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by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-Un boasted of North Korea’s ability to strike any target in the US after a second ICBM test that weapons experts said Saturday could even bring New York into range -– in a potent challenge to President Donald Trump. China condemned the test but US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing and Moscow bore “unique responsibility” for the growing threat posed by […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, sending the package to President Donald Trump, who must decide whether to accept the tough approach to Moscow or veto the measure. The sanctions, which were approved on a 98-2 Senate vote and overwhelmingly passed the House on Tuesday, are sure to antagonize the Kremlin as well as European nations fearing their companies will be […]
by Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — In heavy rain, North Koreans put down their umbrellas to bow before the mausoleum of founder Kim Il Sung and his son on Thursday as the country marked the end of the Korean War, which it calls Victory Day. There had been widespread speculation in United States and South Korean intelligence circles that the North might choose to mark the anniversary with a fresh […]
by Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Pentagon has picked up signs that North Korea is prepping for another missile test, a United States defense official said Tuesday, as the US cited progress in pushing China to impose tough new United Nations sanctions. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official told AFP that if the test goes ahead, it would “probably” occur on July 27, which is the 64th anniversary […]
by Ben Dooley BEIJING, China (AFP) — The United States will bar Americans from traveling to North Korea in the coming weeks, two travel agencies said Friday, a month after a United States tourist, student Otto Warmbier, died following his imprisonment by Pyongyang. China-based Young Pioneer Tours, which had taken Warmbier to North Korea, and Koryo Tours said the ban will come into force on July 27 — the anniversary of the end of the Korean War […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — European Union member countries agreed Monday to consider imposing new sanctions on North Korea after it tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. Last month, the EU expanded its sanctions blacklist after North Korea launched a volley of surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast. EU foreign ministers met on Monday to condemn the July 4 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch as an “outright violation” of UN Security Council resolutions. North Korea […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea proposed military talks with North Korea, the first since 2015, and a halt to hostile activities near the inter-Korean border, the South’s vice defense minister said on Monday (July 17), after a series of missile tests by the North in recent weeks. Vice Defense Minister Suh Choo-suk told a news briefing that the South had asked Pyongyang to restore military communication lines as a response to the proposal. The […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – An undersea earthquake off the coast of North Korea was not caused by a nuclear test, the South’s media reported Thursday. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck about 190 kilometers (120 miles) south-east of the reclusive state’s third largest city, Chongjin, in the early hours of Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. North Korea has staged five nuclear tests — including two last year — and has made a significant […]
Pyongyang, North Korea (Reuters) — North Korean developers who contributed to the test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) received a celebratory welcome on their arrival in Pyongyang on Friday (July 7). The North’s state-run television KRT broadcast a video on Saturday (July 8) showing residents waving flowers to welcome the missile developers of ICBM that an expert said could allow a weapon to hit the U.S. state of Alaska. The United States plans […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Missile Defense Agency said Friday it would soon test an anti-ballistic missile system, days after North Korea demonstrated its arsenal was capable of striking parts of Alaska. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to be tested is designed to intercept and destroy short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles during their final phase of flight. The MDA said the test against a ballistic missile target would be […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Military options against North Korea are a “long way away,” Britain’s defense minister Michael Fallon said Friday after meeting with Pentagon chief Jim Mattis. “First of all, we are a long way away from looking at military options,” Fallon told a Washington think tank when asked whether NATO allies could support the United States in deterring North Korea’s weapons program. “This is not just a threat to the United States, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s chief atomic energy regulator has acknowledged it was inappropriate to say it would be “much better” if North Korea dropped a missile on Tokyo rather than on a nuclear plant. Shunichi Tanaka, head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), found himself in hot water on Thursday after he spoke to people living near a recently restarted reactor. “If it were me, I think it would be much better to drop (a missile) on central Tokyo,” said Tanaka. He was speaking about a […]
