Topic: Stephen Biegun

China's former ambassador to Britain has been named Beijing's new envoy for Korean Peninsula Affairs, the Chinese foreign ministry said.

The top U.S. diplomat for North Korea urged Pyongyang to return to diplomatic engagement as it prepares to hold its Eighth Party Congress in January.

Kim Yo Jong on Wednesday criticized the "reckless remarks" made by South Korea's foreign minister over Pyongyang's handling of the coronavirus and warned she would "pay dearly."

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Washington's point man on nuclear negotiations with North Korea, will visit Seoul on Tuesday for a four-day trip, the State Department announced.

North Korea may have developed intercontinental ballistic missiles with sufficient atmospheric re-entry capabilities that can reach the United States, a former CIA analyst says.

U.S. and South Korean diplomats agreed to form a new working-level dialogue to address cooperation on U.S. troops on the peninsula amid an impasse over defense costs.

Nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan exchanged a phone call on Friday and agreed to cooperate on North Korea nuclear matters.

House Democrat Joaquin Castro of Texas has opened an investigation into U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's participation in the Republican National Convention.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun testified that China has been working to steal U.S. technologies to treat COVID-19 and arresting those who speak up about the threat of the virus.

The Chinese government on Wednesday threatened retaliatory "countermeasures" after U.S. officials abruptly ordered the closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston.