3 ways poverty-stricken North Korea can strike it rich
Trump has been dangling economic prosperity in front of of poverty-stricken North Korea in exchange for denuclearization.Full denuclearization will take years, but moving in that direction would likely...
View ArticleKim Jong Un visits China for the third time, showing ties with Beijing are...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his third visit to China since March.Kim has landed in Beijing for a two-day visit. Cameras captured what appears to be a motorcade including the leader's $1...
View ArticleMike Pompeo reportedly joked he was still trying to kill Kim Jong Un on first...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly joked with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he was still trying to kill him. While Pompeo was the head of the CIA, North Korea accused the organization of...
View ArticleNorth Korea has a massive air force — here's why it's basically a joke
North Korea has a massive air force that outnumbers the South Korean and US jets it's meant to counter mostly with Russian-made fighters and bombers.North Korea's jets are old, however, and could be...
View ArticleShaking hands with Trump gave Kim Jong-un the status boost he craves
American leaders regularly meet with authoritarian leaders as equals, whether as partners, allies, or rivals. The key is how those meetings affect status — and in this case, Kim Jong Un came out ahead...
View ArticleTrump administration to test North Korea with a timeline for denuclearization
A senior defense official has said the US will soon provide North Korea with "specific asks" and a "specific timeline" for implementing agreements from the Trump Kim summit.This indicates the...
View ArticleThe total cost of President Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un has been revealed...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong estimated the summit would cost about $14.68 million.The actual cost was reported to be approximately $11.97 million. Singapore confirmed that they would foot the...
View ArticleSatellite photos suggest North Korea is upgrading a major nuclear plant after...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump agreed on "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula at their meeting two weeks ago.Recent satellite images of a major nuclear...
View ArticleThe women who killed Kim Jong Un's half-brother are highly-trained assassins...
The women accused of assassinating Kim Jong Nam, whose half-brother is Kim Jong Un, are on trial in Malaysia.Kim died after Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong applied nerve agent to his face in Kuala...
View ArticleNorth Korean defector: Kim Jong Un 'is a terrorist'
The whole world watched as president Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018. A North Korean defector and human rights activist, Yeonmi Park, shared her...
View ArticleUS reportedly has 'unequivocal evidence' that North Korea is 'trying to...
A classified intelligence assessment revealed that in recent months, North Korea had upped its production of fuel for nuclear weapons at several secret sites.US officials said they believe North Korean...
View ArticleTrump administration officials reportedly want to invite Kim Jong Un to New...
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un pledged to work toward "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula in a joint statement after their meeting last month.But the language was vague, and satellite...
View ArticleTrump says the US would be at war with North Korea by now if it weren't for him
President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that "we would now be at War with North Korea" but for his personal efforts.The claim is impossible to test.Trump threatened nuclear war earlier in his...
View ArticleTrump reportedly plans on gifting Kim Jong Un a CD featuring Elton John's...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly plans on gifting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an Elton John CD featuring the song "Rocket Man." Trump reportedly wrote a message on the CD and signed...
View ArticleNorth Korea reportedly pushed $1 billion nuclear blackmail to Israel — and it...
A North Korean diplomat reportedly told an Israeli diplomat in 1999 that Pyongyang would provide ballistic missile technology to Iran unless it paid $1 billion.North Korea has nuclear weapons, but it's...
View ArticleNorth Korea snubs US on returning Korean War dead — and it's a slap in the...
North Korean officials did not show up to meet US officials to discuss returning the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War on Thursday.Kim Jong Un's joint statement with President Donald...
View ArticleTrump posts flattering letter from Kim Jong Un that calls him 'Your...
President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday a flattering letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that followed up on June's historic summit in Singapore. The letter was heavy on flattering language...
View ArticleNorth Korea may be sitting on a $6 trillion resources stockpile
Research from Credit Suisse suggests North Korea could become a $100 billion economy within 10 years.This would be possible only if it were to denuclearise, reform its policies, and open its borders to...
View ArticleTrump could be even more vulnerable in a summit with Vladimir Putin than he...
Current and former US officials have sounded the alarm about President Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.US officials expressed concern over how quickly Trump was...
View ArticleAn empty wooden ship washed up in Japan — and it looks like another...
An empty wooden vessel was found drifting off Japan's western coast earlier this week.It was found floating in a rocky area around 164 feet off the island of Hokkaido.Though it's not clear where the...
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