Eerie video shows how a Japanese town woke up to sirens warning of North...
At about 6 a.m., Japanese people on Hokkaido, one of Japan's main islands, woke up to the spooky sound of warning sirens billowing through the hills and warning people to take shelter.“Missile launch....
View ArticleNikki Haley calls for strong UN response to 'unacceptable and irresponsible'...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan was "absolutely unacceptable and irresponsible" and that the...
View ArticleUS-China relations could see a 'real deterioration' after North Korea's...
US-China relations could deteriorate significantly following North Korea's latest missile launch, in which the country fired a missile over Japan early Tuesday morning local time.Analysts argue that...
View ArticleNorth Korea claims the missile it fired over Japan was the one it threatened...
North Korean state media claimed the missile launched in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Japan time, was the very same one Pyongyang threatened to fire towards Guam in mid August.The missile, known...
View ArticleTrump plans to select Victor Cha as ambassador to South Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to name a Washington-based academic and former White House official, Victor Cha, as the next US ambassador to South Korea, an administration...
View ArticleNorth Korea promises to fire more missiles over Japan as tensions reach...
Seoul (AFP) - North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has promised more missile flights over Japan, insisting his nuclear-armed nation's provocative launch was a mere "curtain-raiser", in the face of UN...
View ArticleNorth Korea releases video claiming to show ballistic missile launch over Japan
North Korean state television showed stills and video on Wednesday of what it claims was Pyongyang's missile launch over Japan that ended up in the northern Pacific Ocean.Earlier, the Korean Central...
View ArticleTheresa May calls on China to make North Korea stop 'illegal' missile tests
Theresa May has called on China to deal with the North Korea's "illegal" missile tests."I believe that China should be using its leverage with North Korea to ensure that [it] stops these illegal...
View ArticleTrump's latest message to North Korea: 'Talking is not the answer!'
President Donald Trump appeared to signal a shift in the US stance on North Korea in a tweet Wednesday morning."The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years....
View ArticleBritain could go to war with North Korea if it strikes Guam — even though it...
British troops could be deployed to help the United States fight North Korea if it strikes Guam even though it's not obligated to under NATO rules, according to a new government report.A report from...
View ArticleJapan wants a new US missile defense system amid fears of North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is worried the United States has so far declined to arm it with a powerful new radar, arguing the decision makes the U.S. missile defense system it plans to install much less...
View ArticleMATTIS: There's still room for a diplomatic solution with North Korea
Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Wednesday that there was still room for diplomacy in dealing with North Korea's provocative ballistic missile launches, after President Donald...
View ArticleWatch the US Navy shoot down a medium-range missile in its latest test after...
The US Navy successfully intercepted a medium-range missile in a test following North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan. Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleAmericans are leaving North Korea before the travel ban kicks in
BEIJING (AP) — A handful of Americans have left Pyongyang on a flight to Beijing before the start of a US ban on American citizens going to North Korea.Among the travelers on Thursday's flight from the...
View ArticleThe US conducted bombing drills with advanced warplanes as a 'direct...
Two days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, the US and South Korea conducted joint bombing drills with its advanced stealth bombers and fighter jets. Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticlePutin warns that North Korea is on the verge of a 'large-scale conflict'
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the tense standoff between North Korea and the US was on the verge of large-scale conflict and said it was a mistake to try to pressure...
View ArticleJapanese towns are bracing for North Korean missile attacks with city wide...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan held annual exercises on Friday to prepare for disasters but this year it was not just the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis that was on the minds of many people - the threat...
View ArticleThe US just gave North Korea a new threat to worry about — F-35 stealth jets
As North Korea grows increasingly bold by threatening US territories and flying missiles over Japan, the US has broke out for the first time its most advanced fighter, the F-35.In a trilateral show of...
View ArticleUS and South Korea agree to revise missile treaty amid North Korean threats
SEOUL (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump agreed with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to revise a joint treaty capping the development of the South's ballistic missiles, Moon's office said on...
View ArticleNorth Korea says it has developed a more advanced hydrogen bomb that can be...
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday it has developed a more advanced thermonuclear weapon that possesses "great destructive power" and will be loaded on a new intercontinental ballistic...
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