Officials are warning people to stay away from Mount Shinmoedake, as the Japanese volcano’s eruptions continue to intensify. The volcano had its largest eruption in years on Tuesday, grounding flights as the sky filled with volcanic smoke and ash reaching heights of … Read More
Following the Winter Olympics, South Korean President Moon Jae-in indicated he was ready to talk to North Korea and engage in diplomacy. And while Vice President Mike Pence – who earlier announced severe sanctions on the North –first signaled a willingness to … Read More
The Japanese government on Tuesday published further evidence of North Korean vessels engaged in ship-to-ship (STS) transfers on the high seas, a practice prohibited by UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. The posts on multiple government websites include photographs of the STS transfer … Read More
A North Korean military security guard keeps watch over the USS Pueblo in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 24, 2108. Japan says its military has witnessed a cargo transfer between China and North Korea on the high seas that it suspects … Read More
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the newly-remodeled Pyongyang Teacher Training College, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on Jan 17. Photo: KCNA/via REUTERS TOKYO Japan will help developing nations in Africa … Read More
WASHINGTON – President Trump declared his trip to Asia “a tremendous success” on Wednesday, saying he persuaded countries to buy more U.S. products, renegotiate better trade deals for America, and pressure North Korea into giving up nuclear weapons. “We have … Read More
The USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz carrier strike groups transit the western Pacific Ocean with ships from the Maritime Self-Defense Force during operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise on Sunday. … Read More
Kim Jong Un’s nuclear weapons program must be halted by diplomacy and not military action, South Korea’s foreign minister told NBC News ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the country. “Another war on the Korean Peninsula must not happen,” … Read More
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea Pentagon boss Jim Mattis arrived in South Korea on Friday to meet with the nation’s top defense officials and American military commanders on the front line in countering North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Mattis is … Read More
Bolton: Time running out to deal with North Korea threat Amb. John Bolton, Fox News contributor and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says the rogue nation is getting closer to having the U.S. over a barrel. The threat … Read More