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WASHINGTON, DC – The top U.S. commander in South Korea warned North Korea that the U.S. and its South Korean ally are prepared to go to war on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test.

President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday morning that he was giving up on working with China to corral North Korea’s nuclear program development.

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President Donald Trump blasted North Korea on Friday saying the “era of strategic patience” with the regime is over during a joint statement with his South Korean counterpart.

American and Japanese warplanes have been equipped with long-range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM), ideal weapons for taking out targets such as North Korea’s mobile missile launchers from great distances. The move has been described by South Korean defense officials as preparation for “another strategic provocation, such as a sixth nuclear test.”

The Trump administration is turning up the pressure on China to do more to convince its ally North Korea to denuclearize, a key part of the president’s diplomatic strategy.

If the country of South Korea has a national dish it is Kimchi. While the fermented veggie dish has an unforgettable taste it also has an undeniable odor, especially to western noses. Now Korean scientists are looking for ways to make kimchi smell less pungent and purists are furious.

Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton appeared on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about the Supreme Court’s opinion on President Trump’s immigration order, the White House warning to Syria on chemical weapons, North Korea’s claim that President Trump’s “American First” platform is “a version of Nazism,” and the collapse of Venezuela.

The North Korea state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has described President Donald Trump’s “America First” program as an “American version of Nazism.”

A new piece of legislation, led by a Republican senator, would “drastically increase” the number of foreign workers coming from South Korea to take American jobs.

North Korea’s latest editorial broadside against the United States, delivered by state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun, accuses President Donald Trump of seeking to start a war with the communist regime to distract from political problems at home.

South Korean fighter jets are scheduled to train with two American B-1B Lancer supersonic bombers on Tuesday, a demonstration of cooperation and military power at a moment when questions about the new South Korean administration linger and anger at North Korea is mounting over the murder of American college student Otto Warmbier.

A North Korean drone spied on a U.S. missile defense base in South Korea before crashing nearby, according to a report.

South Korea’s newly-installed left-wing government has halted the installation of multiple parts of the American Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) due to environmental concerns, an announcement stated closely followed by a new North Korean missile launch.

South Korea, which has been considering resuming humanitarian and religious human exchanges with North Korea, approved eight such requests on Friday.

A joint military exercise between the United States and Japan began in the Sea of Japan on Thursday amid tensions caused by North Korean missile launches and a possible upcoming nuclear test.

The newly elected president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, sent a special emissary to the Vatican to ask Pope Francis to mediate in efforts toward reconciliation in the Korean peninsula.

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South Korea’s military said on Tuesday that it fired warning shots at an unidentified flying object, possibly an unmanned aerial vehicle, that crossed the border with North Korea.

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China’s government will reportedly ban dog meat from being sold at this year’s annual and barbaric Yulin festival. However, it is likely cats will be served instead, and animal rights activists note that prior alleged bans on dog meat have usually not prevented the Yulin festival from occurring.

On Wednesday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said “there is a high possibility of a military conflict” with North Korea, even as he pledged to restore dialogue with the North.

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Sunday during a special broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to comments made by President Donald Trump in an interview that had aired earlier of Fox News regarding how the United States should

The CIA announced this week that it has established a “Korea Mission Center” at its headquarters in Langley, Virginia to focus on the threat of North Korea.

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Han Song Ryol on Thursday demanded the U.S. and South Korea “hand over” the “terror suspects” involved in what Pyongyang claims was a plot to assassinate dictator Kim Jong-un.

The newly elected president of South Korea Moon Jae-in told his national assembly on Tuesday that he was willing to meet with North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un under the right conditions.

The Chinese government has reached out to new South Korean President Moon Jae-in seeking a closer bond with Seoul, likely at Washington’s expense, urging Moon to “join hands with China” economically and scale back military expansion under his predecessor, Park Geun-hye.

According to exit polls, liberal candidate Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s emergency presidential election by a wide margin, succeeding impeached conservative president Park Geun-hye.

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Both the U.S. military and South Korean officials stated on Tuesday that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is now operational in South Korea.

On Sunday, national security adviser General H.R. McMaster seemingly contradicted President Trump by saying the United States would pay for the deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system to South Korea. However, he qualified that statement by expressly stating he was not contradicting the president, and the deal with South Korea may yet be revised.

The American cybersecurity firm FireEye claims it has evidence that state-sponsored Chinese hackers “targeted at least one party” associated with the THAAD anti-missile system.

On Thursday, during an Oval Office interview with Reuters, President Trump said: “There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely.”

American officials began the installment of the controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system early Wednesday morning in South Korea where protesters greeted them despite the late and unannounced hour.