City on Friday after accusing allies Canada and France of putting heavy economic burdens on the U.S. A former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee was indicted ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - From summit-themed burgers and online scalpers peddling "World Peace" medallions and "Peace Out from Lion City" T-shirts, Singaporeans are cashing in on a historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong ... ( read original story ...)

"Two South Korean men, aged 42 and 45, who were representing the Korean Broadcasting System News (KBS), were arrested," police said in a Facebook post. KBS said in an emailed statement it was ready to take any action Singapore authorities deemed necessary. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An Australian comedian known for impersonating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was detained by Singapore’s authorities on Friday and questioned about his political views. Singapore’s immigration and checkpoints authority ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE – A Kim Jong Un lookalike says he was detained and questioned on arrival in Singapore, days before a summit between the North Korean leader and President Donald Trump. The Hong Kong-based impersonator, who uses the name Howard X, arrived in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE – Singapore is a city that takes great pride in its food, so it's not surprising that enterprising restaurateurs are using next week's historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to showcase some ... ( read original story ...)

With the imminence of the high-profile US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, there has been a lot of buzz about US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's respective aircraft that will be touching down on the island country. ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would "certainly" invite North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the US if the upcoming talks in Singapore go well. Trump is set to meet with Kim at the Capella Hotel in Singapore on June 12. The president has ... ( read original story ...)

or in Singapore. The summit is being held at the Capella Hotel, which has two golf course, and where a three-bedroom colonial manor goes for $7,500 a night. , a close Trump friend and former Fox News star, told The Daily Beast. “I think Trump would ... ( read original story ...)

Stella Choi, the principal of a Korean language school in a drab tower in downtown Singapore, works just across the elevator lobby from the modest suites that make up North Korea's embassy. Yet the South Korean national, who runs the iSpeak Korean Language ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Stella Choi, the principal of a Korean language school in a drab tower in downtown Singapore, works just across the elevator lobby from the modest suites that make up North Korea’s embassy. Yet the South Korean national, who runs ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore refused entry to an Australian man charged under his country’s terrorism laws over his past activities, authorities said on Thursday, days before the Southeast Asian nation hosts a historic summit of U.S. and North Korean ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan is set to arrive in Pyongyang on Thursday, the Singapore government said, days before it plays host to the leaders of North Korea and the United States at a summit. Balakrishnan, who went to ... ( read original story ...)

a national security researcher in Singapore, told This Week in Asia Tuesday. Kim may be no stranger to planned assassinations as he is believed to be behind the death of his estranged brother, Kim Jong Nam, in Malaysia in 2017. Fox News' Brooke Singman and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will visit North Korea from Thursday to Friday, the Singapore government said in a statement, days before it plays host to the leaders of North Korea and the United States ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore airspace will be restricted during the planned U.S.-N.Korea summit next week, according to a notice to airmen posted by aviation authorities on Wednesday, which is likely to result in delays at one of Asia’s busiest airports. The Southeast ... ( read original story ...)