Vice President Mike Pence. (Woohae Cho/Getty Images) Despite the mutual chilliness between U.S. and North Korean officials in South Korea last week, behind the scenes real progress was made toward a new diplomatic opening that could result in direct talks … Read More
North Korea threw a choreographed military parade in Pyongyang today, on the eve of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The display of might included hundreds of goose-stepping soldiers in disciplined formation and rows of missiles and tanks to mark the … Read More
US Ambassador Robert Wood (R) waits next to US Army Captain Murzban Morris of the Department of Defense Joint Staff before their address on North Korea to the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland on … Read More
THE deadly North Korean regime has accelerated its latest round of high-profile purges, as US intelligence experts admit that Kim Jong-un is “worried about his own position” as leader of the volatile state. North Korea has escalated its political purges in … Read More
UNITED NATIONS — Just as the final North Korea Olympic athletes were arriving in Gangneung, South Korea for the Winter Olympics, Kim Jong Un’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho appealed to the U.N. chief on Thursday, to recognize Pyongyang’s “positive developments” … Read More
WASHINGTON – Concerns are mounting over the possibility of a targeted strike by the US on North Korea, with US analysts warning that Washington will face major dilemmas if it were to order such a “bloody nose” strike. Miscalculations and flawed assumptions … Read More
Kim Jong Un observes a military test. KCNA via Reuters North Korea likely has missile-ready nuclear weapons. An expert in East-Asian nuclear policy says there is now an increased risk for nuclear miscalculation on the Korean Peninsula. He believes President Donald … Read More
The State Department said Thursday the U.S. could support North Korea’s call for reunification of the Korean Peninsula, but denuclearizing the North is the first priority. North Korea issued an announcement directed at “all Koreans at home and abroad,” calling for … Read More
Mike Pompeo said that once North Korea achieves the ability to mass-produce nuclear weapons — estimated at sometime in the near future — it could spur other countries to want the same capability. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Pompeo says … Read More
NORTH KOREA could soon trigger a conflict with the United States if it continues to ignore calls to diplomatically give up its nuclear weapons and missiles, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned. North Korea has refused to shut down its … Read More