The US has heavy naval power in the Pacific if things break loose with North...
As tensions reach a fever pitch between the US and North Korea, with Pyongyang announcing its intentions to fire missiles towards the US territory of Guam, the US Navy has continued to patrol and span...
View ArticleTrump: 'Nobody loves a peaceful solution better than President Trump'
After a week of "fire and fury" threats from President Donald Trump, he emerged from a national security meeting stressing his hope that the North Korean crisis would be resolved peacefully.Asked if...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleKim 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...
View Article'We're with you 1,000 percent': Video shows Guam's governor taking a call...
Guam Governor Eddie Baza Calvo had a brief conversation with President Donald Trump on Friday, in which Trump told Calvo he supports Guam "one-thousand percent.""I just wanted to pay my respect," Trump...
View ArticleDemocratic 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...
View ArticleEven a 'small' nuclear conflict would be a worldwide ecological disaster
President Donald Trump’s vow to hit North Korea with “fire and fury like the world has never seen” is an unveiled threat to unleash America’s most potent weapons of mass destruction onto the Korean...
View ArticleNorth 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 –...
View ArticleWhat Game Theory tells us about Trump's 'madman' approach to North Korea
In the past 72 hours, President Trump has threatened North Korea with a nuclear attack, suggested that threat may not have been “tough enough” and then, on Friday morning, boasted that the U.S....
View ArticleTrump and China's Xi discuss North Korea resolution during phone call
BEIJING (Reuters) - The North Korean nuclear issue needs a peaceful resolution, Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Saturday, and called on the "relevant...
View ArticleTrump tells Guam's governor he's 'going to become extremely famous' after...
President Donald Trump told Guam's governor during a phone call Friday evening that he was "going to become extremely famous" after North Korea threatened to launch nuclear missiles at the US...
View ArticleEscalating North Korea tensions were 'a match to light the fire' — now...
Mounting tensions between the US and North Korea threw markets for a loop on Thursday before settling on Friday. Now risk assets are at a critical juncture.While the market reaction was swift and...
View ArticleCIA chief says there's no need to worry, 'nothing imminent' in US-North Korea...
Washington (AFP) - CIA director Mike Pompeo offered assurances Sunday there was "nothing imminent" in the US standoff with nuclear-armed North Korea but said he wouldn't be surprised if Pyongyang...
View ArticleTrump plans to make China very angry at the worst possible time
On Monday, President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure that will initiate an investigation into IP violations against American companies by Chinese firms.The investigation will be seen as an...
View ArticleKim 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleKim 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...
View ArticleTop US military officer warns North Korea that US ready to use 'full range'...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top U.S. military officer is warning during a trip to Seoul that the United States is ready to use the "full range" of its military capabilities to defend itself and its...
View ArticleCIA DIRECTOR: 'It wouldn't surprise me' if North Korea tested another missile
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he would not be surprised if North Korea tested another missile, given that it had two tests in July.“I am...
View ArticleMcMaster thinks North Korea can't be stopped from attacking the US or allies
President Donald Trump's national security adviser made a startling statement to ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" on Sunday.When asked whether or not the US could tolerate a fully...
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