North Korea vowed to launch more satellites into space Monday, in what the United States and the U.N. view as a covert test of the reclusive regime’s ballistic missile technology. The nation says its five-year space development program is aimed at helping to improve its economy. “Some countries have manipulated U.N. sanctions resolutions against us…
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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 emphasizing the Trump administration’s push for a diplomatic solution to the problem. But he also…
The North Korean foreign minister’s warnings about a nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken “literally,” a senior Pyongyang official told CNN. “The foreign minister is very well aware of the intentions of our supreme leader, so I think you should take his words literally,” Ri Yong Pil, a senior diplomat in North…
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 of nuclear war posed by North Korea has grown to an “unprecedented” level amid escalating…
A CHINESE academic with close links to officials inside the country’s defence establishment has revealed that China is prepared to “go to war” with North Korea. In a shocking bombshell interview, an academic with close ties to the Chinese government has warned war with North Korea was on the table. Chong Sho-Hu, who is a professor of…
Image: Reuters North Korea has ramped up its missile testing in recent months. CIA director Mike Pompeo has warned that North Korea is on the cusp of being able to hit the US with a nuclear missile. He stressed Washington still preferred diplomacy and sanctions but said military force remained an option. North Korea claims…
Bloc affirms support for pact despite US administrations refusal to certify compliance; IAEA head says inspections of sites continuing unabated. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, Britain Prime minister Theresa May, center, and French President Emmanuel Macron talk as they arrive in Brussels, on October 19, 2017.(AFP/JOHN THYS) BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of the 28…
A federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday blocking the implementation of a new iteration of the Trump administration’s travel ban. The ban, which was scheduled to fully go into effect today, would block all would-be travelers from North Korea and Syria, in addition to prohibiting all immigrant travel and imposing various…
GETTY The hermit kingdom has recklessly brushed aside US negotiations The hermit kingdom has recklessly brushed aside negotiations until the country can “counter” the US’ military might. A North Korean official said: “Before we can engage in diplomacy with the Trump administration, we want to send a clear message that the DPRK has a reliable…