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North Korea again threatens nuclear strike near Guam, mocks Trump's 'fire and...
North Korea's army released a statement Wednesday repeating and specifying its threat to launch nuclear-capable missiles near Guam, the US territory in the Pacific that is home to massive US Air Force...
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China is largely sitting out the latest North Korea crisis
BEIJING — Angered as the US and its allies ignore Chinese calls to calm tensions over North Korea, and distracted by domestic concerns, China is largely sitting out the latest crisis with nuclear-armed...
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The market's reaction to North Korea this week is historically unusual
Recent incendiary comments from Donald Trump and North Korea have spooked investors, but stocks haven't fallen too severely.That's somewhat unusual when looking at market reactions to geopolitical...
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US intelligence community finally accepts that North Korea can arm ballistic...
The CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence have joined the Defense Intelligence Agency in assessing that North Korea can now arm ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads, NBC reported...
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TURNBULL: Australia will 'come to the aid of the United States' if North...
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that Australia would enter the conflict if North Korea launched an attack on the US.Speaking to radio station 3AW on Friday morning, Turnbull said that if...
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The threat of war with North Korea is bad news for South Korean stocks
It’s been a rough week on the South Korean stock market, amid escalating tensions with its northern neighbour.Following three straight days of losses, South Korea’s KOSPI stock index has opened more...
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North Korea's threats are driving down markets across Asia
Stocks across Asia-Pacific markets are lower today amid rising geo-political tensions in the region.It follows a sell-off in overnight markets, as global stocks got the jitters from rising levels of...
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Susan Rice: Trump is approaching a 'very real challenge' with North Korea
Susan Rice, the former US national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, said this week's verbal tug-of-war between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is...
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TRUMP: Military solutions are 'locked and loaded' if North Korea acts 'unwisely'
A day after suggesting that his threat of meeting North Korea with "fire and fury" may not have been "tough enough," President Donald Trump on Friday issued another threat against the country."Military...
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This US ally is granting thousands of work visas to North Koreans, whose...
Longtime U.S. ally Kuwait has no plans to stop granting visas to North Korean laborers whose earnings eventually wind up in the hands of Kim Jong-un, keeping in place a critical source of revenue for a...
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Kim Jong-un may have 'chosen a path of no return'
US President Donald Trump has capped off a week of escalating tension with North Korea with some of his toughest talk yet.After tweeting that military solutions were “fully in place, locked and...
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Democratic Party co-chair admits he regrets saying Kim Jong Un is 'more...
Rep. Keith Ellison, deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, on Friday sought to immediately retract claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is acting more responsibly than President...
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North Korea can't afford to go to war — and the country knows it
The current flare-up over North Korea’s missile tests and Donald Trump’s belligerent response is frightening for many, but anyone worried that Pyongyang wants to start a war is – fortunately –...
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Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump: A tale of two leaders
Seoul (AFP) - In many ways the two leaders on either side of North Korea-United States missile stand-off could not be more different. In others they are startlingly similar.North Korea's Kim Jong-Un...
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The game is over, and North Korea has already won
The Washington Post reported last week that North Korea has a large stockpile of compact nuclear weapons that can arm the country’s missiles, including its new intercontinental ballistic missiles that...
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Kim Jong Un is a survivor, not a madman
Everyone loves thinking of North Korea as crazy. It threatens to consume the United States in nuclear fire on a semi-weekly basis, its leader brutally executes his own generals and had his brother...
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Tillerson and Mattis just laid out the US's plan to handle North Korea
As President Donald Trump lopsidedly focuses on "fire and fury" toward North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis have laid out the US's comprehensive approach to...
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Kim Jong-un reportedly withdraws threat to shoot missiles towards Guam
Kim Jong-un has reportedly turned down the escalated tone of an earlier threat to launch missiles at the US territory of Guam, according to The Wall Street Journal.The North Korean dictator had been...
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A look at North Korea's long history of backing down from threats — and the...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has a long track record of issuing threats and ultimatums that don’t necessary lead to action. Then again, when it does act — often without warning — it can be...
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Steve Bannon says 'there's no military solution' to US stalemate with North...
President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon indicated he is not optimistic about the stalemate between the US and North Korea over that country's nuclear weapons program."There's no military...
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