North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho speaks outside the U.N. Plaza Hotel, in New York, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s top diplomat said Monday that President Donald Trump’s tweet that leader Kim Jong Un “won’t be around much longer” was a declaration of war against his […]
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Donald Trump piles on new economic sanctions against North Korea
President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has added economic sanctions to his fiery military threats against North Korea, and renewed his rhetorical offensive against […]
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Donald Trump threatens 'total destruction' of North Korea in U.N. speech
United States President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. United States President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. United States President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. […]
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Is Kim Jong Un crazy and unpredictable, or smart and strategic?
LONDON — I am sometimes asked what world figure I would most want to interview. For me, the answer is obvious: Kim Jong Un. The general impression around the globe continues to be that the North Korean leader is crazy, provocative and unpredictable, but I think that he might well be strategic, smart and utterly […]
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North Korea fires another missile over Japan in longest-ever flight
A man rides a bicycle past a public TV screen broadcasting news of North Korea’s launch of missile, in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of defiance […]
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Russia pushes for increased role in North Korea
By Josh Rogin The Washington Post Both publicly and behind the scenes, Russia has been seeking a greater role for itself in the North Korean nuclear crisis. U.S. officials and experts worry Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unhelpful efforts are driven not by the perceived threat of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but by a […]
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Trying more nuclear talks with North Korea would be pointless
By Eli Lake Here’s a shocker. On Wednesday morning Donald Trump tweeted something that was mostly true: “The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!” Technically the U.S. stopped providing North Korea food aid and oil shipments in 2009. But other than […]
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North Korea targets Japan — 1998 and 2017
On August 31, 1998, North Korea bluntly informed Japan that the next time the Korean War escalated to all-out combat, Tokyo would be a target. Pyongyang used a multi-stage Taepodong-1 intermediate range ballistic missile to deliver the diplomatic message as a military object lesson. The first stage of the rather poorly constructed missile landed in […]
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Trump: 'All option are on the table' after latest North Korea missle test
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says “all options are on the table” after North Korea launched ballistic missiles over Japan. Trump says in a written statement Tuesday that “threatening and destabilizing actions” only increase North Korea’s isolation in the region and around the world. The president says North Korea’s actions show “contempt for its […]
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China backing away from North Korea
On August 11, the U.S. island territory’s Homeland Security Office of Civil Defense posted a website fact sheet entitled “In Case of Emergency … Preparing for an Imminent Missile Threat” in response to North Korea’s threat to launch a volley of ballistic missiles in Guam’s direction. The fact sheet included a warning reminiscent of late […]