North Korea - Page 57

The Global Times, a newspaper published by the government of China, has lauded Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s remarks that the United States does not seek an end to the brutal communist regime of Kim Jong-un in North Korea and would prefer dialogue with it.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte condemned his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un as a “son of a bitch maniac” in an aside during a speech to the nation’s tax agency Wednesday, warning that despite his “chubby face,” he had the potential of turning all of Asia into “an arid land.”

Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney told Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday that North Korea’s dangerous regime has been “propped up, actually supported with technology and weapons” by the “aspiring great power” of communist China.

Deputy Adviser to the President Dr. Sebastian Gorka, formerly national security editor for Breitbart News, joined SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss the crises in North Korea.

At a State Department press conference on Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hastened to reassure North Korea that the United States does not seek regime change and still wishes to negotiate with the regime of Kim Jong-un.

UNITED NATIONS—The Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations, responding to fiery statements from the Trump administration on North Korea, blamed the U.S. and North Korea for escalating tensions in the region.

Unusual submarine activity by North Korea may be a harbinger of submarine-launched missile tests to come, a worrying development given the outlaw regime’s recent advances in intercontinental ballistic missile technology.

The U.S. military carried out a “successful” test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) anti-missile system off the coast of Alaska Sunday, according to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and American President Donald Trump vowed to take “concrete actions” to discourage further North Korean belligerence following yet another missile launch last week in an extended phone conversation Monday.

China had denied President Donald Trump’s accusation that it has not done enough to curb North Korea’s nuclear missile program, while Japan voiced support for Trump’s position and called upon China and Russia to do more.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) suggested Monday that the Trump administration hold “official talks” with the North Korean regime after several test-launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in the past several weeks.

Monday during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, President Donald Trump reacted to the latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea days earlier. Trump told reporters that the United States would “handle” North Korea. “We’ll handle

President Donald Trump increased the pressure on China over the looming threat from North Korea on Saturday, accusing them of doing “nothing” to help ease escalating tensions.

NEW YORK CITY–U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley brushed off reports that the U.S. is seeking an emergency Security Council session over North Korea.

Contents: North Korea tests a ballistic missile capable of reaching US mainland; South Korea’s president Moon approves new THAAD development; What could trigger another world war?; War between Russia and China

Contents: France’s Emmanuel Macron nationalizes shipyard to keep Italy out; France-Italy tensions grow over Libya and refugees; France bypasses Italy in a deal with Libya; North Korea launches another ballistic missile

The only thing more difficult than attempting to stop one rogue nation from acquiring nuclear weapons is attempting to stop two rogue nations collaborating to do so.

Video of a celebration concert following North Korea’s latest missile launch, believed to have been a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reportedly shows never-before-seen archival footage of the history of communist nation’s missile program.

Officials in both Russia and Iran are threatening retaliation against new sanctions imposed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.

U.S. defense officials told CNN on Monday that North Korea “appears to be preparing for another missile test,” possibly timed to coincide with North Korea’s armistice holiday on Thursday, July 27.

China has ramped up its military presence alongside the North Korean border amid fears of a potential escalation of tensions on the peninsula, The Wall Street Journal first reported.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo appeared at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on Thursday where he was interviewed by New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. The discussion ranged from defeating ISIS and countering Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Hawaii’s emergency management agency is rolling out a public information campaign to deal with a potential North Korean missile attack.

The North Korean government has launched a new, multilingual tourism website to attract foreign revenue, highlighting its lavish holidays to honor late dictator Kim Il-Sung and its natural wonders, from the eastern beaches to its volcano, Mount Paektu.

North Korea has shocked its southern neighbor with the publication of a video interview this week of a defector believed to be living in South Korea and famous for appearing on reality television programs. Her sudden disappearance and resurfacing in state propaganda have South Korean officials suspecting Pyongyang abducted Lim Ji-hyun.

A South Korean non-governmental organization (NGO) has interviewed hundreds of North Korean defectors with the goal of mapping where North Korea has established mass graves, where it conducts public executions, and where the government keeps sensitive files that may serve to bring justice for those tortured and killed by the communist regime.

North Korea’s latest issue of postage stamps may be full of “bold, bizarre, and in some cases extraordinarily mundane designs,” as CNN puts it, but two of the stamps are especially noteworthy for their anti-American images.

South Korea’s government announced a formal diplomatic overture to North Korea on Monday, the first of President Moon Jae-in’s term and potentially the first serious discussions between the two Korean governments since 2015. If North Korea accepts, the talks will be held on July 21st in the village of Pammunjom.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is considering tougher sanctions on North Korea over its first intercontinental ballistic missile test to prevent the isolated country from funding further nuclear weapons development.

President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing a series of new sanctions on China over frustration that they are not doing enough to rein in the North Korean threat, days after the hermit state once again threatened to turn the United States into a “pile of ash.”

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton talked on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily with Sirius XM host Alex Marlow about victory in Mosul, strategy for a post-Islamic State Middle East, the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, and the North Korean nuclear problem.

Since President Donald Trump took the oath of office in January, he has taken a series of actions and used diplomatic channels to put in place many of the China policies he spoke about on the campaign trail, including confronting the nation on trade, North Korea, the South China Sea, and human rights.

The Trump administration is reportedly moving toward acting alone against North Korea, a sign of increasing U.S. frustration with the stalemate on the issue in the United Nations Security Council.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued an exasperated response to a question about North Korea Tuesday, demanding that those holding Beijing responsible for propping up the Kim Jong-un regime in North Korea stop.

Speaking from the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin conceded that the North Korean nuclear situation is “very serious,” but added: “One must not lose his cool, but rather act in a pragmatic and delicate manner.”

Lawyers from the ACLU sued President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in federal court on Monday, accusing the commission of violating federal transparency laws. Prominent commission member Ken Blackwell responds by calling this lawsuit “an attack on the rule of law.”