North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday declaring the latest round of U.N. sanctions an “act of war” equivalent to a “complete economic blockade,” and threatening the safety of the United States unless it accepts North Korea as a nuclear nation.
On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” ranking Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) said the Trump administration getting new sanctions on North Korea imposed by the United Nations “was a major accomplishment.’ Cardin said, “That was
The United Nations Security Council Friday imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea in a unanimous 15-0 vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution – complicating the narrative that the U.S. has isolated itself over its decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
The Japanese government unveiled its highest defense budget since World War 2 on Friday, a $46 billion increase over last year that brings the total to $860 billion. Included in the budget is funding for cruise missiles capable of hitting Pyongyang in a pre-emptive strike against North Korea.
North Korea’s communist regime has finally responded to President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS) with a statement from its Foreign Ministry condemning the document as “a typical outcome of the Yankee-style arrogance” and dismissing all of America as “a corpse.”
While teasing a segment on Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews stated that Wednesday’s event at the White House celebrating the passage of the GOP tax bill looked like “a North Korean parade.” Matthews said, “Up next, could yesterday’s
U.S. military forces reportedly began training this month for a mission involving a ground invasion of North Korea, with the objective of deactivating all their nuclear weapons.
The Trump administration does not have “a lot of room left here to apply pressure” to prevent North Korea from inching closer to a nuclear weapon that could strike anywhere on the United States, a homeland security advisor to the U.S. president said on Tuesday.
The requirement for the Executive Branch to issue a National Security Strategy (NSS) arose from the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act.
Another North Korean soldier made a dash for freedom across the Demilitarized Zone on Thursday. His escape came just hours after two North Korean civilians attempted to defect in a fishing boat.
China has resumed its ban on group tours visiting South Korea while lifting restrictions on tourists visiting North Korea, Reuters has revealed.
If the South Korean analysts quoted by Yonhap News are correct, North Korea will not be having a Happy New Year. According to the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul, tough international sanctions imposed against North Korea over its nuclear missile programs haven’t affected the economy much yet, but that is about to change.
Australian authorities arrested a man on Saturday on extraordinary charges of assisting North Korea with its drive to develop weapons of mass destruction. He was identified on Monday as 59-year-old Chan Han Choi, a naturalized Australian citizen born in South Korea.
South Korea’s foreign ministry has commended the White House’s National Security Strategy, which promises that the United States will “take care” of North Korea as it continues to expand its nuclear capabilities.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday to meet with Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and other high-ranking officials to discuss, among other issues, a multilateral approach to the North Korean nuclear crisis.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is publicly blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of Britain’s National Health Service.
North Korea’s state media have finally responded to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s call for bilateral talks with “no precondition,” rejecting the offer and claiming that the United States is “sneered at by the international community.”
South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Monday in response to a provocative Chinese aircraft exercise over the Sea of Japan. At two points during the exercise, the Chinese planes – including two fighters, two bombers, and a recon plane – penetrated South Korea’s air defense identification zone.
President Trump will clearly name China as a “strategic competitor” in the forthcoming National Security Strategy to be unveiled Monday, according to senior administration officials, who previewed the document in a call with reporters.
Contents: Chinese experts warn China to prepare for nuclear war in North Korea; Concerns grow over the threat of a North Korean nuclear reactor disaster
Japan imposed additional sanctions against North Korea this week as the rogue communist state continues to advance its nuclear strategy.
Rex Tillerson denied Friday that there was “daylight” between President Trump’s policy on North Korea and State Department implementation.
The Chinese navy began a series of live-fire exercises off the Korean peninsula as tensions over the country’s nuclear ambitions continue to escalate.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin recently spoke on the phone, a conversation in which they “discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” according to the White House.
Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States would not accept any preconditions for talks with North Korea but “communication channels remain open.” Tillerson said, “We are not going to accept preconditions for these talks. But as I indicated in my remarks, our
Wednesday on “The Late Show,” NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman opened up about his visits with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, saying the dictator has “changed” and does not want war. “He said, ‘I don’t want war,’” Rodman recalled from
In an appearance Wednesday on CBS’s “The Late Show,” NBA Hall of Fame’s Dennis Rodman discussed his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Stephen Colbert asked Rodman why he continues to visit the “madman, murderous dictator, which Rodman responded that
America’s chief of naval operations said in an interview published Friday that U.S. options for a military response to North Korea’s routine belligerence are not “empty words” and that the military is “prepared” to act against Pyongyang if necessary.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the intelligence committee, has defended President Trump’s reluctance to talk about Russia as a threat, as well as his strategy with North Korea so far.
The White House and State Department issued statements on Wednesday clarifying the Trump administration’s position on talks with North Korea, following Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s unconditional offer of talks at a forum on Tuesday.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton discussed immigration reform, the New York City subway attack, and policy toward North Korea and China on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow.
North Korea’s state newpaper, Rodong Sinmun, published a piece accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of “noisily crying out for military counteraction” against Pyongyang a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson invited North Korean diplomats to a talk without preconditions.
China’s Foreign Ministry welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s offer to talk with North Korea without preconditions on Wednesday, while the White House responded in a more ambivalent manner.
Speaking from the 2017 Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Forum in Washington on Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson surprisingly announced that the Trump administration is ready to hold talks with North Korea without any preconditions.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next week to discuss an upcoming multilateral meeting on the North Korean nuclear threat, according to Reuters.
Chinese authorities are reportedly drawing up plans to construct five refugee camps for fear of an exodus of North Koreans as tensions on the peninsula continue to escalate amid the advancement of the regime’s nuclear program.
North Korean defector Ji Hyeon-a appeared at a United Nations event entitled “The Terrifying Experience of Forcibly Repatriated North Korean Women” on Monday, where she described her own experiences as a woman three times repatriated to the inhuman dictatorship after escaping to China.
General Valery Gerasimov, chief officer of the Russian military, kicked off a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Monday by blaming Japan, South Korea, and the United States for increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula with a joint military exercise.
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera announced on Friday that Japan will purchase long-range missiles from the United States for the first time, citing the “increasingly severe” security situation faced by the island nation.
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