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, by SILBERTSTEIN Benjamin Katzeff
North Korean leaders are gambling that increased sanctions will do little to harm a slowly growing economy.
On Tuesday July 4, North Korean television announced that the country had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier in the day. As per the Wall Street (…)
, by Al Jazeera
USS Carl Vinson strike group carries out exercises with South Korean navy as North’s media warns ’stop running wild’.
South Korea and the United States wrapped up their annual large-scale military drills on Sunday but continued a separate joint naval exercise that has triggered the threat of (…)
, by BORGER Julian, CHAN Gabrielle, HAAS Benjamin, McCURRY Justin
US president says he wants to seek a diplomatic solution to crisis in Korea and reveals China is helping to pressure Kim Jong-un.
Donald Trump has said that a “major conflict” is possible with North Korea though he would prefer to solve the standoff over the country’s nuclear and missile (…)
In the culmination of weeks of growing tension in the region, the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and a Navy carrier strike group is expected to arrive off the coast North Korea today , and Chinese President Xi Jinping called US President Donald Trump on Monday to urge him to show restrain (…)
, by STOWE Andy
There are two things rulers typically do when they want to make a mark on the world. They build something big or they go to war writes Andy Stowe.
The US Department of Homeland Security has already begun seeking firms willing to build Trump’s massive wall and in the last few days he has (…)
, by NELSON Louis
President Donald Trump would be best served to simply ignore the provocations of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, a former acting director of the CIA said Friday, and is “making it worse” by replying with a show of force.
Kim has moved his repressive, communist state to the top of the (…)
, by McCURRY Justin, PHILLIPS Tom
Pyongyang cites ‘reckless moves’ by US as Donald Trump repeats threat of unilateral action if China does not put pressure on its neighbour.
North Korea has warned of “catastrophic consequences” in response to any further provocations by the US, days after a US navy battle group was sent to (…)
, by CUMINGS Bruce
It’s easy to dismiss Kim Jong-un as a madman. But there’s a long history of US aggression against the North, which we forget at our peril.
Donald Trump was having dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on February 11 when a message arrived mid-meal, courtesy of (…)
, by BUNCOMBE Andrew
Donald Trump accuses North Korea of ’behaving very badly’ saying China is not helping
Mr Trump’s administration is shifting US policy towards North Korea
Donald Trump has accused North Korea of “behaving very badly” – and said that China has done “little to help”.
The US President said on (…)
, by McCURRY Justin
US secretary of state says policy of strategic patience has ended due to threat posed by Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme
A pre-emptive US military strike against North Korea may be necessary if the threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme reaches a level that “requires action”, the (…)
, by McCURRY Justin
US president told Japanese PM he is ‘100%’ with Tokyo as US moves Thaad missile defence system into South Korea following Pyongyang missile launches
The threat posed by North Korea to the US and its allies has entered a “new phase”, Donald Trump said on Tuesday, a day after the regime (…)
, by AFP
Kang Chol given 48 hours to leave country after a break in diplomatic relations over assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother.
Malaysia has expelled North Korea’s ambassador, giving him 48 hours to leave the country in a major break in diplomatic relations over the assassination of the (…)
, by Associated Press
TOKYO - North Korea’s state-run news agency issued a tough critique of China on Thursday, suggesting Beijing’s criticism of the North’s recent missile test and suspension of imports of North Korean coal are tantamount to the actions of an enemy state “dancing to the tune of the U.S.”
The (…)
, by AHN Christine
Women peacemakers are planning a peace walk across the De-Militarized Zone to bring global attention to the unresolved Korean War and amplify women’s leadership to help reunify the country.
The year 2013 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. The (…)
, by LLOYD PARRY Richard
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha Bodley Head, 527 pp, £14.99, August 2012, ISBN 978 1 84792 236 6
The Choco Pie is a mouth-drying, individually wrapped slab of cake, marshmallow and chocolate, and in South Korea it is as important a part of childhood as (…)
, by WHITEHOUSE David
North Korea’s escalating threats are a response to new shows of force by the U.S.
IN THE 60 years since the end of the Korean War, U.S. policy toward North Korea has fluctuated between the options of “containment” and “rollback.”
Sometimes, the policy has shifted in the course of one (…)
, by ELICH Gregory
Relations between the United States and North Korea have reached a nadir, and in most Western media reports it is the seemingly irrational harsh rhetoric emanating from North Korea that is to blame. Inexplicably, we are told, North Korea has chosen to raise tensions.
What is missing from this (…)
, par CAVAZOS Roger, HAYES Peter
The signal to noise ratio on the Korean Peninsula is usually very low with a great deal of noise and only a few signals. Recently, the signals increased in amplitude and frequency, but so too has the noise. Interpreting the signals correctly is even more challenging when the parties are not (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
A “state of war” declared, deployment of missiles, threats of pre-emptive attacks, warnings to foreign embassies… The (dictatorial) North Korean regime has raised its provocative gestures to an unusually high level. In the eyes of a number of experts, this is about Kim Jong-un consolidating his (…)
, by WHITEHOUSE David
David Whitehouse explains the background to the latest escalation of the conflict.
THE SITUATION on the Korean peninsula has taken a belligerent new turn—and as usual, the mainstream media have presented a story that could have come straight out of the U.S. State Department news releases. The (…)
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