North Korea says recent tests were 'gift packages' for the US, and more are...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Amid international uproar over North Korea's latest and biggest nuclear weapons test, one of its top diplomats said on Tuesday it was ready to send "more gift packages" to the United...
View ArticleHow the world's superpowers are reacting to North Korea's latest nuclear test
Over the weekend, North Korea claimed to have developed a new hydrogen bomb that it could fire as far as the United States.South Korea's military said it believed the North's claim, and had detected...
View ArticleHow Kim Jong Un treated his high-school girlfriend is the key to...
Kim Jong Un's chaotic temperament has been obvious for years and could be seen in how he treated his teenage sweetheart aged 15, a Korean security expert has said.Nam Sung Wook, a former director of...
View ArticleDennis Rodman just offered tips on how Donald Trump can deal with Kim Jong Un
Former basketball player Dennis Rodman says there's a "great possibility" that the tensions between the US and North Korea will end if Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un meet.Talking about his unlikely...
View ArticleA 2-minute video shows how the US would try to track and shoot down North...
North Korea announced a plan to fire missiles at the US territory of Guam in mid-August, and though it hesitated to carry out that strike, it has since fired a missile over Japan and tested what it...
View ArticleA US strike against North Korea’s nukes could prevent a far greater threat on...
North Korea's testing of a hydrogen bomb estimated to yield 10 times the explosive power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima has escalated the threat and gravity of potential nuclear war on the...
View ArticleI interviewed 60 people who fled North Korea — here's what they said about...
There is no shortage of commentary on what should be done about North Korean weapons programs. Op-eds in major news outlets variously advocate for talks, a strategy of deterrence combined with progress...
View ArticleTRUMP: 'Sad day' for North Korea if US takes military action
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would prefer not to use military action against North Korea to counter its nuclear and missile threat but that if he did...
View ArticleHow Kim Jong Un's early childhood set him up to become North Korea's ruthless...
Though North Korea has been under the dynastic rule of the Kim family since the close of World War II, Kim Jong Un, the country's current leader, was never promised the throne after his father's...
View ArticleSouth Korea braces for possible weekend missile test from the North
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is closely watching North Korea over the possibility it may launch another intercontinental ballistic missile as soon as Saturday when it celebrates its founding...
View ArticleHow North Korea is ready for a nuclear war, according to a journalist who was...
North Korea is ready for nuclear war if the United States wages one, country officials told an American journalist when he visited in July.In an article for the New Yorker, published Thursday, Evan...
View ArticleThe head of NATO says North Korea's 'reckless behavior' requires a global...
LONDON (Reuters) - North Korea's "reckless behavior" is a global threat and requires a global response, the head of the NATO military alliance said on Sunday.NATO has not been directly involved in the...
View ArticleJim Mattis just out-Trumped Trump on North Korea
US Defense Secretary James Mattis delivered a pithy response on Sunday to North Korea's nuclear test earlier that day.This was the core of the statement: "Any threat to the United States or its...
View ArticleNorth Korea 'ready and willing' to hit back at US-backed sanctions after nuke...
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea says it will make the United States pay a heavy price if a proposal Washington is backing to impose the toughest sanctions ever on Pyongyang is approved by the U.N. Security...
View ArticleUN to vote on Monday on watered down sanctions against North Korea after nuke...
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Monday on a watered-down U.S.-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test,...
View ArticleA former US Navy SEAL tweeted his solution to the North Korean crisis — and...
When Jocko Willink, a former US Navy SEAL who is now an author and occasional Business Insider contributor, was asked on Twitter how he would handle the North Korean crisis, he gave an unexpected...
View ArticleNorth Korea fires another missile, less than 2 weeks after nuclear bomb test
North Korea on Friday conducted a new missile launch, less than two weeks after it tested what it called a hydrogen bomb, South Korean defense officials said, according to Yonhap News.The missile was...
View ArticlePetraeus says Trump's 'madman' approach to North Korea could be effective —...
Trump is employing the "madman" strategy to dealing with a nuclear North KoreaIt's an approach straight from his own heart — and the "Art of the Deal"And while it's a legitimate strategy, it may end up...
View ArticleAmerica can't avoid it any longer — we need to start talking to North Korea
The complaint about the U.N. Security Council’s new sanctions against North Korea is that they aren’t strict enough to force Kim Jong-un to dismantle his nuclear program. But here’s the thing: Nothing...
View Article'Rocket man': Trump has a new nickname for Kim Jong Un
SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (jah-yihn) have discussed North Korea in their latest call.And Trump tweets that he's asked Moon about...
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