North Korea is just getting started on a fleet of more powerful nukes
North Korean state media released images of Kim Jong Un visiting a plant that makes rocket engines for the country's ballistic missile program, and they reveal capabilities and intentions that paint a...
View ArticleNorth Korea fires several short-range projectiles toward its eastern sea
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea early on Saturday fired several short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast from its eastern Kangwon province, South Korea's military said.The South Korean...
View ArticleA controversial pardon and a key departure: Here's everything that happened...
As Hurricane Harvey headed for the coast of Texas Friday night, a storm of news was also breaking.Within a period of a few hours, President Donald Trump pardoned controversial former Arizona Sheriff...
View ArticleRex Tillerson slams North Korea missile test, but still seeks peace talks
Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Sunday that North Korea's latest missile test was a "provocative act" but said he still hopes to persuade Pyongyang to come to the...
View ArticleTrump's nuclear crisis with North Korea was completely of his own making
For several days earlier this month, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war. Or so the Trump administration wanted us to believe. But the nuclear showdown between Washington and Pyongyang,...
View ArticleSouth Korea promises 'massive punishment' If North Korea 'crosses the line'
South Korea's President Moon Jae In took office hoping to engage diplomatically with North Korea and find peaceful solutions, but as tensions soar between the two Koreas, he's considering his offensive...
View ArticleFemale North Korean soldiers describe horrific sexual abuse from superior...
North Korea's awful record of human rights violations may place it as the worst regime in the world in how it treats its people, but first-hand tales of the abuses rarely slip the secretive country's...
View ArticleHere's why China won't use its leverage to make North Korea give up its...
China has no desire to see North Korea armed with nuclear weapons, but exerting economic and political leverage over its neighbor is not so easy. Professor Dave Denoon, director of the NYU Center on...
View ArticleJapan is on alert after a North Korean missile flew over its airspace
North Korea launched a missile that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido at 5:58 a.m. local time, according to Japanese government officials.Japan's NHK News reported that the missile...
View ArticleUS stock futures are tumbling after North Korea fired a missile over Japan
US stock futures have fallen heavily in response to news that North Korea has conducted another missile test.Here’s the 5-minute chart of S&P 500 futures as at 6:10 p.m. in New York.Futures are...
View ArticleNorth Korea's latest missile test could have been a warmup for a shot on Guam
North Korea fired a missile over Japan's Hokkaido province in the early morning hours of Tuesday, and the early figures coming out from the launch indicate it could have been a warm up for similar...
View ArticleJapan may have no choice but to shoot down the next North Korean missile test
After North Korea overflew Japan with a missile launch early Tuesday, the island nation may have no choice but to knock down any further missile launches or learn to live with such provocations.North...
View ArticleAsian markets are down after North Korea's missile test, but there's no sign...
Risk assets have opened under pressure in Tuesday's Asian trading session, although there's no sign of investor panic following the latest missile test from North Korea.Stocks are offered while safe...
View ArticleMarkets around Europe are sliding in reaction to North Korea's latest missile...
LONDON — Stocks around Europe, and in the broader global markets, were falling Tuesday as investors reacted to the latest provocation from North Korea.North Korea launched a missile that flew over the...
View ArticleTrump warns North Korea after missile passes over Japan: 'All options are on...
President Donald Trump has responded to North Korea's latest missile launch, in which the country fired a missile over Japan early Tuesday morning local time."The world has received North Korea's...
View ArticleWatch South Korea’s bombing drill after North Korea fired a missile over Japan
South Korean fighter jets conducted bombing drills at a military firing range on Tuesday (August 29) after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan's northern Hokkaido island and into the sea...
View ArticleRisk-off trades are climbing after North Korea's missile launch
Investors are pulling into safe-haven assets after North Korea's latest missile launch.Gold climbed to its highest level this year earlier Tuesday, touching $1,326.08 an ounce.The Japanese yen, the...
View ArticleStocks around the world are sliding on 'the single greatest threat to...
North Korea has once again ratcheted up geopolitical tensions with its most recent missile test, and the effects are being felt in stock markets worldwide.It's just the latest example of just how...
View ArticleSouth Korea is planning for all-out war and the decapitation of the Kim regime
South Korean President Moon Jae In has reportedly pushed for a new plan for a rapid war with North Korea and an overhaul of the country's defense industry to overwhelm and crush the Kim regime, South...
View ArticleWatch South Korea respond to North Korea with a bunker-busting missile...
While North Korea has been provoking the international community with high-profile missile launches, South Korea has been developing missiles of its own that look perfectly suited to take out the Kim...
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