The earlier-than-expected move prompted protests by hundreds of local residents and was denounced by the frontrunner in South Korea’s presidential election on May 9, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. A spokesman for Moon Jae-in said the decision “ignored public ...
Read More »US Navy guided-missile submarines arrive in South Korea
The US Navy sub arrived in the port city of Busan, South Korea, on the same day that North Korea celebrates the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army, according to CNN. A statement from US Naval ...
Read More »North Korea ‘detains American citizen’
The man was identified only by his surname, Kim, according to the BBC. He becomes the third American to be detained by the North; one has been sentenced for spying, the other for trying to steal a sign from a ...
Read More »US ‘armada’ was nowhere near North Korea
A senior administration official blamed a miscommunication between the Pentagon and the White House over reports that the aircraft carrier has not made its way to the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, as an expected show ...
Read More »North Korea warns of nuclear war possibility
Only at a North Korean press conference at the United Nations, can you hear a diplomat say he hoped journalists had a good holiday weekend and then warn of possible thermonuclear war, according to CNN. North Korea has consistently issued ...
Read More »North Korean missile test fails
The attempted launch occurred a day after the regime of Kim Jong Un showed off a bevy of new missiles and launchers at a large-scale military parade on its most important holiday, according to CNN. A South Korean defense official ...
Read More »Saturday Night Live: Melissa McCarthy returns as Sean Spicer, Alec Baldwin reprises Donald Trump
In one sketch, McCarthy’s easily agitated Spicer holds one of his infamous press briefings dressed as the Easter Bunny, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ABC News. The sketch pokes fun at Spicer’s controversial comments this past week comparing Syrian dictator ...
Read More »North Korea displays apparently new missiles as U.S. carrier group approaches
Missiles appeared to be the main theme of a giant military parade, with Kim’s grandson, leader Kim Jong Un, taking time to greet the commander of the Strategic Forces, the branch that oversees the missile arsenal, according to Reuters. A ...
Read More »China’s Xi urges Trump to find peaceful resolution of North Korea tension
Trump’s call with Xi, just days after they met in the United States, came as an influential state-run Chinese newspaper warned that the Korean peninsula was the closest it has been to a “military clash” since North Korea’s first nuclear ...
Read More »North Korea issues warning as US strike group heads to Korean Peninsula
The Pentagon is sending the 97,000-ton USS Carl Vinson with an escort of a guided-missile cruiser and two destroyers following another missile test by North Korea last week. According to a statement provided to CNN by officials in Pyongyang, the ...
Read More »Trump presses China on North Korea ahead of Xi talks
The comments, in Trump’s interview published on Sunday by the Financial Times, appeared designed to pressure Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this week, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. “China has ...
Read More »Malaysia releases Kim Jong Nam’s body in deal ending spat with North Korea
U.S. and South Korean intelligence sources say North Korea masterminded the deadly attack on Kim Jong Nam last month using VX nerve agent, a chemical so toxic that it is on a U.N. list of weapons of mass destruction, Joinfo.com ...
Read More »North Korea could be in final stages of nuclear test preparations: report
Washington-based 38 North, a website that monitors North Korea, said the images from Saturday showed the continued presence of vehicles and trailers at the Punggye-ri test site and signs that communications cables may have been laid to a test tunnel, ...
Read More »North Korea New Missile Launch Fails
“A missile appears to have exploded within seconds of launch,” U.S. Pacific Command spokesman Dave Benham said in a statement, according to NBC News. “We are working with our interagency partners on a more detailed assessment. We continue to monitor ...
Read More »Reuters: North Korea has no fear of U.S. sanctions move, will pursue nuclear arms, envoy says
This includes developing a “pre-emptive first strike capability” and an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), said Choe Myong Nam, deputy ambassador at the North Korean mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Reuters reports. Reuters, quoting a senior U.S. official in ...
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