North Korea may have conducted another nuclear test, South Korea says
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says a magnitude 5.6 quake in North Korea was artificial and it's analyzing whether the North conducted a nuclear test.It says it detected a seismic wave from 12:34...
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President Donald Trump issued a set of tweets Sunday morning attacking North Korea after the country appeared to conduct its sixth nuclear test."North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their...
View ArticleBoris Johnson: 'All options are on the table' with North Korea
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said, "all options are on the table" after North Korea's latest nuclear test.Mr Johnson said the ramifications of the test, being able to fit a nuclear warhead to a...
View ArticleNorth Korea may finally be embracing a more consumer-friendly culture —...
Tensions between North Korea and the US continue to rise, and the US State Department's ban on travel to North Korea is being implemented this weekend. Still, there are signs that cultural changes are...
View ArticleTrump responds to question about whether the US will attack North Korea:...
President Donald Trump on Sunday offered another vague statement suggesting the US may use military force against North Korea.When asked by the White House pool reporter outside of a Washington, D.C....
View ArticleMattis warns of 'massive,' 'overwhelming' military response to North Korea...
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis warned on Sunday of a "massive," and "overwhelming" military response to North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs after a small group meeting with President...
View ArticleTrump touts US 'nuclear capabilities' as option for dealing with North Korea...
The White House on Sunday published a readout of President Donald Trump's talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that listed "nuclear capabilities" as an option for dealing with North Korean...
View ArticleSouth Korea fired missiles into the sea as it simulated an attack on North...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a "massive military response," South Koreaon Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North's main nuclear...
View ArticleAsian markets falter in the wake of North Korean nuclear tests
Nikkei falls in broad-based sellingMore selling seen in coming days due to Monday's U.S. holidaySmall cap shares underperform on profit-takingTOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average...
View ArticleHere's how the market responds when the US goes to war
The stock market hates uncertainty, and there is plenty of uncertainty with respect to the tensions over the latest round of North Korean missile tests.This post, originally published 13 September...
View ArticleSouth Korea wants to 'punish' North Korea with US aircraft carriers and...
In the aftermath of North Korea's quantum leap in nuclear strength, demonstrated by a ground-shaking sixth nuclear test, South Korea has called on the US to help "punish" Pyongyang.“Opinions have...
View ArticleWarren Buffett explains the biggest threat to the US economy
Warren Buffett has repeatedly emphasized in past interviews that little can derail the U.S. economy.But now he's saying there's one thing that could cause trouble: rising tensions between the U.S. and...
View ArticleSouth Korea plots retaliation as North Korea appears set for another ICBM launch
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile...
View ArticlePutin criticizes 'ridiculous' US approach to North Korea, warns of possible...
XIAMEN, China (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile programme would be counter-productive and said threats...
View ArticleAll the countries that currently trade with North Korea
After North Korea claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to stop "all trade with any country doing business with North Korea."Trump's remarks were...
View ArticleChina has the tools to cripple North Korea's economy — here's why it won't
BEIJING (AP) — China has the economic tools to pressure North Korea but fears pushing Kim Jong Un's government so hard it collapses.Though China has long been the North's main trading partner and...
View ArticleNorth Korea says recent tests were 'gift packages' for the US, and more are...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Amid international uproar over North Korea's latest and biggest nuclear weapons test, one of its top diplomats said on Tuesday it was ready to send "more gift packages" to the United...
View ArticleHow the world's superpowers are reacting to North Korea's latest nuclear test
Over the weekend, North Korea claimed to have developed a new hydrogen bomb that it could fire as far as the United States.South Korea's military said it believed the North's claim, and had detected...
View ArticleHere's why a North Korean 'city-busting' thermonuclear ICBM changes the game
Virtually every single time North Korea conducts a missile or nuclear test, the US and South Korea issue a statement reaffirming their "ironclad" alliance. But now that Pyongyang has demonstrated a...
View ArticleHere's which parts of China's economy would get slammed if Trump put his...
President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that the US is considering cutting off trade with any country that maintains economic ties with North Korea.The remark was largely interpreted as a semi-veiled...
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