A $460 billion investment chief at JPMorgan has an unexpected worry about the...
We talked to Nick Gartside, the international chief investment officer at JPMorgan’s $460 billion bonds and commodities business about everything from populism to North Korea.He’s upbeat — unusually so...
View ArticleWith 3 aircraft carriers nearby, Mattis lays down the law for North Korea
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea on Friday and made clear the US's mission in dealing with Pyongyang: to denuclearize the Korean...
View ArticleHere's what would happen if North Korea hit the US with an EMP that could...
Experts recently told Congress that a North Korean electromagnetic-pulse attack on the US could wipe out 90% of the population.EMP attacks are unproven, and the academic community finds this claim...
View ArticleTop North Korean defector to testify in Congress
A top North Korean defector will testify on Capitol Hill as top US officials, including President Donald Trump, are scheduled to visit South Korea in coming days.Thae Yong-ho served as the...
View ArticleMATTIS: US can't accept a nuclear North Korea
During his week-long trip to Asia, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he could not imagine the US ever accepting a nuclear North Korea."Make no mistake - any attack on the United States, or our allies,...
View Article3 US carriers are now in the Pacific amid tensions with North Korea — here's...
The US Navy announced on Wednesday that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier had left the Middle East, where it was conducting operations against ISIS, and heading to the Pacific on a previously scheduled...
View ArticleExperts say North Korea is incorporating free markets into its economy — and...
North Korea's economy has advanced since the famine of the 1990s, and has begun encouraging entrepreneurship.Unlike earlier times, many citizens now earn wages instead of having the state provide...
View ArticleThat time a drunk Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea
The North Koreans have been provoking the United States for as long as North Koreans have been praising Kim Il-Sung for being birthed from a shooting star.In the 1960’s the Hermit Kingdom was at the...
View ArticleInside the secretive intelligence agency that keeps track of the world's ICBMs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AP) — When North Korea launches a ballistic missile over the Pacific, the United States top leaders turn to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center based...
View ArticleA tunnel collapsed at a North Korean nuclear test site, reportedly killing...
Japanese media reports that about 200 North Koreans died in a tunnel collapse at a nuclear test site.In September, North Korea tested a powerful nuclear weapon that experts say rocked the mountain and...
View ArticleMattis explains how the US would respond if North Korea launched a nuclear...
Defense Secretary James Mattis laid out the US's response to a North Korean nuclear missile attack.The US would try to shoot it down, and it has rehearsed its offensive response many times.Both Mattis...
View ArticleListen to audio of B-2 pilots practicing a bombing run on North Korea
Some unusual activity took place in the skies over Missouri a couple of weeks ago. Including B-2s referring to air strikes on DPKR target on the radio. Just routine stuff or a message to Pyongyang?What...
View ArticleTrump will reportedly skip visiting the DMZ amid high tensions with North...
President Donald Trump has reportedly decided not to visit the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea.Trump's secretary of state, secretary of defense, and vice president have all...
View ArticleNorth Korea reportedly stole South Korean submarine tech as it looks to field...
A South Korean lawmaker says North Korean hackers broke into a shipyard and stole plans for naval technologies as Pyongyang seeks its own submarine fleet armed with nuclear missiles.Kyeong Dae-soo, a...
View ArticleThe top 10 most important things in the world right now
Hello! Here's what happening on Wednesday.1. A terror attack in New York City killed at least eight people and injured 11. Police arrested the 29-year-old suspect after he drove down a bike lane for...
View ArticleDespite Trump's 'fire and fury,' US-North Korea talks have 'not been limited...
Though President Donald Trump has said his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is "wasting his time" by trying diplomacy with North Korea, the State Department has pressed on.The US and North Korea are...
View ArticleInformation, not force, can bring down the North Korean regime, according to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The highest-level North Korean defector in two decades says America should bring change peacefully by challenging the totalitarian regime’s grip on information rather than resorting...
View ArticleThese are the 7 military options Congress has been given to deal with North...
The Congressional Research Service has prepared a briefing for Congress that reveals the seven US military options for dealing with the growing threat from North Korea.The options, often hinted at by...
View ArticleUS pursues direct diplomacy with North Korea despite Trump's rejection
The US is reportedly pursuing direct diplomacy with North Korea, despite President Donald Trump's claims that talks are a waste of time.There is no sign, however, that the behind-the-scenes...
View ArticleNorth Korea denies cave-in at nuclear test site killed 200 people
Seoul (Reuters) - North Korea's state media on Thursday dismissed as "misinformation" a recent media report that the North's sixth nuclear test killed many people.Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi reported...
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