Defense Secretary Mattis won't say what a US aircraft carrier is up to near...
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis explained Tuesday the decision to strike Sharyat air base in Syria with 57 cruise missiles, and noticeably seemed to avoid a looming nuclear threat — North Korea. The USS...
View ArticleXI TO TRUMP: China is willing to work with the US to end North Korea's...
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday that Beijing was willing to work with Washington on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program but wanted...
View ArticleREPORT: China has sent 150,000 troops to its North Korea border
China and South Korea have signaled they would take a stand against North Korea if it conducted another nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile test, according to reports.China's state-owned...
View ArticleHow a US show of force to North Korea also could expose US weaknesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Upping the stakes in its slow-burning confrontation with North Korea, the Trump administration deployed an aircraft carrier to the region this week in a show of force that also could...
View ArticleWhatever Trump said to China about North Korea, it seems like it worked
When US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were enjoying chocolate cake at the end of their first dinner together on Thursday, US Navy ships were pounding a Syrian airfield with a...
View ArticleChina appears to be making a key concession on North Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be on board with the US when it comes to North Korea's nuclear program.The Chinese leader said his country"insists on realizing the denuclearization of the...
View ArticleChina reportedly sent 150,000 troops to North Korea's border — here's how...
Amid a productive phone call between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese state-run media reported that 150,000 Chinese troops went to North Korea's border.Both China and...
View ArticleHere's who would win in a war between North and South Korea
It may not look like it anymore, but countries still invade one another. Ethiopia invaded Somalia in 2006 to stop Islamist terrorists from taking over the government.Israel invaded Lebanon that same...
View ArticleForeign journalists in North Korea told to prepare for 'big' event
Foreign journalists visiting North Korea have been told to prepare for a "big and important event" on Thursday, although there were no indications it was directly linked to tensions in the region over...
View ArticleHow North Korea pays for a nuclear program and lavish parties while under the...
North Korea has managed to conduct costly nuclear and ballistic missile development projects while under some of the strictest, most widely-endorsed sanctions under the sun for decades.Now, Kim Jong-un...
View ArticleTrump says he put economic pressure on China's president to help with North...
President Donald Trump discussed his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and how he pressured him to help denuclearizing North Korea by leveraging the US's massive trade with China at a press...
View ArticleNorth Korea is said to be on the verge of another nuclear test
US officials say North Korea's sixth nuclear test could come as early as Saturday morning.Officials and other sources said the reclusive nation had placed a nuclear device in a tunnel, which could be...
View Article2 women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea's leader...
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Two women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea's leader were taken to a Malaysian court in bulletproof vests on Thursday ahead of a murder trial that could see...
View ArticleReport says North Korea stole bitcoin from South Korea for years
North Korean hackers stole about 100 million Korean won, or $88,000, worth of bitcoin from South Korean exchanges every month from 2013 to 2015, Yonhap News Agency reports, citing Radio Free...
View ArticleKim Jong Un's half brother was assassinated — here's what we know so far
Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, was killed on February 13.When news of a man getting fatally poisoned at a Kuala Lumpur airport first broke, the event caused a local...
View ArticleJapanese PM: North Korea may be capable of missiles loaded with sarin nerve gas
TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan, as international concern mounted that a missile or...
View ArticleUS and North Korea put on dueling shows of air power as nuclear test looms
North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un watched his air force exhibit their air-strike accuracy mere hours before a snap US military exercise flew dozens of fighter jets in dueling displays of airpower on...
View ArticleTensions between the US and North Korea are ramping up amid nuclear threats
Tension was rising between the US and North Korea on Thursday as the North appeared to be gearing up for another nuclear test.Intelligence officials told NBC News that the US was prepared to launch a...
View ArticleUS defense secretary Jim Mattis laid out the 'bottom line' for North Korea
Secretary of Defense James Mattis made the US position clear for North Korea Thursday.North Korea appears to be on the verge of another nuclear test. "The bottom line is North Korea has got to change...
View ArticleChina may back away from North Korea if it keeps up its nuclear program
China is not obliged to help defend North Korea from military attack if the reclusive state developed nuclear weapons, according to Chinese diplomatic and military observers.The assessment comes as...
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