UN hits North Korea with toughest ever sanctions
China drops support for dictatorship in unanimous Security Council vote to boycott regime, limit coal exports, after second nuclear test
View ArticlePence: North Korea ‘provocation’ shows the risk to military
Visiting Seoul at start of Asian tour, vice president speaks of dangers faced by US and South Korean armies
View ArticleNorth Korea ready to react to ‘any mode of war’ from US
Tensions continue to rise as war of words escalates; Pence says ‘the era of strategic patience is over’
View ArticlePence warns North Korea not to ‘test Trump’s resolve’
While US seeks a peaceful denuclearization of the peninsula, ‘all options are on the table,’ says vice president
View ArticlePence reassures Japan as North Korea threatens ‘weekly’ tests
Pyongyang vows continued ballistic missile tests and warns of ‘all-out war’ if US takes any action against it
View ArticleTrump’s threatened ‘armada’ heads away from North Korea
Aircraft carrier that the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula is going the other way but will turn north soon, official says
View ArticleNorth Korea detains US citizen trying to leave country
South Korean reports say man, in his fifties, is named Kim; 2 other Americans already being held by Hermit Kingdom
View ArticleIn call with Trump, Xi said to urge ‘restraint’ on N. Korea
Chinese president warns against ‘aggravating the situation’ on the Peninsula amid rising tensions between Pyongyang, Washington
View ArticleNorth Korea said to display artillery power amid heated tensions
US, regional envoys meet to discuss rogue state as American nuclear sub docks in South Korea
View ArticleUS begins setting up missile defense in S. Korea
Amid rising tensions with North, US sends warships, seeks harsher sanctions at UN Security Council
View ArticleTrump team softens war talk, vows other pressure on N. Korea
Amid saber-rattling and tightened sanctions, White House tells senators it wants to end Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions
View ArticlePope warns of broad destruction if Korean tensions escalate
Francis says ‘a good part of humanity’ would be destroyed if war were to break out over Pyongyang’s ballistic missile tests
View ArticleTrump says China pressuring North Korea on missile, nukes
Asked whether a nuclear test by Pyongyang will prompt military action, US president says, ‘We’ll see’
View ArticleTrump says North Korea’s Kim is ‘a pretty smart cookie’
As president offers praise, Tillerson warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if international community doesn’t stop Pyongyang
View ArticleTrump says he’d be ‘honored’ to meet North Korea’s Kim
Comments come amidst US warning that all options are on the table when it comes to dealing with Pyongyang’s missile tests
View ArticleUS: North Korea’s nukes may be a tactic for taking over South
Senior White House official says nuclear arsenal is a means of achieving goals through ‘blackmail’
View ArticleNorth Korea sends protest to US Congress over sanctions
In rare missive, legislature blasts ‘heinous act against humanity’ by American lawmakers
View ArticleNorth Korea: New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke
Experts estimate that Pyongyang’s test of new arsenal could be game changer, posing urgent challenge to region
View ArticleSouth Korean president to visit White House in June
Meeting with Trump will come as concerns mount over North Korea‘s nuclear and missile-building program
View ArticleN. Korea takes leap with missile test, analysts say
Latest provocation by hermit kingdom may be aimed at strengthening its hand in future negotiations
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