North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump greet each other in Singapore in June 2018. Photo: AP

Warnings, recriminations and a missile launch: how the US-North Korea nuclear talks died

After talks collapsed in June, Kim Jong-un fell back on his signature tactic: test-firing ballistic missiles
Washington and Seoul have also moved toward their traditional stance on Pyongyang and will resume joint air defence exercises next month

Topic | North Korea nuclear crisis

Lee Jeong-ho and Laura Zhou

Published: 6:48am, 8 Nov, 2019

Updated: 6:53am, 8 Nov, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump greet each other in Singapore in June 2018. Photo: AP

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Lee Jeong-ho

Lee Jeong-ho reports on China's diplomacy for the Post. He also covers East Asian security and defence stories. Before joining the Post he was with the South Korean Air Force and News1 Korea. He has a bachelor's degree in media and communications and Chinese studies from Sydney University and a master's of international studies in Chinese area studies from Seoul National University.

Laura Zhou

Laura Zhou joined the South China Morning Post's Beijing bureau in 2010. She covers China's diplomatic relations and has reported on topics such as Sino-US relations, China-India disputes, and reactions to the North Korea nuclear crisis, as well as other general news.