House Armed Services Committee chairman Mac Thornberry said the U.S. would win in a war against North Korea, but the end result would be “ugly.” North Korea will mark the founding day of its ruling Korean Workers’ Party on Tuesday, stoking concern that the communist regime could launch another missile, thus heightening tensions with the…
US military assault on North Korea could prompt a last-gasp retaliatory nuclear attack by Pyongyang on Seoul and Japan killing as many as 3.8 million people, according to a new analysis of the destructive potential of Kim Jong-un arsenal. Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that all options remain on the table – including the use…
BEIJING North Korea’s official media on Monday decried Japan’s call for pressuring Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear and missile programs, calling its neighbor’s tactic a “suicidal deed” that will bring “nuclear clouds” to the country. A commentary released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency framed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent call for…
North Korean soldiers carrying packs marked with a radioactive symbol take part in a military parade in Pyongyang. North Korea has been selling small arms around the world to bring in the hard currency it needs to survive. (2013 photo by Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) Last August, a secret message was passed from Washington to Cairo…
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson arrived for a meeting with the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing on Saturday. CreditPool photo by Andy Wong BEIJING — The Trump administration acknowledged on Saturday for the first time that it was in direct communication with the government of North Korea over its missile and nuclear tests,…
North Korea claims that 4.7 million of its citizens have volunteered to join or re-enlist in the military since leader Kim Jong Un threatened to “tame” President Trump “with fire” last week, North Korean state media reported. Millions of young men and 1.22 million women said they wanted sign up to counter the U.S. since…
The April 15, 1969, incident is drawing renewed scrutiny amid threats from North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho that the North has the right to shoot down American warplanes even if they didn’t enter the nation’s airspace. The Pentagon said it would not alter any operations in response to the threats, and it is unclear…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of his country’s own Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. The Trump Administration continues to pound away at North Korea, insisting military options are on the table, but so far the threats have…
(Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images) North Korea threatened early Friday to detonate a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean in what the nation called the “highest level of hardline countermeasure in history.” The threat followed news that President Trump’s administration would impose further sanctions on Pyongyang for its missile and nuclear weapons program. The warning…
North Korea joined the United Nations on Sept. 17, 1991, and during that time has become one of the most frequently sanctioned members of the 193-nation organization. North Korea, listed by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has faced sanctions for human rights abuses and for violating U.N. Security Council resolutions against…