North Korea threatens to 'wipe out' the US as the USS Carl Vinson gets closer
Seoul (AFP) - An official North Korean website warned Monday that Pyongyang will "wipe out" the United States if Washington starts a war on the peninsula, the latest tit-for-tat sabre-rattling that has...
View ArticleUS, allies brace for North Korea celebrating the founding of their military...
North Korea marks the founding anniversary of its military on Tuesday, and South Korea and its allies are bracing for the possibility that it could conduct another nuclear test or launch an...
View Article'Past efforts have failed': White House announces tough new strategy on North...
A joint statement from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates outlined the US's new stance on North Korea on Wednesday."Past...
View ArticleTrump applauded North Korea's leader after floating the possibility of a...
President Donald Trump appeared to commend North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's ability to control his country."Not many 27-year-old men could go in and take over a regime," Trump said in a Reuters...
View ArticleSouth Korea rebuffs Trump's $1 billion use-charge for a US missile-defense...
President Donald Trump hinted at stipulations for the US deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system that is being activated in South Korea.Trump said that he wanted South...
View ArticleThe Trump administration just signaled it may take the only action that could...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled on Friday that the Trump administration may have finally accepted the one course of action that could stop North Korea's nuclear threat to the world: direct...
View ArticleThe strange connection expressed in Trump's 'empathetic' comments on Kim Jong Un
After saying there was "absolutely" a chance that the US and North Korea could get involved in a "major, major conflict" in an interview with Reuters, President Donald Trump seemed to praise North...
View ArticleJohn Kasich suggests 'taking out' North Korea's leadership
APRIL 28, 2017 WASHINGTON— “The North Korean top leadership has to go.”With that bold assertion, Gov. John Kasich (R) of Ohio raised a controversial argument for American action aimed at neutralizing...
View ArticleHomeland Security chief: Kim Jong Un 'knows what he's doing'
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly delivered a scathing assessment of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, hours after his country performed its ninth ballistic missile test on...
View ArticleMove over Putin — Trump's got a new man crush
Xi Jinping must be one charming guy. Ever since Donald Trump met with the Chinese president at Mar-a-Lago this month—a meeting that Trump predicted would be “very difficult” because of disputes over...
View ArticleTrump will speak with Singapore's and Thailand's leaders about the threat of...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will speak with leaders of Singapore and Thailand on Sunday about the threat North Korea poses of massive, nuclear destruction in Asia, White House Chief...
View Article'We'll see': Trump addresses possible military retaliation to North Korean...
President Donald Trump told CBS' John Dickerson on "Face the Nation" on Sunday that he was not happy with North Korea's latest missile test and hinted at a possible military strike should Kim Jong Un...
View ArticleTrump hints that the US may be sabotaging North Korea's nuclear program
It happened again — a North Korean missile launch exploded in the air, over land, just a few minutes after launching on Friday.While North Korea can still learn a lot from a failed missile test and use...
View ArticleTrump says North Korea's Kim Jong Un is 'a pretty smart cookie'
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump offered some backhanded praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him "a pretty smart cookie" in a television interview that aired Sunday.Trump's...
View ArticleNorth Korea warns it will carry out a nuclear test 'at any time and at any...
Seoul (AFP) - North Korea warned Monday that it will carry out a nuclear test "at any time and at any location" set by its leadership, in the latest rhetoric to fuel jitters in the region.Tensions on...
View ArticleThe head of the CIA is in Seoul meeting with top South Korean intelligence...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — America's CIA director is making an unannounced visit to South Korea, the U.S. Embassy in Seoul confirmed Monday, amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.An embassy...
View ArticleTrump says he'd be 'honored' to meet with Kim Jong Un 'under the right...
President Donald Trump told Bloomberg News on Monday that he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "under the right circumstances.""If it would be appropriate for me to meet...
View Article'He's still a head of state' — Watch Spicer defend Trump's remark that he...
During Monday's daily press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended President Donald Trump's remark that he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Trump made...
View ArticleWhy it's important that Trump would be 'honored' to talk to North Korea's Kim...
President Donald Trump told Bloomberg on Monday that he'd be "honored" to talk to Kim Jong Un, and while it's not the first time he's signaled a willingness to meet with one of the world's most brutal...
View ArticleHere's what a Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting could actually look like
BANGKOK — In one corner: the unpredictable dictator, the third-generation family ruler whose nation has a seven-decade reputation of being erratic, quick to take umbrage and insistent that it is...
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